The Digital Lifestyle Show #595 – Ian gets it right
Welcome to this week’s podcast where Jason, Garry, Richard and I talk about new additions to our smart homes, Alexa controlled cleaners, Google Home, Windows 10 Creators Update, iOS update, Plex Cloud and the nerdiest version build number game so far! Checkout my book: Entertainment Apps on the go with Windows 10. We…
Google Home launches in the April 6th
Google have announced they are releasing Google Home in the UK April 6th. Google’s Amazon Echo rival will cost £129 and comes to the UK almost a year after Google released the smart speaker in the US. Google say its services have been optimised for the UK including content from…
The Digital Lifestyle Show #571 – Pixel, Band and Updates
Welcome to this week’s podcast where Jason, Garry and I take a look at the weeks news including the new Google Pixel launch, VLC on Xbox and new Redstone 2 builds. We also talk about the implications of Microsoft’s latest pull back from consumers with the end of the Microsoft…
The Digital Lifestyle Show #566 – Talaptop
We are back after our summer break and as ever we have a packed show for you. This week Jason, Garry and I discus the fix to Surface Pro 3 battery issues, Google Maps v Windows Maps for navigating the traffic, using movies services abroad, Windows 10 Redstone 2, Sonos…
Go to sleep with Google Play Music, Google adds a sleep timer to the Android app
Google have added a nice little feature to the Android version of the Google Play Music app. In the app there is now a sleep timer so you can set your music to play and the app will turn off music when the time is up. So you can drift…
Google Play Music for iOS updated with ad-supported radio
This week Google announced a free, ad-supported music streaming service (US only) complimenting their Google Music subscription plan. Today Google have updated the iOS version of the Google Play Music app adding in the free subscription option. The app has radio stations which you can start based on your mood,…
Google Music announce free ad supported streaming music (US only)
Google have announced a free ad supported streaming service to go along with its music subscription service. The US only service has access to all of the music from Google’s subscription service for free supported by ads. Google are doing this to compete with Apple’s streaming service and it’s a…
Say goodbye to the best 3rd party Google Music app for Windows, Outcoldplayer shuts down
Back when I was an Android user I used to be a Google Play Music fan and when it came to Windows 8.1 despite Google not supporting the OS there was a great 3rd party alternative called OutcoldPlayer. The Windows 8.1 app had most of the features of the official…
Google Play Music now has an iPad app
Since Google Play Music for iOS was launched it was only ever an iPhone app so on an iPad you had to have the app in a small window or use the 2x button which didn’t make great use of the iPad’s larger screen and frankly looked rubbish. The good…
The Digital Lifestyle Show #482 – We are living in the future
This week on the show we talk CES 2015 and some of the new consumer devices being announced from the likes of HP, ASUS and Toshiba. We also ask where is Lumia Denim? Talk Roku, Google cast for audio, Plex, Media Browser and we even get time to talk a…
