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Twitter radio, sounds nice huh!! For years, Twitter has offered at least some form of live video, but what if you can"t or don"t want to put your face on camera? You no longer have to point followers to some other app else to hear your thoughts—The iOS versions of both the main Twitter app and Periscope now support audio-only live broadcasts, giving you the chance to reel in listeners without having to make yourself presentable or draw attention to your presence. You can track audience stats like you can with video, as well. When updating Periscope to the latest version, the live streaming video app now allows users to create audio-only broadcasts. The latest version description reads: “Ever want to just talk with your audience on Periscope? In this update you can go live with audio only, so your viewers can hear (but not see) you. To try out an audio-only broadcast, tap on the new microphone icon on the broadcast setup screen. You can select this option before you start yo...

Google has never really shown much interest in podcasts despite their age and popularity but today this changes. The tech giant, today announced the launch of Google Podcasts, an application for Android users to discover and listen to the world’s podcasts. Integrated with the Google Assistant across Android devices and packed with personalised recommendations, Google Podcasts is designed to make it easier than ever for Android users to discover and listen to podcasts. The internet giant has been dabbling in the podcast world for a number of years already, having launched its audio search engine app Google Listen back in 2009, before killing it off three years later. Google then added podcasts to its Google Play Music app back in 2016. But podcasts have felt — and still feel — like second-class citizens in the Google Play Music app, and with podcasting growing as a medium, Google clearly feels the time is right to launch a standalone podcast app. Podcasting was one of ...