It’s a moment the Apple faithful have been waiting for. Apple is expected Wednesday to unveil the next generation of its streaming-media box, the Apple TV. The device has been idling for three years while the technology giant doted on products like the iPhone and Apple Watch. As a result, Apple will have a bevy …
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Hulu has traditionally kept ads even for paying subscribers. Joan E. Solsman/CNET Hulu will finally stream your shows without any ads — for a price. The streaming-TV service introduced a more expensive subscription Wednesday that removes all commercials as you watch its catalog of original shows, big network series and movies. Hulu is a joint venture of some of TV’s …
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“Orphan Black” is one of the titles Amazon will allow for download free with a Prime subscription. BBC America Being member of Amazon Prime now means your movie won’t stop just because your mobile connection does. Prime members in the US, UK, Germany and Austria can now download movies and TV shows to mobile devices even if they’re using Apple …
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Pandora surpassed 50 billion “thumb up” inputs by listeners this year. Joan E. Solsman/CNET Pandora turns 10 years old next week, and it’s letting its hair down for an all-day dance party. On September 9, Pandora will turn off ads to mark the anniversary of its release to the public. How long ago was 10 years ago? The iPod Nano …
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Enlarge Image Ian Rogers (from left), Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine and Luke Wood worked together at Beats, which Apple scooped up last year. Don MacCathy/London Ent/Splash/Splash News/Corbis Apple executive Ian Rogers, a veteran of Beats Music who led the development of Apple Music’s Beats1 radio channel, is leaving the company. The Financial Times first reported the departure on Friday, citing …
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YouTube Gaming gives video game clips and live streams a dedicated corner on Google’s massive video site. Manuel Romano/Corbis If you’ve never watched a video of somebody chatting, shrieking and cursing as they play a video game, Google may soon prod your first close encounter with this nerd kind. Google’s massive video site YouTube on Wednesday launched a dedicated hub …
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TuneIn’s $8/month subscription removes ads from regular radio and adds baseball games and audiobooks. TuneIn TuneIn, the site best known for streaming thousands of radio stations online, is angling to become the one-stop shop for everything you feed into your ears. The company on Tuesday added an $8-a-month subscription that unlocks a variety of new perks: It removes the audio …
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A company devoted to data, Spotify just got a lesson in how wanting to know everything about its customers can be a liability as well. Founder and Chief Executive Daniel Ek apologized Friday for confusion about the streaming music service’s new privacy policy, which caused an outburst of articles and social-media criticism that the company wanted to peek in on …
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A new Apple TV may be in the offing — and just in time. Last year’s US sales of the company’s streaming-media box slipped behind those for Amazon’s rival devices for the first time, according to estimates Thursday from researcher Parks Associates. That put it in fourth place, also behind streaming-TV box maker Roku and online search giant Google. The …
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Check out all the places we’ve been on CNET’s Road Trip 2015. LOS ANGELES — Want to be a star? Aspiring entertainers still find themselves, suitcase in hand, heading to Hollywood. But the quest is no longer for that breakthrough audition in front of a big-name director. These fame-seekers are making bee-lines to studios tucked away in lesser known pockets …
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