Now when you want “cast” your browser to a Google Chromecast device, you don’t even need to download an extension. They’re baking the feature right into Chrome.
- It’s been in development for a while—you could actually have enabled the feature as far back as January—but now you can cast your tabs to your TV or wherever to your heart’s content, no extension required. For thirty bucks, the Chromecast is still one of the easiest ways to beam content to your TV. [Chrome Blog]
- In other news, Google has quietly launched a new app called Crowdsource. It’s designed to help improve the quality of Google’s translations and text transcription by having users suggest corrections. That’s all it does for now—there’s no game aspect, nor are there any micro-payments like Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. You just volunteer your time. They tell TechCrunch it’s just a pilot program. [Android Police]
- Apple has finally sent out invitations to their next press event where they’re expected to unveil the iPhone 7. It’s scheduled for September 7th. The invitation features out-of-focus lights creating a bokeh effect—suggesting, perhaps, that the new phone’s camera will be a point of interest. Or not! Maybe it’s just pretty lights! [Gizmodo]
- The Verge says these $38 Carbo Tenore earphones rival headphones that cost ten times as much. [The Verge]
- Gizmodo investigates the rise and fall of YTMND. [Gizmodo]
Source: LifeHacker
