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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10 April
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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10 April
Google reportedly investing $880M in LG OLED for Pixel phones
Here’s an early clue to what we can expect to see from Google‘s next Pixel phones: flexible OLED displays made by LG. Google is seeking to invest at least 1 trillion won ($880.29 million) in LG‘s display business to help boost its output of OLED screens, according to a report in the Electronic Times on Monday. The tech giant launched …
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10 April
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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10 April
Americans can’t agree on government’s role in broadband
While the majority of people can agree on the importance of fast internet, Americans are having a hard time figuring out who should be responsible for it. A Pew Research study took a look at how Americans feel about local governments building their own broadband networks and providing subsidies for low-income homes to get access to faster internet. While 90 …
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9 April
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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8 April
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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8 April
Universal remote deal: Logitech Harmony Smart Control for $70 at Best Buy
We saw this same deal back in February, but now it’s returned. Logitech‘s Harmony Smart Control universal remote may not be as fancy as its touchscreen Harmony Elite, but we’ve always thought it was the better value — and it’s on sale right now at a Black Friday-like price of $70 (its list price is $130 but it usually sells …
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8 April
Five reasons to get a 4K laptop and one big reason to stay away
Ever since 4K-resolution screens started showing up on laptops in 2014, their value has been up for debate. At the time there wasn’t much benefit outside of photo editing, with little 4K content available and software that couldn’t scale properly for the increased resolution. And then there are the increased hardware demands to play games or video at 4K, so …
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7 April
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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