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Verizon’s Older Unlimited Plans Are Going Up by $4 per Line, per Month in March
Verizon customers on some older Unlimited plans will soon see a price hike on their bill. The mobile carrier is raising the prices on its 5G Get More, 5G Play More, 5G Do More, and 5G Start unlimited plans by $4 per line, per month starting March 1, according to CNET. The price changes are…
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Roku Plans To Add More Ads to Its Home Screen
Roku’s home screen may soon add more ads. Roku plans to “immerse advertisers in more parts of the home screen” by adding interactive and shoppable ad formats, Kristina Shepard, Roku’s vice president of global ad sales and partnerships, told AdExchanger during CES last week. Bringing more ads to its home screen will give marketers the…
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Disney Is Bringing Shoppable Ads to TVs
Disney is joining a growing number of companies to provide users with a way to instantly buy products they see on TV. The media giant last week launched a beta program of Gateway Shop, its first streaming shoppable ad format. Through Gateway Shop, viewers will receive personalized prompts for products that are sent by push…
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Cable TV Companies Say Letting You Cancel Online Is Too Costly and Dangerous
Cable TV companies on Tuesday slammed the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule that would make canceling a service easier. During a hearing earlier this week, Michael Powell, president and CEO of NCTA – – The Internet & Television Association, argued that the FTC’s plan is “unjustifiably broad” and encompasses beneficial practices in its quest to…
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Fire TV’s New Feature Lets You Create AI-Generated Artwork With Help From Alexa
Amazon’s latest artificial intelligence feature, AI Art, is now available in public preview on some Fire TVs. AI Art, powered by Titan Image Generator, lets Fire TV Stick 4K Max (second generation) or Fire TV Omni QLED Series users create images with the Fire TV Ambient Experience by giving Alexa an “imagination-driven prompt,” like a…
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AT&T Is Reportedly Improving Its 5G Home Internet Service With a New Modem
AT&T is continuing its growth in the 5G home internet space and has a new modem in the works, according to The Mobile Report. The modem, model number BGW530-900, is made by Sagemcom, the same brand that built T-Mobile’s gateway lineup. This comes as AT&T has been a bit more reserved in its 5G home…
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MrBeast Tests Posting Videos on X As Elon Musk Tries To Take On YouTube and Twitch
It looks like MrBeast is playing ball with Elon Musk after all. Earlier this week, Jimmy Donaldson — better known as MrBeast, one of YouTube’s most popular personalities — posted a 16-minute video on X called “$1 Car vs $100,000,000 Car!” “I’m curious how much ad revenue a video on X would make so I’m…
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Illegal IPTV Services Could Be Shut Down Even Faster Under Proposed Legislation in the UK
Illegal IPTV services might struggle to operate if a proposed criminal justice bill becomes law in the U.K. The Criminal Justice Bill covers a number of issues including plans to tackle fraud in multiple ways, including domain and IP suspensions. This could spell trouble for illegal IPTV services and piracy websites, even though the bill…
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YouTube Says Video Slow Downs Aren’t Part of Its Ad-Blocker Crackdown
The latest software updates to ad-blocker extensions Adblock and Adblock Plus have reportedly resulted in performance issues that YouTube viewers originally blamed on Google. The lags affect Adblock version 5.17 and Adblock Plus 5.17, according to uBlock Origin developer Raymond Hill on X, formerly Twitter. Earlier this week, YouTube users took to Reddit earlier this…
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SpaceX’s Portable Mini Starlink Dish Will Release This Year
Starlink’s new mini dish is set to hit the market by the end of this year. “We’ll be introducing the Starlink Mini later this year, which can fit in a backpack,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in a speech to employees on Friday. This comes after Starlink gained approval from the Federal Communications Commission for…