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Microsoft Outlook and Google Calendar are finally going to play nice together
A small cable company is going all-in on YouTube TV for video
Cable TV is on the way out, and YouTube TV is in for Wide Open West, or WOW!, a smaller US broadband operator with just over a half million internet customers and, as of March 31st, 117,000 households paying for cable TV.
The company said Monday that it would start migrating residential TV customers this summer:
The process of migrating WOW!’s residential video customers to YouTube TV will begin this summer as WOW! discontinues the marketing and selling of its TV services, including WOW! tv+, and sells YouTube TV across its footprint. WOW! will maintain and support its current video services as its existing base of video customers can switch from WOW!’s current video products to YouTube TV.
WOW! has been transitioning away from…
The movies to keep your Zelda high going
Leap into adventure with these Zelda-like films
The Writers Strike Has the Power and the Determination to Keep Going
The scene at 33rd and 10th was anticipatory; everyone was ready for this. Earlier this week, in “the canyon” between the HBO offices and Amazon headquarters in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen, a massive group of marchers picketed for nearly four hours in support of the Writers Guild of America. io9 was there talking to…
What’s going on with the Polymetal share price?
The Polymetal share price has been on a rollercoaster ride in recent months. What’s happened with it, and should I take the chance to buy in?
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I lived on a VOLCANO for a month and I thought I was going to DIE
Facebook Messenger app for Apple Watch is going away after May 31st
Say goodbye to another high-profile Apple Watch app. As MacRumorsnotes, Meta is telling Facebook Messenger users that the Apple Watch version will be unavailable after May 31st. While you’ll still get message notifications beyond that point, you won’t have the option to respond. Meta didn’t provide an explanation in a statement to Engadget. Instead, it pointed users to Messenger on “iPhone, desktop and the web.”
Meta (then Facebook) introduced Messenger for the Apple Watch in 2015. The app couldn’t offer text responses, but you could send audio clips, stickers and similar smartwatch-friendly responses from your wrist. That made it helpful for quickly acknowledging a message without reaching for your iPhone.
There are a few factors that may play a role. To start, the limited interaction hurt the app’s appeal. That may have affected its potential audience. Meta is also laying off roughly 10,000 employees and refocusing its efforts in a bid to cut costs. That means cutting less essential projects, and it’s safe to presume Messenger for Apple Watch wasn’t a top priority.
Numerous well-known companies have dropped their Apple Watch apps over the years. Meta scrapped its wrist-worn Instagram app in 2018. Slack, Twitter, Uber and others have also ditched their wearable clients. In many cases, developers left due to either a lack of demand or a lack of necessity — there’s not much point to a native smartwatch app if you’ll likely pick up your phone regardless.
Apple may be aware of this. Rumors suggest watchOS 10 may be redesigned around widgets. Apps might stick around, but the emphasis could be on quick-glance information rather than navigating apps on a tiny screen. Even if you use Messenger for Apple Watch now, there might not be as much incentive to use it going forward.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/facebook-messenger-app-for-apple-watch-is-going-away-after-may-31st-180252947.html?src=rss