October, 2016

• 4 October

  You can use Apple Pay to buy electronic train tickets in NY

  

  Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road riders have a new way to buy tickets. Starting Wednesday, customers will be able to use Apple Pay or Masterpass on the MTA’s eTix app, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday. The app allows riders to buy one-way, round-trip and ten-trip tickets, as well as weekly, monthly …

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• 4 October

  Let this Star Wars Jawa guard your garden

  

  The adorable, glowing-eyed, brown-hooded Jawas are best known in Star Wars for their skills finding and fixing broken droids. Now they can add overseeing gardens to their resumes, with a new Jawa lawn ornament available from ThinkGeek. The resin Jawa lawn ornament looks like a concrete statue, but has a cool feature most garden gnomes would be envious of — …

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• 4 October

  Google Wifi makes internet connection a team effort

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Google Wifi router helps your internet flow through the… 0:52 Google’s latest smart router will be able to harness your Wi-Fi for an even more powerful network. It’ll use multiple Wi-Fi points to connect to expand coverage around the home. On Tuesday in San Francisco, Google revealed new flagship phones — the Pixel and Pixel XL …

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• 4 October

  Yahoo Newsroom: Yet another spin on the newsfeed

  

  Yahoo wants a better social life. The internet pioneer rebranded its Yahoo app on Tuesday, changing the name to Yahoo Newsroom and becoming a place where people can form groups and enter discussions based on topics. The topics are categorized as Vibes and can be as general as World News or as specific as certain events, such as Hoboken Train …

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• 4 October

  Google Chromecast Ultra: What you need to know

  

  At Google’s huge October 4 event, it unveiled the new version of Chromecast. Called Google Chromecast Ultra, this digital media player has 4K video support and a similar design to the second-generation version. Overall Chromecast watch time has increased 160 percent since last year, when Google unveiled the 2nd-gen Chromecast and Chromecast Audio, and the company has sold more than …

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• 4 October

  AT&T inks deal with Taylor Swift

  

  AT&T has signed a multi-year deal with singer Taylor Swift which will features “performances and content” including a DirecTV concert the night before the Superbowl. Taylor Swift will headline a DirecTV Super Saturday Night in Houston with tickets available to customers through exclusive AT&T promotions and campaigns. AT&T says it will disclose further details of the “multi-faceted” deal between the …

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• 4 October

  Pixel vs. Nexus: Which Google phone is better?

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Hands-on with Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL phones 2:03 Out with the Nexus, in with the Pixel. More from Google’s event Google Pixel phones, Daydream View and Chromecast Ultra: Everything Google just announced Google’s Pixel, Pixel XL are superphones set to take on iPhone 7 See all of our Google coverage Today Google announced a new …

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• 4 October

  Google October 4 event: Rumored Pixel phones, 4K Chromecast, Google Home and more

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Google debuts Pixel phone with built-in Assistant 4:54 Google was widely expected to introduce a number of new hardware products and its launch event in San Francisco and it did just that. We got the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, a 4K Chromecast Ultra video streamer, a new Google WiFi router, the Daydream View (the company’s …

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• 4 October

  Marvel’s ‘Iron Fist’ gets an official Netflix debut date, first look

  

  Just as every Marvel fan is still blurry eyed from binge-watching the latest Marvel superhero installment “Luke Cage” over the weekend (at least once right?), Netflix releases a first look, date and new teaser trailer today for its next superhero series, “Iron Fist,” debuting on March 17, 2017. Marvel’s “Iron Fist” is the fourth of four live-action adventure series on …

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• 4 October

  Oops! RNC declares Pence winner of veep debate before it starts

  

  Perhaps the Republicans are playing Jedi mind tricks. The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Tuesday apparently (or by accident) declared on its website that Mike Pence was the winner of the vice presidential debate, about two hours before it was slated to begin. “Americans from all across the country tuned in to watch the one and only Vice Presidential debate,” …

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