Pandora’s new music streaming service that’s set to rival Spotify and Tidal is coming soon. It’s expected to be an on-demand music library akin to those aforementioned rivals.
- The Wall Street Journal is reporting that they’re finalizing agreements with the music labels for the new service and it could launch as soon as next month. It’ll be a tiered service; the existing free, radio-like stream that you know and love will remain, while the premium service that lets you actually choose your music will be $10 per month. Pandora One, the $5 per month ad-free version of the classic Pandora radio is expected to get some new features too, like offline listening. [The Wall Street Journal]
- In other news, Google is going to gradually remove support for Chrome apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux. In late 2016, new apps will only be available to Chrome OS users, and eventually in 2018 existing apps will no longer load on platforms aside from Chrome OS. Basically no one used them because web apps work so well now. [Chromium Blog]
- Hipchat now has native video conferencing. It’s baked into the chat platform so that you don’t need any plugins or additional software. Hipchat is like Slack, but for some reason never garnered the same hip internet clout that Slack has. Sorry Hipchat. [The Next Web]
- The seventh beta of iOS 10 is now available to testers, meaning they’re nearing the development finish line. Apple’s drops betas like I drop beats—efficiently. [TechCrunch]
- Good night, sweet TiVo. The original DVR—literally, the original 1999 model—will no longer be able to load new programming information after September 29th. Loyal customers rocking the old model will generously be getting a $75 gift card. [The Verge]
Source: LifeHacker
