Chris Schroeder

The news comes in the wake of numerous reports that claim Apple has been prodding major music labels such as Sony and Universal Music Group to pull content from free on-demand music platforms

Microsoft has Cortana. Google has Google Now. Apple has Siri. While the leading technology companies have digital assistants offering voice-to-text features, social networks have lagged behind. That may soon change, as Facebook has announced plans to add a voice-to-text feature to its Messenger app.

Google Translate has picked up a new feature and performance improvements that is making it easier for people to converse and identify words in other languages through the app. The update, previously rumored to launch on only Android, will be rolled out in the next few days, brings forth both quicker and localized conversation translations as well as a new feature Google calls “Word Lens”.

Microsoft and Major League Gaming are teaming up to host and broadcast the largest Call of Duty Championship event in history. The finals, which are scheduled to take place in March, will be hosted in Los Angeles, CA and carries a grand prize of $1,000,000 to the winning team.

HTC’s Jack Tong, president of HTC North Asia, talked about some of the company’s plans for 2015 and the devices it will be focusing on with its marketing campaigns, stating that HTC will release HTC Desire 820 in January 2015 with other entry-level devices to follow in the first quarter of the year.

The month of November is almost upon us, which means that not only will the Xbox One see a $50 price drop, but a new set of Games with Gold deals for Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be available as well