Tag: chromecast
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Locast Is Now Streaming ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC For Free on Chromecast
Locast, a new live TV streaming service that launched in January in New York City, offers access to 15 stations including ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC. With Locast you can stream ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC among others for free in Denver, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, and New York. Last month Locast quietly added support for…
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How to Watch The Midterm Election Results on Roku, Fire TV, & Apple TV
This week are the 2018 mid Term Elections in the United States. The good news is you don’t need a two-year cable TV contract to watch the results on your favorite cable network or streaming news service. Here is how to watch the big cable news networks on Roku, Apple TV, and Fire TV. Channel Sling TV…
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Sorry No New Chromecast Today…
Update: Nevermind Google just announced the 3rd gen Chromecast. (Not during the event but on their site.) You can learn more about it HERE. For weeks now Best Buy has been selling a new Google Chromecast. We have even seen them at our local Best Buy. It was expected that today at Google’s event announcing…
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Google’s New Chromecast Will Be Announced Today
Last week we got to see in person the new 2018 Google Chromecast. Now we should finally get an official announcement as Google is holding an 11 am Eastern press event today (October 9th 2018) to announce several new products. These new products should include a new Pixel phone, Pixel tablet, and among other things. Here…
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Google is Releasing a New 3rd Gen Chromecast Next Week & We Have Early Photos
We have been hearing for sometime now that Best Buy was selling the new 3rd gen Chromecast. Well, there is still no official announcement from Google and it’s not expected until October 9th Best Buy has jumped the gun and started to put them out at a few stores. Today our local Best Buy had…
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The 3rd Gen Chromecast is Mistakenly Sold Early At Best Buy
We have been hearing rumors of an updated 3rd gen Chromecast for some time now. Well, there is still no official announcement from Google and it’s not expected until October 9th Best Buy has jumped the gun and started to sell them at select stores. (Likely a mistake by that store’s staff.) According to a…
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Google Is Updating Their Chromecast Player
It has been a few years since Google last updated the Chromecast, and now it looks like they are about to give their streaming player some love. According to some new documents filed with the FCC, Google is working on a slight update to the second-gen Chromecast. From the looks of it almost everything is…
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Google is Rolling Out a Fix For The Chromecast Outage
Do you own a Chromecast or a device with Chromecast built-in? If your Chromecast is not working this today no worries, it is not you, but Google’s backend servers are down right now. For most of the day if you try to cast Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, etc to your Chromecast you will likely find an…
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Google Chromecast is Down World Wide
Do you own a Chromecast or a device with Chromecast built-in? If your Chromecast is not working this morning no worries, it is not you, but Google’s backend servers are down right now. Right if you try to cast Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, etc to your Chromecast you will likely find an error, or it just…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Market Share Grows But Roku Remains Dominant
Today Parks Associates officially released a report looking at the current state of the streaming player market. According to the report the Amazon Fire TV market share grew to 25% up from 16% in 2016. The Google Chromecast feel from 21% in 2016 to 18% today. Roku well still dominates at 37% has been flat since…