July, 2015

• 13 July

  Amazon beats Netflix to deliver HDR video

  

  “Mozart in the Jungle” is the first content widely available in HDR. Sarah Tew/CNET Netflix may have a lot more content available to stream in 4K than Amazon, but Amazon’s Instant Video streaming service now offers infinitely more HDR content than anybody else. Amazon has announced that its original series “Mozart in the Jungle” Season …

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• 13 July

  Apple releases iTunes 12.2.1 to fix issues with Apple Music

  

  CNET Apple released a minor update to iTunes today to address issues people were having with iTunes Match and cloud services. iTunes 12.2.1 introduces bug fixes for problems where iTunes would mislabel matched songs from its iTunes Match service and prevented iTunes Match subscribers from signing up for a subscription to Apple Music. The update also has minor fixes that …

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• 13 July

  How to report bugs in the iOS 9 beta

  

  If you’re one of the brave who’ve installed the public preview of iOS 9, you’ve likely encountered an issue or random bug. It’s part of the experience when using a beta, or in this case, a preview operating system. The next time one of Apple’s apps displays an odd interface, refuses to launch or something plain weird happens when using …

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• 13 July

  Walmart offers rival sale to Amazon’s Prime Day

  

  Walmart is trying to be more aggressive online, hoping its website can shore up slow-growing in-store sales. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Walmart is crashing Amazon’s birthday party. After Amazon unveiled a 20th anniversary sale called slated for Wednesday, Walmart said Monday that it too will be holding a sale the same day and temporarily cut its free shipping minimum on orders …

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• 13 July

  Comcast to launch $15

  

  Don’t want a full cable TV package from Comcast? You’ll be able to opt for Stream for $15 a month. Comcast Comcast will roll out a new $15-per-month streaming TV service aimed at its Internet subscribers who want just a sliver of cable. Known as Stream, the service is geared toward viewers who don’t want to pay big bucks for …

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• 13 July

  Design guru restyles Apple Watch with aerospace aluminum case

  

  The Banded Classic gives the Apple Watch a more industrious look. The bumper is made of aerospace aluminum and comes in six different colors-chrome, gun metal, black, silver, gold, and rose gold. It also comes with three leather bands in black, light brown, and dark brown. Designed by Many From the moment in September 2014 when Apple first showed off …

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• 13 July

  Windows 10 won’t be available on all new PCs come launch day

  

  You may have to wait a bit to get a new PC preinstalled with Windows 10. screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Consumers who expect to buy a new PC running Windows 10 on the launch date may be disappointed. Windows 10 is set to officially roll out July 29, but that doesn’t mean it will be available for everyone right away, …

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• 13 July

  Apple scores 92% of smartphone industry operating profits, analyst says

  

  Apple accounts for the biggest share of profits in the smartphone industry. CNET Android device makers collectively may reign supreme in smartphone market share, but Apple is the one that takes home almost all of the profits. In the first quarter of 2015, Apple scored a whopping 92 percent of the total operating income earned by the world’s top eight …

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• 13 July

  IBM, Nvidia, Energy Department form a supercomputer super team

  

  IBM already has a supercomputing contract with the US Department of Energy. Los Alamos National Laboratory IBM will team up with Nvidia and the US Department of Energy to launch two new supercomputer centers of excellence. These efforts primarily revolve around making sure applications can take advantage of supercomputing horsepower and gathering feedback from developers, engineers and scientists. The centers, …

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• 13 July

  How consumers can fight back against big wireless

  

  Wireless customers are tired of paying for unlimited data service that isn’t really unlimited. But what can they do to make their wireless provider give them the service they pay for? That’s the question I answer in this edition of Ask Maggie. The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission have each said they will take action against AT&T …

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