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Rarely-on-sale Sonos Wi-Fi speaker streams tunes from Apple, Amazon & Spotify

Rarely-on-sale Sonos Wi-Fi speaker streams tunes from Apple, Amazon & Spotify

by ben patterson | May 9, 2017 | deals

They’re not cheap, but Sonos’s smart wi-fi speakers have top-notch sound quality. They put the tinny sound from cheaper Bluetooth speakers to shame. Indeed, my ears were pretty happy when I reviewed an older Sonos system a few years back. You don’t...
How to keep Facebook’s new “Open Graph” apps from over-sharing your activity

How to keep Facebook’s new “Open Graph” apps from over-sharing your activity

by ben patterson | Jan 17, 2012 | apps, how-tos, privacy, social networks

You know those updates in your Facebook news feed about which Washington Post stories your friends are reading, what songs they’re listening to on Spotify, and the shows they’re streaming on Hulu? Well, they’re courtesy of Facebook’s new...
How to keep your Spotify activity private on Facebook, permanently

How to keep your Spotify activity private on Facebook, permanently

by ben patterson | Sep 30, 2011 | how-tos, music, social networks

Don’t want everyone on Facebook to know about your addiction to the soundtrack of “A Chorus Line”? If so, think twice before teeing up “I Hope I Get It” or “What I Did For Love” (hey, they’re great songs!) on Spotify,...
Coming soon to Facebook: A new breed of apps that share (almost) everything you do

Coming soon to Facebook: A new breed of apps that share (almost) everything you do

by ben patterson | Sep 22, 2011 | news, social networks

More changes are coming to Facebook, and this one’s big: we’re talking a radically redesigned profile page, complete with a “Timeline” of what you’re watching, reading, playing, and listening to—and it’s all shared automatically,...
Spotify: What you need to know, in five minutes flat

Spotify: What you need to know, in five minutes flat

by ben patterson | Jul 14, 2011 | how-tos, music, the cloud

Already a sensation in Europe, Spotify’s free music streaming service just landed in the U.S. today, and sure enough, it’s all over the news. So, what’s so special about Spotify? Aren’t there already music sites like Pandora and Slacker (more...

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