Electronics gadgets: Spotify Wrapped Calls You Out for Your Taste in Music

December 1, 2022

December 1, 2022. National Eat a Red Apple Day! What better way to kick off December than with some fresh fruit? Sure, we prefer the green ones, but we'll make an exception today. By the way, does anyone else hear Christmas music?

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1. Spotify Wrapped 2022 Puts Your Favorites All In One Spot

It's that time of year again for the annual Spotify Wrapped. Go check out your personal metrics about your top songs and artists of the year, and read about the most popular tracks and musicians across the entire platform. It's a good time, and we bet it's more accurate about your music choices than you think.

2. Send Your Kid's Holiday Wish List Directly to Santa With SantaGram

Add another option for contacting Santa to your bag of tricks this year, because SantaGram has opened its digital doors. Similar to other methods of Santa correspondence, SantaGram lets you create and send a video message and wishlist straight to Santa himself. The kids in your life will love it.

3. Print 4x6 Photos Right From Your Phone With This Portable Printer

C+A Global, an affiliate of HP, just announced the HP Sprocket Studio Plus Photo Printer, which can make extra-large prints from any smartphone. Specifically, they're 4x6-inch copies, which can be used in frames, collages, or whatever else you can think of. We trust you won't go overboard with it.

🦑 Go Deeper

We never thought we'd say this, but if you've been missing the PalmPilot PDA from the '90s, you're in luck, because there's now an online emulator available. Feeling nostalgic? Us, too. Sascha Brodsky can tell you all about it.

🎱 By the Numbers

Familiar names and faces

Data: Spotify

Do you listen to a lot of Taylor Swift? If so, know that you're partially responsible for her being one of the most streamed artists on Spotify. She has over 82 million monthly listeners, beating out The Weeknd's 78+ million, and we bet those rankings won't change too much anytime soon.

🔥 Today's Hot Deal

If you're on the hunt for more Alexa devices, look no further than this Echo Show 8 (2nd Gen) + Echo Show 5 Kids bundle. It's down to $69.99 on Amazon right now and almost seems too good to be true.

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🤓 Nerd Out

"They make a good pair." —Jerri Ledford, Senior News Editor

We never get tired of seeing Earth from space, and we think NASA knows this. Case in point, the organization just shared an image from its Orion spacecraft showing the Earth and Moon from 268k miles away. What a sight. (Share on Twitter)

💎 You Know You Want It

Steamy!

Image: WaterField Designs

The Steam Deck can rival the Nintendo Switch, but it's not as easy to carry around. Fortunately, WaterField Designs is back with the Slip Case for Steam Deck. With a fleece interior and a water-resistant exterior, the Deck should be safe during everyday travel and storage. Just don't push its limits too hard.

🎮 Up-Down-A-B-Start

Avengers Assemble!

There's a new Marvel game upon us called Marvel's Midnight Suns, and while it may not provide the tactical challenge of something like XCOM, it might have enough character interactions to satisfy your MCU needs. If you're into that.