Bob Maresca had just returned from a product launch event in New York when he got the call. His boss and mentor, 83-year-old Amar Bose, had been rushed to Lahey Hospital in Burlington, Massachusetts, and they didn’t know whether he’d make it through the night. When Maresca got to the hospital, he found Vanu Bose …
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February, 2016
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3 February
Google unleashes free speedy Internet service on low
Google is lending a hand in communities where its ultra-fast Fiber broadband service is available. A resident of a housing project in Kansas City and her son are among the first to receive gigabit Internet from Google Fiber at no cost. The Mountain View, California, company said in a blog post Wednesday that it will give public housing residents free …
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3 February
Sony 4K Blu
Sony says it will release a next-generation 4K Blu-ray player by March 2017 at the latest, as the company waits for compatible software. Sunil Nayyar, Sony’s director of US TV business, said the company plans to focus on a 4K streaming service before launching a physical 4K disc player. The statement first appeared in the trade publication TWICE. Although Panasonic, …
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3 February
Virgin Mobile’s new $40 rate plan bags you 4GB of high
Virgin Mobile shook up pricing on its rate plans on Tuesday, offering $30, $40 and $50 per month plans that give you 500MB, 4GB and 6GB of high-speed data respectively, as well as unlimited talk and text. The prepaid service space is an increasingly competitive market often characterized by high customer turnover. In an attempt to keep subscribers, prepaid carriers …
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3 February
How to make your headphones sound better than ever
I know it might seem pretty straightforward — put on headphones, play music – and that’s all there is to it. Sure, that works, but with a decent set of headphones you can hear deep inside the music, if you do it right. Much more so than you ever will with a Bluetooth speaker, or even a very decent pair …
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3 February
How to get iOS 9.3’s Night Shift mode on Android
After growing accustomed to iOS 9.3’s upcoming Night Shift feature, I sought out a solution for my Android device. Using Night Shift on iOS, the device’s screen changes color saturation from a blue to a warmer color that’s easier on your eyes. The end result should make it easier to fall asleep if you use your device before bedtime. You …
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3 February
Pebble Time adding new health
Pebble has slowly been getting better at being a basic fitness tracker. Now it’s getting better watch faces to help. A software update for Pebble Time watches hitting February 3 finally brings a chance for nice new watch faces to emerge that will show your health stats without you needing to dig deep into your watch settings. According to Pebble, …
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3 February
Google search is about to get a lot smarter
How important is artificial intelligence to Google’s future? Hint: The search giant is promoting its head of AI to take over its biggest business. Google on Wednesday said AI chief John Giannandrea will take over search responsibilities when current search boss Amit Singhal retires at the end of the month. That move signals profound changes for how we find things …
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3 February
Samsung outs its Galaxy S7 Edge, then scrubs the evidence
Samsung may have spilled the beans on the existence of a Galaxy S7 Edge phone. Images on a Samsung developers site made reference to the expected-but-still-only-rumored Galaxy S7 Edge, as well as to the Galaxy S6 Edge and S6 Edge Plus, both of which launched last year. Those images were apparently then tweaked to remove the reference to the S7 …
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3 February
Amazon Kindle wants to ease your hunt for a good book
Kindle owners will find browsing, buying and sharing books easier when a software update arrives this month, according to Amazon. An Amazon page details the features and refinements coming to Kindle e-book readers. The update will enable you to personalize the home screen, for example, so your most recent books appear at the upper left of the screen. All of …
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