Google Play Music Integrates With Sonos

A few months ago, I was about to buy 2 Sonos wireless speakers, but I realized that Sonos doesn't support Google Play Music. That was unfortunate, especially considering that Play Music doesn't even have a public API. The good news is that Google Play Music now integrates with Sonos.

"Now available around the world, you can stream directly to Sonos from within the Google Play Music app on your Android device, or simply stream Google Play Music from your Sonos app to any Sonos player throughout your home," mentions the Sonos blog. "Enjoy all the features of your Google Play Music app in Hi-Fi sound by playing directly to Sonos from Android devices. Use the Google Play Music app to start a song in any room and control the volume without ever leaving the app. For full access of all your music services and multi-room control, use the Sonos app to stream all the music you love to any room."



Google Play Music uses the same "cast" icon that's also used for connecting to Chromecast. Apparently, Play Music's database now includes 22 million songs.

How To Generate Dummy Data in Ruby, Perl and Python

You’re building a web application, and you need some realistic information to shove into it. You need to check that your validation functions work perfectly, and see that your product actually works. The only problem is, you can’t really use real-world data. There are just far too many legal and ethical considerations you need to make. Indeed, in some jurisdictions, there are specific legal obstacles to using real-world data in development environments. Take, for instance, the UK. Here, there’s something called the Data Protection Act, 1998. It’s quite unambiguous with how companies are allowed to handle the data it retains:...

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3 Easy Ways To Stop Email Overload From Hitting Your Inbox

Email has quite a reputation as a productivity killer. Managing email well can help you keep your inbox clean, but wouldn’t it be great if you got less of it to begin with? Methods that help you organize your emails are often designed to work on emails that have already arrived in your inbox. To minimize the amount of time you spend sifting through email, you need to stop it at its source i.e. before it hits your account. The following simple hacks can help ensure that there are fewer incoming messages for you to deal with. Move Your Conversations...

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How To Clean Install Windows 8.1 Update From USB Drive

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Windows 8.1 Update has finally been released via Windows Update to all existing Windows 8.1 users and is a mandatory update. PC users who’re running Windows 8.1 can now get the major Update either via Windows Update or by manually downloading the same. As you likely know, this is a free update to Windows 8.1 […]

4 Websites That Look Official But Will Take Your Money

We tend to be trusting of official-looking websites, but not everyone out there is as honest as we’d like to believe. Even if you’re a scrupulous person, it can be easy to get tricked by an official-looking site. Here are four examples. These four have caught a lot of people off-guard: make sure you’re not one of them! These aren’t “scam” websites (though it’s important to watch out for scams, too), as they do actually state what they offer and, if you’re paying attention, you’ll see that you’re going to pay more than is required for what you’re looking for....

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How To Free Up Disk Space Without Booting Into Windows

Hard drives spend most of their time in the computer they were originally shipped with, but as computers age and user needs change they may eventually be replaced by a better drive, placed in storage, or moved to a new PC. This may, in turn, leave you with a need to free up disk space without booting into the Windows on the computer a drive was originally used with. Taking care of this is easy if you have the correct tools. The Hardware Path Failure of a computer, or corruption of Windows, can be one reason why you need to...

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Windows XP To Chrome OS, Comcast Worst Company, iWatch Rumors [Tech News Digest]

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Windows XP To Chrome OS, Comcast Worst Company, iWatch Rumors [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, switching from Windows XP to Chrome OS, forcing Facebook Messenger, Project Ara developers, Comcast named “worst company in America,” Apple iWatch rumors, and an Easter PSA from Goldieblox. Google Urges XP Users To Try Chrome OS With Microsoft having ended support for Windows XP, those people still using the aged operating system need to jump ship or risk becoming a target for cybercriminals and digital ne’er-do-wells. Google is offering a solution: switch to Chrome OS. In order to persuade XP orphans that Chrome OS is the way to go, Google is offering sizeable discounts for...

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How To Remove Shutdown Button From Start Screen In Windows 8.1 Update

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Earlier this week, Microsoft officially released Windows 8.1 Update to public. In addition to performance enhancements, this update makes Windows Store apps much easier to use for mouse and keyboard users. Other than that, shut down and search button now appear on the Start screen. Those of you have installed Windows 8.1 Update probably have […]

Microsoft Has Killed Windows XP… Now What? [We Ask You]

Windows XP is no more. It’s dead, done, dusted. Sure, it still exists and may even be sitting on your computer beavering away in the background. But with Microsoft having ended support for the aged operating system it’s time we all moved on. But move on to what? That is the question. eXPired We want to know, Microsoft Has Killed Windows XP… Now What? We simply want you to tell us how Microsoft ending support for Windows XP is going to affect you personally. Or, if you’re not still using Windows XP, how it will affect someone you know who...

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5 Tips To Build Your Confidence When Founding An Online Business

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” — Karen Lamb If you want to set up an online business, now is a great time to start. Don’t let a lack of confidence stop you. Your experience with entrepreneurship is likely to be as unique as you are. Once you take the plunge, you’ll be determined to do whatever it takes to make things work. But the fear of putting that first step into the unknown might be holding you back. We have given you various resources to guide you into online entrepreneurship, such as this free...

