Google Play is available on Barnes & Noble's Nook HD and Nook HD Plus tablets, starting today. The move by the bookseller brings a much wider selection of apps to its tablets, which until now only included those selected by the company. ...
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Have you been letting extended family members and friends use your Netflix log-in? Netflix would rather you didn't. The company unveiled a new $12 Family Plan that lets you stream four movies to different devices at the same time. Under the ...
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Recent rumors suggest that Amazon will launch a streaming media player this fall to compete with the likes of Apple TV and Roku. An interesting question is whether it will offer access to Netflix, the company's fierce rival in the streaming ...
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Are you willing to give Google TV another go? If so, the latest option for adding the Google TV platform to your TV is the Asus Cube, which is now being offered for sale by NewEgg.com for $140. We first heard about the Asus Cube (then ...
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Samsung has revamped its smart TV interface with four new full-screen hubs. The first hub, "On TV", has a photo interface that shows what's coming up on TV, and there's a feed of recommended programs to watch based on past viewing habits. ...
Think video streaming, from services such as Amazon and Netflix, is killing physical discs? Not quite yet, according to the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), which reports that Blu-ray sales were 28.5 percent higher in the first quarter of ...
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With Google's voice assistant now available on iPhones and iPads, The Associated Press used an iPad Mini to throw five test questions at Google Now and Siri on Monday afternoon in New York. Here's what the two digital assistants had to say ...
The average Facebook user has 342 friends and teenage girls and boys tend to misreport their relationship status as married, according to an analysis of Facebook data by Wolfram Alpha founder Stephen Wolfram. Wolfram analyzed Facebook ...
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Toshiba's Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced Canvio Connect, a portable external hard drive that offers high capacity storage along with the ability to access and share files ...
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Hewlett-Packard on Friday started shipping its US$169.99 Slate 7 tablet with Android 4.1, which signals the company's reentry into the consumer tablet market after the TouchPad imploded in 2011. The tablet became available first in the ...
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LET'S call it bragging rights. That's what shelling out $40,000 gets you when you buy Samsung's slick new S9 85-inch television. It's the latest set on the Australian market to offer so-called "ultra-high definition" picture quality, ...
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Asustek has shipped its Google TV streaming device called Cube, which will become available starting this week for $139.99. Originally called the "Qube," the product is shaped like a cube, and attracted attention for its small size when ...
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Sony Electronics introduced its 2013 Home Audio product lineup today, highlighting the STR-DN1040 Audio/Video Receiver and the HT-CT660 Soundbar. Available in June, both products boast of Sony's legendary commitment to quality sound, and ...
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THE cIn Motion is a successful marriage of the modern touch-screen smartphone and the iconic BlackBerry keyboard. On BlackBerrys, the keyboard has always been about more than filling in text fields, and the new operating system takes that ...
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LET'S call it bragging rights. That's what shelling out $40,000 gets you when you buy Samsung's slick new S9 85-inch television. It's the latest set on the Australian market to offer so-called "ultra-high definition" picture quality, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, TV