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HalfofThe is an interactive media endeavour found in 2021 to put forward the latest technological advances in the industry and explain its impact on people. While we primarily cater to tech updates, we also get you all the recent updates from entertainment to sports. All our articles are curated after intense research through verified sources.

Spotify in its desperate attempt to make it quick to live audio market purchased Betty labs that developed Locker Rooms in March. Now, with minor changes to UI and name, Spotify’s Greenroom is launched today and users can have access to this new app using Spotify credentials. Greenroom allows users to create chat rooms and will let users have live conversations and turn them into podcasts. Spotify’s Greenroom a competitor to Clubhouse: If you are not aware, Greenroom is a direct competitor to Clubhouse, a live audio app that is being trended for few months. Even Facebook with Live Audio…

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Unlike Apple, Google is very much lacking in physical stores. To fill that gap, Google launched its first store in New York and will be open to the public from June 17th, 2021. Google promises to give you hands-on experience to all their devices and experience Google products Pixels, Nest products, Fitbit wearables, and Pixelbook. They also provide you Stadia Sandbox where you can experience the new Stadia gaming experience. To test Pixel camera features, you can use Pixel Sandbox to experiment with all the latest Pixel camera features. If you live in New York or New Jersey it’s time…

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Twitter India is facing a crucial backlash from the government right now. Twitter one of the most popular social networking platform based in the United States. Twitter is functional and very active in many countries and is growing its user base day by day. Indian government mandated few rules for social networking sites to compile, and sites like Facebook already agreed to this and moved on. But, Twitter on other hand did not comply with the new rules set by Indian IT Laws. Now, Twitter losses intermediary status in India and will be going through a rough ride with the…

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Apple users are spending a lot these days, with all the latest gadgets and devices Apple has been launching recently. But, Beats Studio Buds are a perfect bang for the buck if you want all the latest features from Apple. For $150, users will have access to a new spatial audio feature, Active noise cancellation, USB C charging, Transparency mode, and 8 hours of playback time. These earphones are compatible with both Apple and Android, whereas, you need to download the beats application for controls and firmware updates in Android and for Apple, you will have all those controls built…

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I understand all the benefits you enjoy about Planet Fitness, and I’m sure you understand how beneficial it is to be an active member. I’m also a member, albeit a light one. To be honest, I don’t use the service very often. Still, rather than canceling my membership, I decided to keep it around. It’s not because I like Planet Fitness that I’m hesitant to cancel my membership; it’s only a headache to go through the Planet Fitness cancellation process. Planet Fitness responded to this article providing easier ways to cancel subscriptions We never want our cancellation process to cause…

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Paramount Plus is also one of the major streaming service providers, similar to, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBOMax. Unlike all other services, Paramount Plus is not offering users monthly trails until now. It has always offered only weekly trials which were not enough for a user to decide whether to purchase the subscription. It recently launched an essential plan which offers users ads for 5$ a month. They also offer an ad-free streaming premium plan, which is 10$ a month. Paramount is offering a free month trial for both their plans. If you are wondering what are they going to offer…

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Twitter is into subscriptions game and it introduced a new subscription plan called “Twitter Blue”. It is currently available only in Australia and Canada, with future plans to launch it worldwide. The cost of this subscription plan is 3.49CAD in Canada or 4.49 AUD in Australia. This is a first attempt by Twitter to create a revenue source by itself, whereas, until now it is completely dependent on their ad revenue. And, to be honest, Twitter revenue from ads is not that great, to begin with. What features will the new Twitter Blue give you for the price? The first…

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If you are not following up with the latest updates from Apple, they recently had a big WWDC 2021 event. Apple introduced many perks in its products including, Spatial audio. Although this feature is announced and is already implemented in Airpods and Airpods max, in this event, Apple announced it to Apple TVs. In case you missed the event, we covered all the highlights of the event on our website make sure you check it out. This can be a huge update for users since spatial audio is supposed to introduce you to new dimensions of watching a movie experience.…

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Apple WWDC 2021 is here and check this space for live updates and highlights of the show. The latest updates will be placed on top. Apple WWDC 2021 Live event And, that’s the end of it. Public Beta from next month. Apple WWDC 2021 Apple introduces new features for Developers Now Shortcuts are available in macOS Monterey. macOS introduces Universal control. You can use a single mouse and keyboard for both your Mac and iPad at once. (This is cool) MAC OS Monterey Siri is now available on third-party devices. Will be available later this year. You can select HomePod…

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Apple and privacy go hand in hand and most Apple users prefer to stay with Apple because of this one reason. But, this can not be true for a 21-year-old student after Apple Paid her millions. She sent her iPhone to a repair facility in 2016 and was shocked to find out a few of her personal photos from her phone are shared on her Facebook account without her permission. After the student sent her iPhone for repair to California repair center, run by Pegatron, one of the many Apple contractors. The invasion of privacy took place while the phone…

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