Spotify creates a new section for gaming music

Video game developers spend an awful lot of time these days coming up with a great soundtrack for their games. As a result, some of the best music coming out these days is actually from video games. Spotify seems to understand this, which is why the company has created a new section dedicated to gaming music.

Here, you will find original soundtracks from video games, as well as curated playlists. The playlists also include non-video game music for different moods and genres.

The new section is a good idea as it will introduce a lot of people who are otherwise not into gaming to all the great music coming out of video games these days and bring more attention to video game music in general.

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Twitter adds Night mode to Android app

After years of people asking for it, Twitter has finally added a Night mode option in its app.

The option has currently only been spotted in the Android version, with iOS availability not yet known. The option appears as a server side update provided you have one of the recent updates installed with the new Material Design UI. The switch gives the app a slick dark blue appearance, which is far easier on the eyes and also on the battery if you have an AMOLED display. There is no way to automate the day-night switch for now but that seems to be asking too much from Twitter.

I personally don't have the option yet and it's likely most of you won't either, so we will just have to wait for a while till it rolls out to everyone.

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BitTorrent Now is a new music streaming service by BitTorrent

BitTorrent, the company behind the BitTorrent protocol, is a fairly legit business, even though the company's protocol has been used extensively for piracy (although it wasn't really created for that). The company has now launched its own music streaming service with a new app that is available on Android right now, and coming soon to iOS and Apple TV.

BitTorrent Now, as it is called, highlights up and coming musicians instead of established artists and labels. You listen to songs from your favorite artists and also follow them from within the app. Most of the content right now is free but artists can choose to make it paid or free but with ads. Artists who participate in the BitTorrent's pilot program for ad streaming will get 70% of the revenue.

The app currently does not rely on any kind of peer to peer networking for streaming the content but that will change in the future. Everything in the app is 100% legal, however, and uploaded by the creators themselves. It's not the music app to have right now but if you want to check out something new and off the beaten track and then it's worth checking out.

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BBM's video chat feature is now available globally

BlackBerry has announced that the BBM video feature, which first started rolling out back in April this year in the US and Canada, is now available in regions worldwide. The announcement came from the company's senior vice president Matthew Talbot.

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This comes shortly after the feature was made available in the Asia-Pacific region, prior to which it launched in Latin America, Middle-East, Europe, and Africa (in that order). Keep in mind that the feature is currently in beta phase, with final roll out set to commence sometime next month.

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Viacom Introduces New BET Streaming Service To 100 Countries

Viacom has announced its first direct-to-consumer streaming service with BET Play. The service will be streaming content from BET (Black Entertainment Television) to 100 countries around the world, which happens to include Malaysia.

“The launch of BET Play significantly expands the brand’s geographic availability by making it available direct to consumer in many markets where it has not previously had an established presence on TV,” said Michael D. Armstrong, Executive Vice President and General Manager, International Brand Development, Viacom International Media Networks.

BET serves mainly content starring or produced by African-American entertainers. Most of the shows are unlikely to be familiar to a Malaysian audience, although the $4.99 (about RM20) subscription fee is somewhat lower than the competition. Still, it is quite a bit to be paying for only one channel.

Shows available through BET Play are the likes of The Game, Real Husbands of Hollywood, and Being Mary Jane. Along with music programmes focusing on hip-hop, rap, and R&B; especially those featuring black artistes.

The launch of BET Play also coincides with the 2016 BET Awards which will take place on 27 June. Viewers will be able to livestream the Awards through the BET Play app; which is available on bothAndroid and iOS.

Instagram Adds In-App Text Translation Feature

Instagram has announced a new feature for its app that will allow users to translate a particular comment or caption. According to the company, the translation interface will mimic that of Facebook’s translation function; whereby users will only need to click the “see translation” function to translate the respective text.

With the addition of a translation feature inside the app itself, Instagram will join the likes of Facebook and Twitter – both of which had the feature enabled for quite some time now. That aside, the text that a user decides to translate will be displayed again in their own language, based on the language set in the settings. Instagram currently supports translation 24 languages – including Malay.

Keep in mind that the translation feature inside Instagram will not work with older posts or comments. Now that Instagram has this feature, users will be able to fully embrace what their K-Pop idols (Korean language is supported) are saying on Instagram – or anything similar to that.

Instagram has mentioned that the translation feature will be made available to everyone by July, but some users are already seeing the feature being made available inside their app. More information regarding the translation feature inside Instagram can be found here.

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