Author: Press Room
A lot of times, when a new technology or product comes onto the market that’s getting a lot of buzz, people want to talk about it. Whether it’s a new iPhone or Galaxy or the newest feature on Instagram, each one is going to have an audience that cares about it and another that the news of its existence never even gets to them. That’s the way the world is, as people are focused on certain things in their lives and, if a new topic happens to enter their stratosphere, they’ll pay attention. If it’s not in their interests, they…
After a protracted bidding war, it has been revealed that Netflix will purchase Warner Bros., a 100-year-old movie studio responsible for a huge number of movie classics, for $82.7 billion. That means that Netflix will own the rights to the DC Comics movies, the Harry Potter series, the Game of Thrones franchise, HBO, and much more. I don’t want to be hyperbolic, but this is a direct attack on movie fans and threatens to grind our happiness into chalky acrid dust. Netflix hates movie theaters and always has The idea of making movies for movie theaters is “outdated,” says Netflix…
Netflix’s vast library means there is always something new and fresh to watch, but sifting through all the options feels overwhelming. It takes time and effort to filter through shows and movies, and that’s just when you’re watching on your own. Add in another person, and the time taking rises exponentionally. I’m not planning to leave Netflix anytime soon, but as a long time subscriber, I realized that I needed to take Netflix’s catalog into my own hands and plan some strategies to find what I want to watch much faster. No longer will I be stuck for something to…
Every time we reach the end of the year, another service gets the Spotify Wrapped treatment. This year marks the first time YouTube has done a roundup: its new YouTube Recap. And while it sounds like a natural fit for the year-end celebration season, YouTube Recap fell flat for me. With Spotify Wrapped launching a day later and impressing me much more, I’ve worked through why this is. YouTube Recap feels sterile I don’t feel connected to it at all YouTube Recap begins with a list of “things” (the most boring word imaginable) you’ve explored. This is a general list…
The premiere batch of episodes for the final season of Stranger Things has been met with a lot of praise and hype in equal measure, with more hits than misses overall to be excited about. We don’t yet know if the long-running and highly popular Netflix original will stick the landing, but it’s certainly off to a good start. As a major fan of Stranger Things, this is great news for me, because I hate investing years in a series only for it to fall flat at the finish line. But something about its release structure has reminded me of…
Streaming is supposed to be easy and fun. But if you have an Android TV or Google TV device, the home screen can make it feel like a chore before you even hit play. You turn on your TV hoping to relax, only to get bombarded by recommendations and ads. Even finding the app you want can turn into a scrolling marathon. FLauncher is a free Android TV launcher that solves this problem. It lets you bring all my favorite streaming apps at the top in one easy section, so you can get straight to the entertainment you came for.…
I’m a big fan of the Watchmen comic and really anything Alan Moore created during his prime as a storyteller. The way that it deconstructs the superhero genre is something that was unheard of at the time it was released. Sure, it’s been done to death now, but it completely broke my brain in the best of ways when I first read it as a kid. When the Watchmen film dropped in 2009, I was also a pretty big fan of that version of it. It didn’t really strike me as an adaptation that failed miserably or anything. However, over…
Try to speak to your phone. You realize how tough it’s to fluently explain your idea to a phone. It’s in between our disjointed thinking that good ideas slip away. It was the same for me. Nothing stuck because everything required too much effort. But that changed when I started a simple ChatGPT workflow that captures anything I say, turns it into clean notes, and schedules follow-ups automatically. This system is on its way to replacing my complicated mix of notes apps, documents, and task managers. Turn ChatGPT into a catch-all brain dump ChatGPT turns everything you say into structured…
The “vinyl revival” crept into pop culture in 2007, and new generations are becoming acquainted with it still today. Their reasons might not be for the pure sound quality that those who grew up with the music medium most appreciate, however. Nonetheless, generations that have likely never seen these weird spinning discs anywhere but in the movies are enamored with them. There are so many entry-level players now that modern-day record players combine the retro medium with modern technology. The reasons for the vinyl record resurgence among the younger generation, namely older Gen Zers in their mid-to-late 20s and younger…
2025 is wrapping up, and honestly, the only good part about this stretch of the year is finally getting our Spotify Wrapped. Unfortunately, I wasn’t nearly as excited about it last time. Even though last year’s Wrapped had a few interesting touches, like the NotebookLM podcast, it still felt pretty underwhelming. But Wrapped 2025 just dropped, and it completely restored my faith in the whole thing. Wrapped 2025 is more interactive and personal than ever As announced via Spotify’s For the Record blog, Wrapped 2025 has officially dropped. You can view it right now by heading to the Spotify mobile…