If you’ve been getting your sweet streaming hit from Presto every month, you’re going to need to find a new hook-up — the Foxtel-backed video-on-demand service has officially shut up shop. Foxtel announced the death of Presto last October, confirming that the 2-year-old streaming service would be phased out by January 31. In its place, …
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Amazon is making a major investment to boost its air delivery capabilities. The world’s largest e-retailer plans to spend $1.49 billion to create its first worldwide air cargo hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport in Hebron, Kentucky, the company and state officials said Tuesday. The new hub is slated to create up to 2,700 new full- and part-time jobs. The …
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YouTube got odd looks when it began showing up at the Sundance Film Festival five years ago. This year, nobody bats an eye. “YouTube, Netflix and others investing in digital creations [means] the output is on par with what is coming out of Hollywood,” said Jamie Byrne, director of creators for YouTube, which screened its first original movie at Sundance …
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Now playing: Watch this: Alexa will take your next Starbucks order 1:33 You don’t have to be embarrassed about admitting to another human being that you want a grande caramel frappuccino with extra whipped cream and a triple shot of vanilla syrup. Starbucks now lets you order via voice command or text through its iOS app or Amazon’s Alexa. It …
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Walmart waited a decade to introduce a membership shipping service to compete against Amazon’s hugely successful Prime program. Less than two years later, it’s killing off the new service and changing tactics. The big-box retailer said Tuesday it got rid of ShippingPass, which offered unlimited two-day shipments on Walmart.com for $49 annually. In its place, Walmart cut the minimum for …
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Now playing: Watch this: Microsoft joins suit to stop immigration ban, other tech… 1:06 Bezos at a meeting of tech executives and then President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in Manhattan last month. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO and founder, said his company is going into action to counter President Trump’s controversial immigration order, which temporarily blocked refugees …
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Software upgrades can be a beautiful thing. The original Nvidia Shield streaming and gaming box made its debut in May 2015, and at the time we gave it a middling rating of 6.9 with 2.5 stars. It was too expensive and buggy, and didn’t come close to the app selection of competitors like Roku and Amazon Fire TV. What a …
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Now playing: Watch this: The best new stuff to stream in February 2017 1:05 It seems every month we tell you Amazon is picking up more and more James Bond movies. That just means that these titles disappear from services (like Amazon) and then come back online. In February you can catch “Diamonds are Forever,” “The Living Daylights” and “Live …
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HBO rival Starz has launched its streaming app on the Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV stick, but if you’re a Comcast subscriber, you’re still out of luck. Amazon users can sign up for a $8.99 Starz subscription directly from Starz.com or through the Amazon Appstore. The Starz app consolidates the existing Starz Play, Encore Play and MoviePlex into a …
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