You won’t need a dish to get Sky TV next year. From 2018, the British broadcasting behemoth will offer subscriptions for Sky TV packages piped into your home through your broadband rather than through a satellite dish. Viewers who can’t slap a dish on their house will be able to enjoy telly through a Sky …
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26 January
Chrome, Firefox, Facebook work together for a faster web
Browser makers pay lots of attention to speeding up all the parts of loading a website — downloading a page’s programming instructions, running JavaScript code, pushing graphics and words to the screen — to spare us annoying waits. By contrast, refreshing a page you’ve already loaded seems pretty ho-hum. But programmers for Mozilla’s Firefox and Google’s Chrome browsers have been …
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26 January
Google Pixel 2 rumored to have across the board improvements
The Google Pixel and Pixel XL were only released this past October, but the rumor mill has already begun churning out details about the follow-up Pixel 2. The next Pixel is rumored to be even better than the highly regarded original, with potential upgrades like water-resistance, an improved camera and a faster processor, 9to5Google reports. And, for Pixel fans on …
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26 January
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26 January
Facebook Messenger wants to put more ads in your convos
The last thing I want to see before messaging my buddies is an ad. But that’s exactly what could happen to Facebook Messenger’s 1 billion users. The social network is now testing ads on the Messenger home screen, right below your conversations with your bffs (you’ll have to scroll down to see it). For you, that’s another ad to gloss …
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26 January
Twitter wants you to Explore its mobile app
Twitter is hoping users will begin exploring more on its mobile app. The social network said Thursday it is adding a new “Explore” tab in yet another attempt to make finding tweets and trending topics easier. Explore’s magnifying glass symbol on the app’s navigation bar is replacing Twitter’s much-hyped Moments feature, a lightning bolt tab which allows users to swipe …
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26 January
LG G6 ditches removable battery for water
LG is looking to play it safe with its next flagship phone. The company’s upcoming G6 phone, which will be unveiled next month at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, will have a sealed battery like the iPhone and Galaxy S phones, according to a person familiar with the company’s plans. LG opted to skip the removable battery …
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25 January
Peter Dinklage takes you on tech’s not
“Rememory,” a new movie about what our minds forget, tries to teach a tech lesson that its makers hope you’ll remember. The film, a sci-fi crime drama about a groundbreaking device that records unfiltered memories, spins a cautionary tale of how even well-intentioned technology can, well, ruin lives. Premiering Wednesday at the Sundance Film Festival, it stars Peter Dinklage, best …
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25 January
Samsung and Google could unite over AI
Competition may be good for the soul, but so is collaboration. Samsung said at an earnings call earlier Wednesday that working with its often-partner, sometimes-rival Google will make artificial intelligence better on a range of devices. “Samsung and Google will have to continue to maintain their strategic partnership to nurture the AI and the market for the emerging technology,” Samsung …
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25 January
10 things to know about the new Pokemon Duel game
Nintendo quietly released a new Pokemon game for mobile devices January 24 named Pokemon Duel. Here are 10 things you should know about the new pocket monster game. 1. It’s on iOS and Android At first, many people were saying the game is only for Android, which isn’t true. You can download it from iTunes or Google Play. 2. It’s …
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