Author: Roger Cheng
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Amazon Reportedly Hires Away Microsoft’s Product Guru To Help With Alexa and Echo Devices
Panos Panay, the chief architect of Microsoft’s Surface device strategy and product family, may be moving to another tech giant. Panay, who earlier on Monday announced he was leaving Microsoft, where he served as chief product officer, is heading to Amazon to serve a similar role, according to Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources. This comes after…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Binged the Latest Season of Ted Lasso on a Vision Pro Headset
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s experience with the latest season of Ted Lasso was dramatically different than yours. Cook told CBS News in a video interview that he watched the latest run of the hit Apple TV+ show on the company’s upcoming Vision Pro headset, which utilizes a mix of augmented and virtual reality to create…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Hits Paramount+
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ latest adventure, the film Mutant Mayhem, arrives on Paramount+ on Tuesday. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem marks a new interpretation of the Heroes in a Half Shell, and utilizes a distinct art style which has drawn comparisons to Spider-Man’s Spider-Verse films. The film centers on the quartet as they…
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Telecom and Cable Companies Are Starting to Mirror Each Other as Cord Cutting Takes Center Stage
The telecom companies and the cable providers, with legacies of providing phone and video services, respectively, have traditionally been like water and oil or fire and ice – industries that are diametrically opposed to each other. But a funny thing happened: They increasingly started to look and act more like each other. Two decades ago,…
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Will Disney Sell ABC? Here’s Everything We Know
There appears to be a race to buy the ABC affiliates owned by Disney. Or maybe not? That’s part of the confusion stemming from a flurry of development around those eight stations. Nexstar, which owns a large number of local stations, expressed its interest, while Allen Media Group also put in an even more aggressive…
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Only Massive ISPs Like Comcast Will Benefit From the $42 Billion Broadband Subsidy Program, Critics Warn
President Joe Biden’s $42 billion broadband program is supposed to supercharge the build out of internet infrastructure and finally close the digital divide. But some critics believe language in the fine print of the plan will prevent smaller internet service providers and community programs — who are instrumental in addressing unserved areas — from getting…
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DIRECTV and Nexstar Agree to Bring ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC Locals Back In Temporary Agreement
Nexstar and DIRECTV have agreed to temporarily bring back nearly 160 local ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC stations back to the satellite TV provider, ending a blackout that has spanned three months. “In recognition and appreciation of the continued patience of DIRECTV customers and Nexstar viewers, the companies have agreed to temporarily return the signals…
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Sling Adds Binge TV to lineup, while Freestream Gets 11 Free Streaming Channels
Sling added BingeTV to its lineup, while its free Freestream service adds nine channels, including a load of Indian content. Sling, the live TV streaming arm of Dish Network, has increasingly invested in free ad-supported content through its Freestream platform. It’s just one of a myriad of companies looking to capitalize in growing consumer interest…
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Comcast and Spectrum’s Xumo Adds 14 Free Streaming Channels, Including NBC Sports, SNL and Bravo Shows
Xumo Play, a joint venture between Comcast and Charter Communications’ Spectrum, is adding more content from the Universal library. The free ad-supported streaming service has quickly grown to offer a wide variety of content and is starting to take advantage of growing consumer interest in free ad-supported platforms. Here’s a list of what was added…
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DIRECTV is Dropping Free Max Perk From Legacy Plans
An old DIRECTV perk tied to legacy AT&T wireless and internet plans that included free access to HBO Max, now rebranded Max, is going away. Customers are reporting that they’ve received a notice that their plan would no longer include Max. DIRECTV said that the customers who are getting the alert are ones that are…