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AT&T fuels 5G ambitions with $1.6B Straight Path buy

AT&T just made its 5G ambitions a little closer to reality. The telecommunications giant said Monday that it will acquire Straight Path Communications. The little-known company holds a swath of nationwide high-frequency radio licenses in the 39 gigahertz and 28 gigahertz bands. That spectrum will be crucial if AT&T wants to deploy a large-scale wireless …

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Google Home may soon let you use multiple accounts

Google Home appears ready to roll out a heavily anticipated feature. The connected smart speaker is set to support multiple Google accounts, according to The Next Web, citing a tweet from tech podcaster Owen Williams. This is a key addition if you want different people in the same household to access their own info like music playlists, flight info or …

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Samsung claims Galaxy S8, S8 Plus are off to a great start

Samsung is boasting that the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are in high demand. The phones, which Samsung is betting on to wash away the stench of the Galaxy Note 7’s overheating controversy, have already surpassed the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge’s preorder numbers from February 2016. The company said the S8 and S8 Plus are showing “double digit growth” …

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Twitter’s livestreaming effort takes a body blow from Amazon

Twitter got sacked big time when it lost out to Amazon in a livestreaming deal with the National Football League this season. We learned Tuesday the social network had been outmaneuvered, after the league chose e-commerce goliath Amazon to stream 10 “Thursday Night Football” games this year. The deal was reportedly valued at $50 million — five times more than …

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Emotiva’s $229 BasX A

I get this question all the time: “Hey, Steve, do you have anything for me that’s affordable, small and sounds great?” Now that I’ve spent some quality time with this little Emotiva amp, it’ll be the one I’ll start with. The BasX A-100 stereo integrated amp is built like no other $229 amp I’ve ever seen. It delivers 50 watts …

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How to use a Chromebook: Tips, tricks and shortcuts

Kicking the tires on a Chromebook purchase? As a cheaper alternative to a Windows laptop or a MacBook, a Chromebook is an attractive option for budget buyers. The simplicity of Google‘s Chrome OS, which is little more than its Chrome browser with a bit of window dressing (Windows dressing, if you will), is also a key selling point. Of course, …

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