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Streaming is the most popular way to watch TV shows, accounting for about 38% of all TV usage, according to Nielsen. Streaming watch parties make it easy to enjoy a show with a friend who lives miles away, or your partner while they’re on a business trip. Some services, like Disney Plus and Amazon Prime Video, previously allowed people to host watch parties from their service, but those methods are no longer available. We’ll walk you through two ways you can host watch parties on those streaming services and many more. 

It’s important to note that both of these methods require you and the people in your watch party to have access to the same streaming services. In other words, everyone needs access to a Netflix account or these won’t work — and that goes for other streaming…

At the Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Google announced an addition to its Firebase platform that aims to make it easier for developers to build AI-powered applications in JavaScript/TypeScript, with Go support coming soon.

Firebase Genkit is an open source framework, using the Apache 2.0 license, that enables developers to quickly build AI into new and existing applications.

Some of the use cases for Genkit that the company is highlighting Tuesday include many of the standard generative AI use cases: content generation and summarization, text translation and generating images.

“Powerful large language models put AI-powered app features within reach, but building and refining these features beyond a prototype is hard,” Google product manager Chris Gill and developer…

Kajabi, the video and web hosting platform for content creators to sell online courses, announced Thursday the official launch of its no-code branded mobile app offering, letting users host their own customized native app through the App Store and Google Play.

Kajabi already has a mobile app for hosting online courses, but this new product allows creators to control the user experience and interact with customers in a new way. Creators can customize their app’s icon, login screen, layout, and content, including the welcome screen, explore page, push notifications, custom links, carousels featuring online courses, other in-app purchases like bundle offers, and more. There’s also a separate AI chat assistant that can be trained to answer questions and is integrated into the app.

“Our…

Streaming is the most popular way to watch TV shows, accounting for about 38% of all TV usage, according to Nielsen. Streaming watch parties makes it possible to enjoy a show with a friend who lives miles away, or your partner while they’re on a business trip. Some services, like Disney Plus and Amazon Prime Video, used to allow people to host watch parties right from the service, but those methods are no longer available. We’ll walk you through two methods that allow you to host watch parties on those services and many more. 

It’s important to note that both of these methods require you and your watch party to have access to the same streaming services. Simply put, everyone needs access to a Netflix account or these won’t work — and that goes for other streaming services. It is…