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Why Are Amazon Prime Deliveries Taking Longer Than Usual? —Ask Luke
Holiday shopping has begun, and many shoppers are wondering why Amazon orders are taking longer than usual to arrive this week. For many Amazon products the expected same day or next day deliveries are turning into two-day or even longer deliveries. So, why are Amazon Prime deliveries taking longer than usual? Today we are going…
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Verizon Fios Is Ditching Cable TV & Going All-In On Streaming
Add another cable TV company to the growing list that are switching over to focus on streaming. This week Verizon’s Fios announced Fios TV+, a new Android-powered streaming player and streaming version of their TV service that will let their customers stream their cable TV package and favorite streaming services all in once place. “Fios…
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DIRECTV Says it Would Consider Cutting Out Locals to Avoid ‘Driving Business Off a Cliff’
DIRECTV has faced enough of these programming blackouts that one of its top executives said it may be time for the company to consider whether it’s worth offering local stations at all. “We’re starting to get to a point where enough’s enough,” DIRECTV Chief Content Officer Rob Thun told Cord Cutters News on Thursday. “We…
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Sony Playstation Will Delete Discovery Reality Shows That Were Already Purchased By Users
Sony warned users that it plans to delete Discovery reality shows like Mythbusters and Naked and Afraid from their digital libraries despite being purchased. Sony began alerting users in recent emails, according to Kotaku. Sony’s Playstation site has put up a page with a full list of shows that will be deleted from user libraries.…
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YouTube Will Now Suggest Videos to You Based On Its Color
Looking for something new on YouTube? Not sure what you want to watch? Now, YouTube will recommend videos to you based on the color of the thumbnail. Recently YouTube started adding the ability to select the color and see videos from channels you follow that had thumbnails with that color in them. This maybe one…
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Amazon Internet Service Taps SpaceX to Help With Satellite Launch
Amazon on Friday said it signed a deal to use Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets to help launch satellites for its Project Kuiper internet initiative. The contract calls for three of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches to carry Amazon’s low-Earth orbit satellites, which are necessary to beam down internet connectivity. Amazon had already purchased 77 rockets launches…
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The FCC is Going After Radio Pirates
The Federal Communications Commission is declaring war on pirates — of the radio variety. The agency on Friday said it issued nine warnings to landowners in the Boston for hosting illegal radio broadcasts from their properties. The warnings come with a threat of fines exceeding $2 million if those broadcasts don’t cease. Even in the…
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Two More Wireless Carriers Plan To Shut Down Their 2G and 3G Networks
US Cellular and Cellcom are the latest operators with plans to shelve their older 2G and 3G networks as mobile carriers focus on building out their 5G offerings. Over the last year, 5G home internet has gained a lot of attention for its easy setup process and coverage potential, while 5G wireless service has become…
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How Netflix is Improving HDR Video to Work on All Devices
Over the last few months, Netflix rolled out a new version of HDR to optimize video quality on all devices, including TVs, mobile devices, and tablets. The format, called HDR-VMAF (Video Multimethod Assessment Fusion), uses a machine learning technology developed by Netflix called Dynamically Optimized encoding. It was designed to help Netflix offer a more…
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Deal Alert! Upgrade Your Fire TV to Be Even More Powerful With The Fire TV Pro Remote on Sale Now At a New All-Time Low Price
Do you own a Fire TV? The smart TV device would benefit from a better remote with a remote finder, TV controls, wireless headphone support, and backlit buttons. There’s good news: Amazon’s Alexa Voice Remote Pro is on sale right now for a limited time at a new all-time low price. Maybe the best feature…