Software and Services

The first post on Twitter was on March 21, 2006 by founder Jack Dorsey. I joined in February 2008, and for the past 16 years, I've visited Twitter.com, but today, that changed. When logging on to X this afternoon, I noticed a big change, the domain name has finally been updated to x.com, highlighted by an alert banner at the bottom of the page explaining...

Reddit is rolling out updates to our iOS and Android apps to make it easier and faster to get to these conversations. Conversations are at the heart of Reddit and what sets us apart from the rest of the internet. Posts and comments allow users to engage with each other and their communities.  The new changes are aimed at removing hurdles and reducing friction points to...

The social network X, is headed to your TV, with owner Elon Musk confirming the news on the platform this afternoon. Fortune also has an exclusive article with details about the launch of the streaming video app. The TV app is said to look and feel very familiar (read: a YouTube clone) and will be available on some Smart TVs as soon as next...

Microsoft is adding a new key to the keyboard of Windows 11 PCs. The new Copilot key will allow for the fastest access to AI. Having made a $10 Billion dollar investment in OpenAI in 2023, Microsoft has moved quickly to implement CoPilot into Windows 11, and Office, and now in the most bolt move yet, is putting it on your keyboard. This move...

Kobo added Audiobooks to it's Kobo Plus subscription service a few months ago.  Australian Kobo Plus subscribers can access more than 1.3 million ebooks and over 100,000 audiobooks. You have the option of subscribing to either ebooks or audiobooks access for $13.99/month or ebooks and audiobooks bundled together for $16.99/month. There is a free 30-day trial if you want to look for your favourite authors...

Dropbox, like every other software and services company in 2023 is leveraging AI in their products. Today Dropbox announced enhancements to its latest category of AI-powered products, Dropbox AI and Dropbox Dash, a redesigned web experience, an all-in-one video tool called Dropbox Studio, and three new workflow plans, along with the first investment partners of Dropbox Ventures.  Over the last few years, work has changed dramatically for many businesses, with hybrid and remote...

After a successful public preview earlier in the year, the new Microsoft Teams has now reached general availability and is being rolled out across the world to business and government customers on Windows and Mac. There are some big architectural changes in the new version of Teams which has the benefits of being up to 2x times faster while using 50% less memory. While the...

The changes and improvements to X continue to roll out and the latest confirmed feature is an important one for content creators. X Designer Andrea Conway (@ehikian) released a preview of the upcoming feature that allows users to control the default upload quality when posting videos to X. The options here include extremely low 240 and 480p video which I hope nobody uses, along...