Tag: Apple
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Apple CEO is Not Ready to Talk about Their Soon to Be Launched Netflix Competitor
Yesterday during Apple’s earnings call, CEO Tim Cook talked about the future of their TV efforts. In the call he talked about the Apple TV and their AirPlay 2 efforts but when it came to original content and their plans to launch a Netflix competitor Cook declined to comment at this time. You can hear…
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Verizon Expands Their Free Apple Music Deal
Last year Verizon announced that they would be giving away six months of Apple Music for free to Unlimited customers. Today that deal is being expanded to include six months of Apple Music with all Verizon Beyond Unlimited and Above Unlimited plans starting January 17th, 2019. “When we introduced six months free of Apple Music…
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Cord Cutting This Week 58 – iTunes on Samsung, AT&T Layoffs, Hulu’s New Look, 8K Roku TVs, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also let…
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Apple Is Finally Opening Up to Third-Party Hardware, So Will Apple’s Streaming Service Come to Roku and Fire TV? We Take a Look…
For years Apple has been known as a company that rarely works with third-party hardware makers. Typically, if you want to use an Apple service, you need an Apple device. There have been a few exceptions, but for the most part, if you want to watch something on iTunes you need an Apple product. Over…
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CES Day 1 Recap: 8K Roku TVs, New Tablo DVR, Apple on Vizio & LG TVs, Android TV, & More
CES kicked off yesterday with the official press day. Now we get a look at everything happening. JBL Android TV Link Sound Bar The new JBL Link View with Android TV will also have built-in Google Home. This will allow you to use your voice to control your TV even if you do not have…
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Apple’s AirPlay 2 & HomeKit Are Coming to LG & Vizio TVs
Just a day after Samsung announced that iTunes and AirPlay 2 would be coming to their TVs now LG is also getting AirPlay 2 support. Soon you will be able to use AirPlay to cast to your LG TV from iPhones, iPads, and other Apple devices. Sadly unlike Samsung TVs there will be no iTunes support…
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Roku Is the Best Cord Cutting Streaming Device of 2018 Beating Out The Fire TV & Apple TV (Cordie Award Winners)
We often get asked what is the best streaming device for cord cutting. The truth is there is no one device that is perfect for all, but there does seem to be some that are more popular than others. So, we asked our readers what is the best streaming device for cord cutting. (Not to…
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YouTube TV Is Working On a Fix For Their Apple TV App
For over a week now we have been getting reports of an issue with YouTube TV and their Apple TV app. Reports have been flying in of YouTube TV having poor streaming quality and other issues. Reports like these: @CordCuttersNews did you know @YouTubeTV is not streaming correctly using a Apple TV 4K? Streaming is…
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Apple Music is Coming to Amazon Echo Devices
Today it was announced that Apple Music will be launching on Amazon’s Alexa powered Echo devices in mid-December 2018. Apple Music offers access to 50 million songs currently through iTunes, iOS, and Android devices. The addition of Amazon Echo support will dramatically expand the lineup of supported devices. Apple has a competitor to the Amazon Echo starting…
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Apple Is Considering Building an Apple TV Streaming Stick
According to reports this week Apple is considering make a sub $100 streaming stick to compete with the cheaper Roku and Fire TV streaming players. This comes from a report at The Information. According to the report, Apple is considering building a streaming stick to help them promote their new streaming service, which is reportedly…