Multimedia

Nina Raemont/ZDNETI listen to a lot of music and play a lot of videos. Although vinyl is my first choice for music, with Spotify used for streaming, I also have a vast collection of digital music stored on one of my drives. When I want to listen to something that isn't available on vinyl or Spotify, I use a digital music player. And when I need to view a video that I've created or someone has sent me, or even a DVD or Blu-ray, I have to lean on one of the many apps available for Linux.Also: Thinking about switching to…

Think about hearing every sound clearly, like you're right there in the action. With the right speaker for PC, every sound becomes real, making your gaming and movie time even more exciting. But it's not just about making things louder; it's about making them clear too. From the softest background music to the loudest explosions, a best speaker for computer makes sure you hear every detail perfectly, making your games and movies even better. So,…

Microsoft’s history is littered with the discontinuation of once-beloved applications. Most recently, WordPad, the renowned text editor app, was conspicuously absent from the latest beta build of Windows 11, indicating an end to its 28-year-long journey. I have fond memories of using the app back in my college days when Microsoft Office was too pricey for me. WordPad is far from the only app to get canceled by Microsoft over the years. From pioneering productivity tools to nostalgic multimedia players, let’s…

Social media app Bluesky has picked nearly a million new users just a day after exiting its invitation-only beta and opening to everyone. In a post on its main rival — X (formerly Twitter) — Bluesky shared a chart showing a sudden boost in usage on the app, which can now be downloaded for free for the iPhone and also Android devices. Bluesky added that since broadening the availability of the service yesterday by coming out of beta, the app has seen more than 850,000 new signups, expanding its community to more than…

Andrew Martonik / Digital Trends At this point, it’s easy to take for granted that we have fast and (mostly) reliable Wi-Fi in airplanes no matter where in the world we’re headed. (Some airlines even offer it for free.) But things have changed a lot since in-flight Wi-Fi was first introduced over two decades ago and became truly widespread just 10 years ago. Just like our habits in using the internet — both Wi-Fi and 5G — have changed on the ground, our demands in the air are strenuous, and we increasingly are…

If you’re on WhatsApp and regularly make use of the view once feature for photo and video messages, then you might be interested to learn that the feature has now been expanded to voice messages. WhatsApp’s view once feature does what it says on the tin, deleting a message after it’s been viewed a single time. It’s been available for photos and videos since 2021, but now you can also send voice messages that can only be played once before they, too, disappear from the app. WhatsApp announced the self-destructing…

Absurd Ventures, the multimedia studio founded by former GTA boss Dan Houser, has announced two new intellectual properties. American Caper is family-centered crime drama and A Better Paradise is a thriller set in the near future.American Caper centers on two ordinary American families in a world of crime and corruption, perhaps more Coen Brothers than The Godfather. It will debut as a graphic novel, with art from Simon Bisley, a storied artist who has worked on Lobo and ABC Warriors.Details on A Better…

With so much new content on the web added daily, it can be tough to keep up with what’s happening online. People try several different ways, including visiting specific websites every day, doing Google searches, or relying on social media to keep them informed. One solution that sometimes gets overlooked is an old-school one: The RSS feed. What is an RSS feed? It’s a technology that has influenced many modern internet tools you’re familiar with, and its streamlined, algorithm-free format could make it your next great…

Threads got off to an amazing start earlier this month when around 100 million people quickly signed up to check out the new Twitter-like app from Meta. User engagement with Threads may have dipped since then, but the Instagram team that built the app know that it’ll take time to secure a loyal following. To have a chance of success, the work will involve rolling out a steady stream of updates to knock Threads into shape and make it more appealing. The first notable update came on Tuesday, introduced by Cameron Roth,…

If you want to make video content, you need to know how to edit. At least, you used to. With the power of some of the latest artificial intelligence video editing tools, you can get by with just a few clicks. Some of the best AI video editors have the power to craft your content for you or repackage it for different platforms with just the click of a button. You’ll still need to record the footage yourself (most of the time), and there’s no substitute for a good human-driven edit, but if you want some AI tools to…