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3 Benefits of SSD Web Hosting

Solid state drives have dropped in price and the performance benefits to desktop users are immediately obvious to anyone who owns one: your computer will fly. But does this translate into benefits to a website when utilising SSD hosting? Of course it does, and here’s why you should be looking at SSD hosting from your provider. Check out SSD web hosting by Doteasy, starting at just $4.95 a month for the first year. What are SSDs? Solid State Disk drives use non-volatile memory to store information. Unlike regular volatile memory (RAM), this means that the data isn’t lost when power...

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Four Excellent Image Editors For Your Chromebook

Do you like editing and tweaking images but find the Chromebook’s default editor too limited? Here are some alternatives. The default editor on a Chromebook is extremely basic. It is opened by running the image viewer and clicking on the pencil icon, but beyond auto-enhance, crop, brightness, and contrast there are no further options available. Luckily, there are both cloud-based editors and offline editors available through the Chrome Web Store. Here we have a look at some of the leading candidates to become your go-to image editor on a Chromebook. 1. Pixlr Editor Pixlr Editor is currently the most powerful...

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Massive Bug in OpenSSL Puts Much of Internet At Risk

If you’re one of those people who’ve always believed that open source cryptography is the most secure way to communicate online, you’re in for a bit of a surprise. This week, Neel Mehta, a member of Google’s security team, informed the development team at OpenSSL that an exploit exists with OpenSSL’s “heartbeat” feature. Google discovered the bug when working with security firm Codenomicon to try and hack its own servers. Following Google’s notification, on April 7th, the OpenSSL team released their own Security Advisory along with an emergency patch for the bug. The bug has already been given the nickname...

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11 Chrome Extensions That Will Super-Power Your Gmail Experience

Google makes the Chrome browser and Google makes Gmail. Naturally, you have some great Chrome extensions to make your Gmail experience better. But there are just so many of them! Some have the same functionality, like tweaking the interface or scheduling a mail for later, and others are defunct extensions that top search results. So we scoured through the Chrome Web Store and came up a list of the best of the best. Here’s how to super-power your Gmail in Chrome. mxHero Toolbox The first thing you need to install is mxHero Toolbox, which is possibly the only Chrome extension...

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11 Chrome Extensions That Will Super-Power Your Gmail Experience

Google makes the Chrome browser and Google makes Gmail. Naturally, you have some great Chrome extensions to make your Gmail experience better. But there are just so many of them! Some have the same functionality, like tweaking the interface or scheduling a mail for later, and others are defunct extensions that top search results. So we scoured through the Chrome Web Store and came up a list of the best of the best. Here’s how to super-power your Gmail in Chrome. mxHero Toolbox The first thing you need to install is mxHero Toolbox, which is possibly the only Chrome extension...

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How Can I Extract Audio From An MP4 Or YouTube Video?

Watching YouTube videos is great – but what if you want to just listen? Stripping the audio from a video can let you enjoy YouTube content anywhere. You might even distribute a video podcast on Hangouts as an audio podcast! Dealing With YouTube’s Vast Volume Of Content There is a lot of content on YouTube. You’ve probably noticed, and found yourself watching video after video well into the night on at least one occasion. But what were you watching? YouTube features everything from pop videos to classic adverts, TV event reactions to instructional pieces covering cooking, computers, nuclear fission, putting...

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How Can I Extract Audio From An MP4 Or YouTube Video?

Watching YouTube videos is great – but what if you want to just listen? Stripping the audio from a video can let you enjoy YouTube content anywhere. You might even distribute a video podcast on Hangouts as an audio podcast! Dealing With YouTube’s Vast Volume Of Content There is a lot of content on YouTube. You’ve probably noticed, and found yourself watching video after video well into the night on at least one occasion. But what were you watching? YouTube features everything from pop videos to classic adverts, TV event reactions to instructional pieces covering cooking, computers, nuclear fission, putting...

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How Can I Extract Audio From An MP4 Or YouTube Video?

Watching YouTube videos is great – but what if you want to just listen? Stripping the audio from a video can let you enjoy YouTube content anywhere. You might even distribute a video podcast on Hangouts as an audio podcast! Dealing With YouTube’s Vast Volume Of Content There is a lot of content on YouTube. You’ve probably noticed, and found yourself watching video after video well into the night on at least one occasion. But what were you watching? YouTube features everything from pop videos to classic adverts, TV event reactions to instructional pieces covering cooking, computers, nuclear fission, putting...

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Twitter Mimics Facebook, Heartbleed Bug In OpenSSL, Netflix 4K Streaming [Tech News Digest]

Today in Tech News Digest, Twitter becomes Facebook, Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 Update 1, OpenSSL suffers Heartbleed, IE6 declared dead, Netflix streaming in 4K, Sesame GO launches, and Rise Of The Patent Troll. Twitter Rolling Out Facebook-Like Profiles oh man the new twitter profiles are terrible. RIP Twitter. — Adrian Chen (@AdrianChen) April 9, 2014 Twitter is rolling out a major redesign of user profiles that takes its cue from rival social networking site Facebook. The updated profiles add more information and several new features designed to make the user experience easier and more fulfilling. We first reported that a...

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