This Week in Hosted (1 April 2024)

In the News

Google Podcasts is shutting down soon, users urged to move to YouTube Music | TechCrunch

Google is shutting down its Podcasts app in the U.S. in a matter of days. The company has begun warning the app’s users they will need to migrate their

TechCrunchSarah Perez

Microsoft has a new Windows and Surface chief

Windows and Surface are back together again.

The Verge

Twitch Changes Policy to Deal With New Butt Streaming

The video game streaming platform can’t make up its mind on boobs and butts.

GizmodoThe A.V. Club

Service Updates

• AirTable | App Platform: Visibility rules for record details, AirTable AI, pivot tables in interfaces, email notifications for form responses
• Discord | Messaging: Mobile improvements, new Elements collection in the Shop, animated avatars, dev portal clean-up
• Feedly | RSS: Power search custom date range, deduplication in automated newsletters
• LastPass | Passwords: 'lastpass.eu' checkbox removed from login window, bug and security fixes
• Notion | Workspaces: New 'Home' view with views for recent pages, tasks, and trending content, automate with database buttons
• Shopify | eCommerce: Checkout validation, cash tracking improvements, customer receipt selection

New Services

• Fieldmobi Frontline: Field data and team management platform
• Kitemaker: End-to-end product development
• Notion Circles: Curation of top-notch Notion templates
• Spotify Miniplayer: Discreetly play music, podcasts & videos on desktop

Community Content

How to Access Netflix Games on iPhone

You can play games like Hades, Grand Theft Auto: Definitive Edition, and Dead Cells so long as you have a phone and a Netflix account on either Android or iOS.

GizmodoThe A.V. Club

How to Set Up a Scheduling System for a Small Business

Learn how to boost small business efficiency with a scalable scheduling system, optimizing resources for seamless operations and growth.

DoodleFranchesca TanUpdated: Mar 28, 2024

Service Spotlight: Pagecord

Meet Pagecord, a blogging app for writing and posting directly from your favorite email host. To get started, simply sign up for the service and you'll receive a unique email address that you can use to send new posts to. To post, simply draft a new email and send it to your Pagecord email address when ready.

Users can upgrade to premium to gain features like image posting, link unfurling, analytics, subscribers, and custom domains. Pagecord also features a basic web interface for managing bios and existing posts.

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Privacy

Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit

Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on.

Ars TechnicaScharon Harding

Facebook secretly spied on Snapchat usage to confuse advertisers, court docs say

Zuckerberg told execs to “figure out” how to spy on encrypted Snapchat traffic.

Ars TechnicaAshley Belanger

What We're Listening To

AI headphones and clicky phone keys

Next-gen noise-canceling and new-old iPhone keyboards on this episode of The Vergecast.

The Verge

TNB Tech Minute: Huawei’s Profit More Than Doubled - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts

Plus: xAI releases the next generation of its generative AI model, Grok. And Tesla embraces advertising. Alex Ossola hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here’s our guide for switching to a different podcast player.

The Wall Street JournalZoe Thomas

Upcoming Events

Experience Google Cloud Next ’24

It’s backkkkk! Experience the new way to cloud at #GoogleCloudNext April 9-11 in Las Vegas. Join me for three days of captivating keynotes, immersive info sessions, deep-dive demos, and apt applications on Security, Workspace, and #generativeAI

Next CloudGoogle Cloud

WWDC24

Join the worldwide developer community online for a week of technology and creativity.

Apple Developer

Microsoft 365 Community Conference

Microsoft 365 Community Conference is a premier opportunity to hear experts from Microsoft and around the world share their experience and knowledge about a variety of topics such as cloud services, best practices & real world project insights.

Windows Tips and Tricks: Shake to Minimize

Have too many windows up and want to easily clear away the mess? Grab a window by its title bar, hold the mouse button, and shake it by dragging your mouse back and forth. All other windows will automatically minimize and you'll be left with a view of your desktop and the active window.

Closing Remarks

Happy April Fools' Day!