Viva la Microsoft

The company launched a remote work portal for Teams

FEBRUARY 5, 2021 It's February 5, 2021. Happy Friday! Here's another playlist for your (Super Bowl) weekend activities: Apple Music | Spotify     ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 371 articles, 9 podcasts, 12 press releases, 469 tweets, and 8 YouTube videos 1. Microsoft Launches Weird Remote Work Portal Viva It's hard to tell what Viva is going to be from the coverage or the video that Microsoft released. It's part of Microsoft Teams and aimed at helping companies support its employees (maybe?) while they continue in remote work roles. Whatever it is, it should roll out over the rest of the year. 2. Instagram Considers Giving in to the Vertical Video Craze If you can't beat 'em, join 'em? That could be where Instagram is headed, with a new reported interest in letting you post vertical videos to your Stories. You know what else does vertical videos? TikTok and Snapchat. 3. League of Legends on Mobile Looks Pretty Stunning  Here's some cool new gameplay video of the upcoming League of Legends: Wild Rift mobile game. It looks surprisingly similar to the runaway hit PC game, and could help the title attain Fortnite ubiquity if done right. 🦑 Go Deeper When we think of online security, we might not think about securing our photos. Lifewire's Sascha Brodsky takes a deeper look at why you might want to do just that.      🎱 By the Numbers Tik-ing all the boxes Data: 5W Public Relations These numbers are a couple of years old, but match similar studies done more recently. Facebook and Instagram are still doing well, but are the numbers stalling out in terms of younger users? 28 percent of 18-34 year olds say they're using TikTok, so maybe Insta would like that sweet TikTok demographic, too. 🔥 Today's Hot Deal If you're in the market for an easy-to-use, 4K set-top box that also plays games and runs apps, look no further than the Apple TV 4K with 32 GB of storage, now at $30 off the normal $180 price. Don't Miss This Deal 🤓 Nerd Out "My inner-child is super jealous." -Tim Fisher, General Manager Apparently, a 4-year-old girl discovered an incredibly well-preserved 220-million-year-old dinosaur footprint while walking along a beach in Wales last month. We're usually just excited to find cool graffiti on our walks. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It  Turn it up Image: Bang & Olufsen We're pretty enamored with this new Bang & Olufsen modular portable Bluetooth speaker. It's future-proofed with parts you can upgrade over time, and plenty of cool tech (like an accelerometer that knows if you've placed it in landscape or portrait orientation). We want one, for sure. You? 🎥 Behind the Scenes What do they know? Big Data has remade the entertainment industry in many ways, from how we find content to watch at home to how movies are marketed to us. This conversation with the authors of Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment is an informative read/listen.      🗞 Extra! Extra! We've got you covered with the best in daily tech news! See the latest on our site or follow us on Google News. Did someone forward this to you? Sign up here. Have something you'd like us to write about? We're always open for suggestions, too. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Tech Today newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here .   Our editors independently research, test, and recommend the best products; you can learn more about our review process here. We may receive commissions on purchases made from our chosen links. A Dotdash Brand 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 2020 Dotdash • All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.   [View in Browser]