The points of praise for Apple’s AirPods and AirPods Pro are easy to find: simple pairing with Apple devices, solid battery life, lightweight case, good mic performance for calls. Even the design, once ridiculed, has aged well and no longer looks out of place. One thing that’s really bad, though, is how hard it is …
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Red Sox and Bruins fans now have a new way to stream live games without paying for cable, but it won’t be cheap. On Wednesday, NESN, the broadcaster for Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins games, announced that it will stream live games to fans in the New England area for $30 per month through its NESN 360 service. The …
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Verizon is adjusting some of its fees for consumers and business users. On May 16 the nation’s largest carrier announced that it will be raising the administrative fees for consumer accounts by $1.35 per voice line to $3.30 per line, per month starting on its users’ June billing cycle. After earlier telling CNET that it isn’t adjusting the fees for …
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NBC’s slate of morning MLB baseball games airing on its Peacock streaming platform has begun, with another Sunday morning game this weekend. Today, May 15, the San Diego Padres will conclude their weekend visit to the Atlanta Braves with an 11:35 a.m. ET (8:35 a.m. PT) matchup. This is the second game of Peacock’s 18-game slate that began last weekend. Unlike that game between …
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Roku has a new Ultra streaming device for 2022, but “new” is probably stretching things a bit far. It’s really a very minor refresh of the 2020 Roku Ultra, basically a new bundle: The Roku Ultra now comes with the excellent Voice Remote Pro. The good news? The price is the same at $100. The bad news? Unlike Apple, which …
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After offering a big 5G upgrade promotion last year, Verizon is bringing back a version of the deal for 2022 as it tries to get people to move onto its latest unlimited plans and 5G devices. On Thursday the carrier announced that it will be offering up to $800 off a new iPhone 13, in essence allowing for a free …
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Mint Mobile, the wireless provider owned by Ryan Reynolds, is adding a new option on Tuesday: family plans. Available across its portfolio of plans, the option will allow for those who use its service to be able to have one account manage multiple lines as opposed to needing individual accounts for each person’s phone. While the company isn’t offering any …
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Verizon’s 5G Home internet service is poised to take on your local cable provider with a bold promise: fast broadband with no data caps for as low as $25 per month. To get that price, you need to have a recent premium Verizon Unlimited plan like its Play More, Do More or Get More options. A Wi-Fi 6 router comes …
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Google’s television ambitions have had a rocky history. The first wave of Google TV devices in 2010, including the Logitech Revue set-top box and Sony NSX-GT1 television, were promising but plagued by complexity, unpolished software and blocked content. Things seemed to be looking up for Google TV’s successor, the first, $35 Chromecast in 2013, but they stagnated as apps proved to be more …
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T-Mobile’s first quarter of 2022 proved to be a good one, as the wireless carrier revealed it had increases in postpaid, prepaid and home internet subscribers. In earnings announced Wednesday morning, T-Mobile revealed that it had added over 1.3 million postpaid customers in the period, of which 589,000 were postpaid phone users. Postpaid users, who pay their bills at the …
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