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Amazon Is Updating Its Fire TV Home Screen
Amazon is tweaking its Fire TV home screen again. The company is testing a new “Games” tab and moving the profile icon to the far right of the screen. A user in Canada updated his Fire TV stick and the noted the changes, according to tech YouTuber Chris Waite via AFTV News. In the comments…
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Amazon’s New Home Internet Service Will Also Power 5G Networks
British mobile operator Vodafone wants to expand its 4G and 5G coverage with the help of Amazon’s low-Earth orbit satellite constellation, Project Kuiper. Vodafone wants to use Project Kuiper’s high-bandwidth, low-latency network to improve connectivity services in Africa and Europe, two areas where the company has high concentrations of customers. In addition, the partnership would…
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Roku Channel To Pull Original Content That Isn’t Attracting New Viewers
Roku disclosed earlier this week that it would soon remove some content from its streaming service to cut costs. We now have a better idea of what will get the ax. Unpopular Roku original TV shows and movies will likely get cut, according to Variety, which cited unnamed sources. Roku wasn’t immediately available for comment.…
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YouTube Testing Longer Ad Breaks
Nothing is more irritating to me than when I’m listening to eight hours of medieval tavern ambience on YouTube and it’s interrupted by an ad. If you’re like me, the “Skip Ads” button is your best friend whether you’re going down a video rabbit hole or giving your workday a niche soundtrack. Unless you subscribe…
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Hulu + Live TV Sees Huge Bump in Signups After Spectrum-Disney Fight
Hulu + Live TV saw a 60% spike in subscribers after Charter Spectrum dropped Disney-owned networks on August 31. The day before, Spectrum warned customers that they could lose channels like ESPN, FX, Freeform, Natgeo, Disney Channel and Baby TV as well as multiple local ABC channels. With college football season ramping up, cutting off cable…
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Will Apple Buy Disney? Here Is Why It’s Not Likely To Happen
Rumors that Apple will buy Disney have been circulating for years, but will it actually happen? Experts say there’s very little evidence to suggest a future acquisition. The two companies have a positive history together and Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs and Disney’s CEO Bob Iger had a close friendship, with Iger previously serving on Apple’s…
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5G’s Killer App Might Not Be What You Expected
While consumers have embraced 5G, many still want to better understand what 5G can actually do. In short – 5G has yet to find its killer app. That’s according to the 2023 Connected Consumer Survey from consulting firm Deloitte. The report said 62% of surveyed consumers have a 5G-enabled smartphone. And those who haven’t made…
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How To Opt Out of Disney+ Nielsen Measurement
Data measurement company Nielsen measures and analyzes data it collects from consumers to better track patterns about consumer behavior for major clients such as CBS, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company. Over the summer, Nielsen expanded its reporting system to better cover streaming apps. The Local Streaming Insights Quarterly Solution will be able to tell…
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Fire TVs Might Soon Delete Your Apps to Free Up Storage Space
Fire TVs and Fire TV sticks haven’t increased their internal storage in almost a decade, but Fire OS keeps getting bigger. The software’s preinstalled apps eat up over half of a device’s 8GB of space. Amazon is working on a solution while we wait for more information on the two Fire TV devices that just…
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Say Goodbye to DSL & Landline Phones As AT&T & Others Shut Down Their Copper Lines
The age of landline phones and DSL is coming to a close as more telecom companies move away from legacy copper networks. AT&T plans to shutter around half its copper network by 2025, offering customers voice over internet protocols (VOIP), or phone over the internet. AT&T customers can keep their DSL for now, but the…