Chromecast is now getting built into hotel TV systems

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chromecastofficial-100618472-largeWatching online video on your hotel television could soon be as easy as watching on your phone as Chromecast heads to hotel TV systems.

Sonifi, a provider of TV and Internet services for hotels, is partnering with Google on a Chromecast-based system for guest rooms, dubbed SoniCast. Instead of having to bring their own $35 Chromecast dongles, and employ elaborate workarounds to get them working on hotel Wi-Fi, guests would just connect their phones to the hotel’s Wi-Fi network and Cast video from supported apps, just like they would at home. The system then makes sure that each guest can only Cast to their own television. More of this article from PCWorld.com

Google+ update to bring notification screen improvements once Google finally flips the switch

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google-plus-android-100638209-largeSomething’s up with the latest version of Google+.

Android Police spotted several changes to the notification screen in the version 7.6 update, but now they all appear to have vanished. Closing and re-launching the app eliminated them in one fell swoop, which indicates the flip of a server-side off switch. Check out this article from PCWorld.com

Facebook adds reactions, events support, and filters to live video broadcasts

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facebook-live-reactions-android-100654679-largeAfter expanding live video broadcasts to all Android and iOS users earlier in 2016, Facebook is rolling out a whole bunch of new features for Facebook Live. More of this article from PCWorld.com

Google nixes merged tabs in dev version of Chrome for Android

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google_chrome_android_icon.pg-100590199-largeGet ready to say farewell to Chrome’s merged tabs feature. The capability is no longer there in the latest build of the developer version of Chrome for Android, which offers a pretty strong gauge that it’s likely to be killed off.  Check this article from PCWorld.com

How to Keep Up with the Trends on Social Media

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social-media-trends-644x373Modern journalists always have an eye on social media to see which stories are trending and why. Do you want to track social media trends like the professionals do? More of this article from MakeUseOf.com

How Password Managers Keep Your Passwords Safe

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Ithow-password-managers-644x373 goes without saying that everyone needs to use stronger passwords, and the best way to do that is with a password manager. The truth is, passwords that are hard to hack are just as hard to remember, yet even so, you really do need long and complex passwords. Check out this article from MakeUseOf.com

Smile updates TextExpander and switches to subscriptions

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textexpander_4-100654556-largeSmile Software is changing practically everything about TextExpander except what TextExpander actually does: Letting you save chunks of text or other data as “snippets” that are automatically inserted when you type an abbreviation. The new version of the beloved utility is aimed at more seamlessly sharing snippets among teams, there’s a new web portal at TextExpander.com to manage your snippets online, and it’s even expanding to a new platform with a beta version of TextExpander for Windows. Check out more of this article from MacWorld.com