Tag: microsoft
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For Cord Cutters Eyeing New TVs, Next-Gen Xbox Leverages High-Tech Features
This week, Microsoft offered some in the gaming press in-depth previews of its upcoming Xbox Series X games console. And while the focus is naturally on games, improved graphics, and fancy hardware, cord cutters may want to keep an eye on the console if they’re considering a new TV purchase in the near-future. The Xbox…
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T-Mobile and Microsoft Have Partnered for Project xCloud Game Streaming
Microsoft and T-Mobile will be teaming up for Project xCloud which will optimize mobile game streaming starting next month. “Mobile game streaming is the future and has the potential to unlock console-quality game play anywhere. I for one want to be at the forefront of that revolution driving it forward,” said Neville Ray, Chief Technology…
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Microsoft, Nokia, C Spire, & More Team Up to Promote Rural Broadband
Today C Spire, Airspan Networks, Microsoft, Nokia, and Siklu, announced a collaboration that will test and deploy a variety of broadband technologies in combination with a new service to promote broadband connectivity in rural America. This will combine efforts for both wired and wireless internet services that will help bring broadband internet to rural America. “Our…
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Comcast Just Made Cord Cutting Easier
Are you a Comcast customer with a lot of movies you purchased through their service? Worried about losing them when you cut the cord? Now Comcast has teamed up with Movies Anywhere to let move many of your movies and watch them on multiple devices. Now you can take your movies with you even if…
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Microsoft Plans to Bring Broadband Internet to 3 Million Rural Americans
Do you live in a rural area with limited internet options? Yesterday Microsoft announced plans to expand their wireless internet service to 3 million rural Americans over the next three years. Microsoft is hoping they can close the gap between urban American internet and rural American internet. “At Microsoft we believe this is an urgent…
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Microsoft Expands Internet Access to Rural Areas
Residents of rural areas in South Dakota will soon be benefiting from access to broadband internet services. To make the move toward offering service, Microsoft has partnered with Network Business Systems. On Thursday, the two companies announced their partnership in an effort to bring internet service to around 126,700 residents in rural communities throughout Iowa,…
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Microsoft Creates “Connect Americans Now” to Push for Rural Broadband
Over the last few years Microsoft has quietly pushed for rural broadband by using TV’s white space spectrum to build fixed wireless Internet services in several states. Now with their Connect Americans Now push Microsoft is hoping to “ensure that there is sufficient unlicensed low band spectrum in every market in the country to enable…
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The Top 6 Companies Producing Original Shows For the Web
As the cord cutting movement catches fire the number of major companies turning their eye to the market grows. Even established studios like NBCUniversal are launching a slate of shows created for the internet. Other companies like Yahoo and Microsoft are creating new studios solely focused on shows for the internet. Some like Netflix have…