Apple has three new ways to get you watching more TV shows and movies. Unfortunately they all have very similar names, and all start with “Apple TV.” On March 25 in Cupertino, Apple CEO Tim Cook finally took the wraps off his company’s latest “service” ambitions. It was an Apple event without any new gadgets. …
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I love magazines. Always have. I even started one years ago, a ‘zine dedicated to PalmPilot users. There’s just something about a curated collection of topic-oriented content, carefully written and nicely formatted, that makes my brain light up. Unsurprisingly, I was a fan of the Texture “Netflix for magazines” subscription service. When Apple acquired Texture last year, I was cautiously …
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Apple News Plus, the new premium news service the company announced at a star-studded Apple event on Monday, gives you unlimited access on the iPhone, iPad and Mac to more than 300 magazines and a few newspapers, and is loaded with features designed to help you uncover articles you’ll be interested in. The premium subscription service is available in the US …
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Amazon is back at it with major discounts on its tablets for Amazon Prime members. With the Fire HD 10 at $99.99 (regularly $149.99), the Fire HD 8 at $49.99 (regularly $79.99) and the Fire 7 at $34.99 (regularly $49.99) we’re seeing Fire prices at Black Friday levels. The HD 10 and Fire 7 are currently out of stock for four to five days, so don’t expect immediate delivery. …
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Apple TV no longer will be limited to iPhones, iPads and Apple TVs, as the company plans to release the video service for Macs and smart TVs later this year. The Mac app will arrive this fall, said Peter Stern, Apple’s vice president of services, at an Apple press event Monday. “We know you’re going to want this experience on …
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The deals are coming out of the woodwork today, cheeps, so I thought I’d just wrap them all in one tidy little box for you. In no particular order… Fire-sale prices on Amazon Fire tablets I know: That “Fire-sale” joke has been done to death. But I wanted to get your attention, because Amazon has once again slashed Fire tablet …
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For Apple, there’s no business like show business. The tech giant unveiled its new streaming service Monday at its Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California, offering a new way to watch shows and movies for cord-cutters. “Our vision for Apple TV app is to bring together your favorite shows, movies, sports and news and make them available on all of …
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Comcast announced a $5-a-month streaming video service Thursday called Xfinity Flex, an offering that bundles a streaming box, a voice remote and a digital interface aggregating on-demand video from your subscriptions like Netflix Amazon Prime Video and HBO, as well as free ad-supported shows and options to rent or buy programming. It essentially replicates some of the elements Comcast’s X1 …
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Here’s a surprise: A full week ahead of its scheduled product-launch event, Apple just released new tablets: a new 10.5-inch “iPad Air” (really just an update of the now-discontinued 2017 iPad Pro) and — for fans of small tablets — the first iPad Mini update in years. See iPad Mini (2019) at Apple Many observers once thought Apple would drop the …
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You can now access your Apple Music tracks on Amazon Fire TV devices in the US, the e-commerce giant said Wednesday. Customers can ask Alexa to play songs, artists, playlists and albums from Apple Music. To launch the feature, enable the Apple Music skill in the Alexa app and link your account. Apple’s streaming-music service, which has more than 50 million …
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