| ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds | | | Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): | | 279 articles, 12 podcasts, 15 press releases, 307 tweets, and 19 YouTube videos | | | 1. Amazon Launches Echo Show Gestures So You Won't Bother Alexa | | Amazon just announced a trio of new Echo Show features, with gesture controls topping the list. For now, you can only activate or dismiss a timer by raising your hand, but it still means you won't have to tap the device or yell "stop" at poor, misunderstood Alexa. More gestures are set to come soon. | | 2. Instagram Will Let You Collaborate With Friends, Eventually | | Several new sharing features are bound for Instagram, and you can start using one of them very soon: Notes. These act as short temporary messages you can share with friends and follow-backs that will hang around in their inbox for 24 hours. Useful? Maybe, but we'll stick with regular messaging. | | 3. Google Brings Back the Blobs to Celebrate Beethoven's Birthday | | Google is celebrating Beethoven's 252nd birthday with two rhythm games spotlighting the composer's work. Both can be played in a browser, and each highlights his music in its own way. Blob Beats is more of a traditional video game, while Beethoven Beats is more of a music tool. Go check 'em out! | | | Instagram is popular with a wide variety of people, but based on the numbers above, there are more woman than men on the platform. In most age ranges, the gap in user numbers is fairly close, save for the 35-44 age range. Why the bigger user difference there? Who knows! | | | "Let's help the newborn get a new high score." —Evan Killham, Editor | | | 💎 You Know You Want It | | You may think you don't need a massaging chair, but before you (responsibly) write off the idea, just look at this Massage Chair Recliner with Zero Gravity from SMAGREHO. All the comfort of a regular recliner, but now it can give your body the deep massage you definitely deserve. C'mon, you know you want it. | | | You can't eat gas... right? | | |
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