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    All the Biggest Announcements From Meta Connect 2024

    Meta Connect 2024 is a wrap. Mark Zuckerberg took the stage Wednesday to offer up announcements across a slew of product categories. While there are some new features coming to familiar apps like Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, Meta Connect was mostly about other ventures for the company—namely, the Meta Quest, smart glasses, and, of course, AI. Finally, a version of…

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    Meta Connect 2024: Meta Showcases First Prototype of Holographic Orion AR Glasses

    The Meta Connect 2024 annual developer conference saw quite a few announcements and launches today, right alongside the Meta Quest 3s. However, right at the very end, the spotlight was instantly stolen by the unveiling of Meta’s “first fully functional prototype” of its long-anticipated Orion glasses. Arriving in an armored suitcase, the Meta Orion glasses are, as Zuckerberg says, “fully…

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    Microsoft’s new Windows App lets you connect to Windows from almost any device – Computerworld

    Microsoft’s Windows App is now available for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and Windows devices, with an Android version in preview. Users can also access remote Windows PCs  —  either Windows Professional or Enterprise —  via a web browser without having to download and install any software.  Windows App, first unveiled in November 2023, provides access to several Microsoft tools used to remotely connect to Windows…

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    Everything I Expect to See at Meta Connect 2024

    Meta is behind a number of product categories and services, but at Meta Connect 2024, the company’s annual developer’s conference, don’t expect to hear news specifically pertaining to apps like Facebook or Instagram. Instead, Meta says Connect is about the “technologies of the future,” which means AR, VR, and AI. (All the acronyms.) Here’s what we expect to see. The…

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    Meta Connect 2024: how to watch and what to expect

    Meta is holding its annual Connect developers conference next week, and it’s going to showcase a bunch of expected and perhaps some surprise new VR and AR hardware — alongside what might be a heavy Meta AI showcase featuring the company’s newest Llama large language model and image generator in apps like WhatsApp. And as Meta sunsets custom tools for…

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    How to Connect Your Amazon Echo to a Bluetooth Speaker for Better Sound

    Pick up any Amazon Echo smart speaker or display as part of your Alexa smart home setup, and it does, of course, come with its own built-in audio output—so you can hear Alexa’s responses, play your tunes and podcasts, and so on. However, these integrated speakers aren’t necessarily in the top bracket in terms of audio quality. Sure, the $199.99…

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    The iPhone’s volume buttons will no longer work with Spotify Connect

    Spotify users on iPhone will no longer be able to control the volume on connected devices using their physical volume buttons. In an update to its support page, Spotify said Apple “discontinued” this technology, forcing iPhone owners to use an annoying workaround. This change only affects Spotify Connect, a feature that lets users use their phones to control Spotify on…

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