John Routledge

Founder and owner of Technoshia.com - I'm an avid tech junkie, a lover of new gadgets and home automation. You will often find me reading, writing, and learning about new technologies. I've been featured in many leading technology magazines where I've written about my favorite topics.
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A Threads beta lets you share to Mastodon and other fediverse services
21 Mar

A Threads beta lets you share to Mastodon and other fediverse services

John RoutledgeLatest News
Fediverse support in Meta Threads is up and running in beta. Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Thursday that adult Threads users in eligible countries can now turn on sharing to the fediverse — including Mastodon and other ActivityPub services. Before today’s wider beta rollout, Meta had been testing the cross-platform compatibility with a handful of accounts since late last year.The fediverse…
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HBO Max will soon just be Max in most of Europe too
21 Mar

HBO Max will soon just be Max in most of Europe too

John RoutledgeLatest News
Just as it did in the US last year, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is transitioning HBO Max to just Max in Europe, folding in Discovery+ content and live sports in the process. Max will first be available on the continent in the Nordics, Iberia and central and eastern Europe on May 21. It will hit Poland, the Netherlands, France and…
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Spotify finally launches Miniplayer for desktop users
21 Mar

Spotify finally launches Miniplayer for desktop users

John RoutledgeLatest News
Spotify has added a long-requested Miniplayer to its desktop app, giving you quick playback access while freeing you to focus on other things. The resizable floating window lets you control the audio, including changing tracks, picking playlists and tweaking the volume. The company says the feature has already started rolling out to Premium subscribers.Once it becomes available in your app,…
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Microsoft’s latest Surface Pro Keyboard has bold keys to boost readability
21 Mar

Microsoft’s latest Surface Pro Keyboard has bold keys to boost readability

John RoutledgeLatest News
There's some positive news on the accessibility front coming out of today's Microsoft event. Alongside the business-oriented Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10, the company has revealed the first Surface Pro Keyboard with bold keys. Compared with its other keyboards, Microsoft says this one has a brighter backlight that, combined with the bold font, should make the keyboard easier…
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The case against the TikTok ban bill
21 Mar

The case against the TikTok ban bill

John RoutledgeLatest News
A year ago, I visited TikTok’s US headquarters to preview its new “transparency center,” a central piece of its multibillion-dollar effort to convince the US its meme factory isn’t a national security threat. That effort has failed. The company’s negotiations with the government stalled out and the company is now facing its most serious threat to a future in the…
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