April, 2014

• 2 April

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  T-Mobile CEO John Legere. Lori Grunin/CNET T-Mobile hit reverse on its plans to completely kill off its corporate discount program, allowing current subscribers to keep their existing rates. T-Mobile CEO John Legere said in a blog post on Wednesday that anyone enrolled in the Advantage Program before April 1 would be able to keep their …

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• 2 April

  TomTom Runner Cardio sport watch has its finger on your pulse

  

  The TomTom Runner Cardio sports watch with GPS and heart rate monitor. TomTom If you have your finger on the pulse of technology, you know smartwatches and fitness trackers are running riot right now — and the new TomTom Runner Cardio GPS sport watch includes GPS and a heart rate monitor to give those other gadgets a run for their …

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• 2 April

  Samsung and Red Sox’ Ortiz trick Obama into selfie ad

  

  Nothing like a free endorsement, is there? David Ortiz/Twitter No one takes a selfie just to take a picture of themselves. Selfies exist to be displayed and disseminated. They are, in their way, self-regarding as well as selfless. When Ellen DeGeneres took a selfie with Hollywood stars during the Oscars, she broke the retweet record. President Obama wasn’t happy about …

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• 2 April

  Pocketbook Google Glass brings augmented reality to spending

  

  Australian startup Pocketbook has built an app for Google Glass aimed at helping you manage your money during your day-to-day life. (Credit: Pocketbook) Pocketbook for iOS and Android is the best budgeting app we’ve seen — intuitive, practical and customisable, it allows you to manage your budget with ease. It’s a masterful piece of app design. But the company wants …

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• 2 April

  Nexus 10 returning to sale ‘soon’, Google Play listing says

  

  Josh Miller/CNET Following an absence of some months, Google’s popular Nexus 10 tablet will soon be back on sale, according to Google Play. The 16GB version of the 10-inch device was listed as ‘out of inventory’ back in October, Phandroid wrote, while the 32GB version also went out of stock, but did make a return in early February, according to …

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• 2 April

  Amazon unveils $99 Amazon Fire TV for streaming video

  

  VP of Kindle Peter Larsen on stage at Amazon’s video event. Sarah Tew/CNET Amazon unveiled new video-streaming hardware on Wednesday, a move that pits it against market leader Roku and Apple TV in a fight to be the entertainment engine in consumers’ living rooms. The Fire TV device costs $99 and features 2 gigabytes of RAM, Wi-Fi, a Bluetooth remote, …

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• 2 April

  Hulu takes swipe at Netflix, Amazon with eye on binge viewing

  

  Hulu Hulu might be known as a home to recently aired television episodes, but the company is now looking to eat Netflix’s lunch, according to a new report. Hulu on Wednesday will announce a multiyear deal with Comcast’s NBC Universal and 21st Century Fox that will see the streaming-video service get its hands on past seasons of some of the …

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• 2 April

  Amazon Fire TV heats up battle for living room

  

  CNET Update is fired up: Now playing: Watch this: Amazon Fire TV heats up battle for living room 2:54 In this episode of Update, get a quick breakdown of the features in Amazon’s Fire TV set-top box . It may not be the cheapest choice in streaming video and music to your television, but it does have plenty of perks …

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• 2 April

  Tube amplifiers aren’t just for audiophiles

  

  The backside of a Blackie Pagano guitar amp. Blackie Pagano Vacuum tube technology goes all the way back to the first decade of the twentieth century, and tubes were integral to the development of radio, television, home/professional audio, radar, telephone networks, medical test instruments, and early computers! The transistor was invented in the late 1940s, but widespread use was only …

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• 2 April

  Diller: Aereo is ‘finished’ if Supreme Court sides with broadcasters

  

  Barry Diller, chairman of InterActiveCorp and a major shareholder in Aereo, says the TV-streaming service’s future relies almost entirely on the US Supreme Court. Later this month, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments over whether Aereo should be allowed to stream over-the-air digital streams of broadcast signals and charge subscribers for access to its service. If the Supreme …

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