The Morning After: Weekend Edition

Avoiding Google’s 30 percent cut.’Fortnite’ will skip the Play Store for its Android releaseWhen the popular battle royale shooter arrives on Android this summer, players will have to sideload it… See the rest here: The Morning After: Weekend Edition

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FX+ streaming service opens up to all of FX’s cable subscribers

One of the main selling points of FX+, which costs $6/month, is that new episodes of FX original shows land there before they air on the network. For instance, FX+ users can watch the pilot of… Originally posted here: FX+ streaming service opens up to all of FX’s cable subscribers

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Android’s Clock will wake you up with tunes from Spotify

As a five-year Google Play Music subscriber, I have to admit that I’m a little miffed by this. It’s more proof that Google doesn’t care about its own music services, even on its own operating… Excerpt from: Android’s Clock will wake you up with tunes from Spotify

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Facebook’s app will personalize navigation to fit your social habit

“We want the shortcuts available in the navigation bar to reflect how an individual uses Facebook,” said product manager Alexa Andrzejewski. “To that end, we’re customizing mobile shortcuts so… See the rest here: Facebook’s app will personalize navigation to fit your social habit

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Chase links its payment app to Samsung Pay so you’ll actually use it

The feature is available today so long as you have a supporting Samsung Galaxy smartphone.In some ways, Chase didn’t have much choice. It based its QR code system on CurrentC, the payment… Here is the original post: Chase links its payment app to Samsung Pay so you’ll actually use it

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