January, 2016

• 6 January

  Netflix is now everywhere…except China

  

  This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. And just like that, Netflix is now available from Azerbaijan to Vietnam and just about every country in between. Reed Hastings, CEO and co-founder of the video-streaming company, …

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• 6 January

  Zeiss plans trio of iPhone 6 lenses, including zoom macro

  

  This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Premium lens-maker Zeiss has joined with office-equipment workhorse Fellowes to develop and distribute a line of lenses for phones under Fellowes’ ExoLens brand (created when Fellowes entered the mobile lens market in 2014 …

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• 6 January

  See the first trailers for hot Netflix dramas ‘The Crown’ and ‘The Get Down’

  

  This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. In the palatial surroundings of the Palazzo ballroom in the Venetian hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Netflix boss Reed Hastings dropped a bombshell on Wednesday: the streaming service is today switched on …

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• 6 January

  The Oculus Rift costs $599, and you can finally order one now

  

  This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Nearly four years ago, the Oculus Rift was little more than a smartphone screen duct-taped to a set of ski goggles which claimed to transport you to a virtual world. Now, after years …

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• 6 January

  Apple wrings a cool $1B from holiday app frenzy

  

  Apple device owners helped the company set several records in App Store sales during the holidays. On Wednesday, the iPhone maker reported that customers shelled out more than $1.1 billion on apps and in-app purchases over the two weeks that ended January 3, setting records for both purchases and traffic at the App Store. January 1 was the most profitable …

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• 6 January

  Netflix is cool with you sharing your account

  

  This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Suffering a guilty conscience for borrowing someone’s Netflix account? The streaming-video giant says don’t worry about it. “We love people sharing Netflix,” CEO Reed Hastings said Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show here …

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• 6 January

  ​PowerUp drone lets you fly like paper, get high like planes

  

  This story is part of CES 2016. Our editors bring you complete CES 2016 coverage and scour the showroom floor for the hottest new tech gadgets around. Let’s get one thing straight — this isn’t the kind of paper airplane that your grandpa taught you to make. The PowerUp FPV is a live streaming paper airplane drone that is part …

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• 6 January

  Running Internet Explorer 8, 9 or 10? Your days are numbered

  

  Microsoft is putting the kibosh on support for all versions of the Internet Explorer browser except for current version 11. A support document posted by the software giant describes an “end of life” upgrade notification for Internet Explorer that will pop up January 12. The notification will warn people still running IE 8, 9 and 10 that their time is …

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• 6 January

  Is that hotel review a fake? Review Skeptic will tell you

  

  The Internet is full of all manner of hyperbole and untruths, and none more so than with user reviews. Yet when shopping for a product or a service online, user reviews can be invaluable. How can you separate the wheat from the chaff? That is, honest reviews from the fakes? If you are hunting for a hotel, then Review Skeptic …

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• 6 January

  Yahoo hears fresh shakeup call from activist investor

  

  Loyal users of Yahoo’s many services may need to think about alternatives if a vocal investor gets its way. On Wednesday, investment firm Starboard Value called on Yahoo for a change in leadership along with a more aggressive strategy for a spinoff or sale of the company’s core Internet business. In December, Yahoo said that it was open to selling …

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