Meet an old friend Meet MediaTek, arguably the most successful, influential, and important technology company you’ve never heard of. Simply speaking, MediaTek is a supplier of the chips that power the devices we use day to day; smartphones, tablets, wearable technology, smart TVs and newly emerging technologies around Internet of Things to name a few. …
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From “House of Cards” to “Transparent”, some of today’s best TV isn’t on TV at all. We caught up with Helen Cowley, senior manager at Amazon Instant Video, to find out how online streaming gives big names and fresh talent an opportunity to do something different, and find out why Amazon wants you to help choose its next big hit. …
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Deliv, a 3-year-old startup, is among a handful of players working to speed up online deliveries. Deliv Soon you’ll have no reason to leave home. Deliv, a startup that offers same-day deliveries from brick-and-mortar stores, announced a big expansion Monday, more than doubling the number of markets it reaches. The 3-year-old Menlo Park, California, company added the New York City …
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Amazon Launchpad includes electronics, kitchen and beauty products from dozens of startups. Amazon In its push to become the everything store for everybody, Amazon on Tuesday unveiled yet another specialized storefront within its website, offering up a new page focused on showcasing startups’ products. The new Amazon Launchpad page includes about 200 products from startups, including the Sphero remote-controlled robotic …
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Amazon, Google and others are pushing to give drones, like this Parrot device, a bigger piece of the sky. CNET Amazon on Tuesday laid out a proposal for how to regulate commercial drones in the US, suggesting that the government set aside a 200-foot-high stretch of the sky for the devices. The concept, presented at a NASA-hosted conference in the …
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A countdown clock on Jet.com has been ticking down for days before the official launch. Jet.com Is it possible to beat Amazon at its own game? That’s the multibillion-dollar question e-commerce newcomer Jet.com is looking to answer. Jet’s much-anticipated website opened for business Tuesday, with its bold claim that it can undercut prices from just about any online retailer — …
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Though Netflix is always the top hog of Internet traffic in North America, HBO’s streaming-video properties made a leap in traffic share the night of the latest “Game of Thrones” premiere. HBO HBO’s fledging online-only streaming service HBO Now made a dent — a small one — in Internet traffic when it launched, and it has “Game of Thrones” to …
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Update 1/2017: There’s been an update that supersedes this one, it’s called HDMI 2.1. HDMI 2.0a is the latest version of the beloved/despised spec that regulates those ubiquitous cables, inputs and outputs that connect pretty much everything in your home entertainment center. It’s a minor update, but a potentially important one for this year and beyond. The most important part …
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Forget Amazon and Diapers.com. A new breed of concierge services for desktop and mobile apps far outpaces these now-common doorstep delivery outfits to ferry things like beer and handpicked clothing — even takeout from shops that don’t normally deliver. Right now, the trend is mostly locked to metropolitan cities like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. According to …
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1. There isn’t one perfect alternative. One of the biggest problems with traditional cable subscriptions is bundling — you have no choice but to pay for dozens of channels you never watch just to get the few you want. The ideal alternative would allow you to pick and choose just the channels you want. The reality is that cutting cable …
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