Amazon announced that starting Thursday, Apple’s TV app is now available for download to Amazon Fire TV devices, namely the newest Fire TV streaming stick and the Fire TV Stick 4K. Amazon says the app is coming soon to more Fire TV devices, including older Fire TV streamers, the Fire TV Cube, Fire TV Edition televisions and the Nebula …
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Starting today owners of Roku media streamers and Roku TVs can download Apple’s TV app, allowing access to Apple’s video content on their devices for the first time. The app is the exclusive home for Apple’s upcoming Apple TV Plus service, due Nov. 1. The service is a Netflix rival that will launch with nine confirmed titles, including a drama …
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Some have waited years for this moment, the day when Apple killed off its iTunes media app for MacOS and split the exasperating tool into individual pieces, each dedicated to a specific purpose. With the Catalina update, the iTunes grumblers get their wish, because with the new update to MacOS, Apple retires iTunes, replacing it with new Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple …
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As Apple prepares to launch its $5-a-month Apple TV Plus rival to Netflix next month, the gadget giant has kicked off early talks with record labels about bundling the streaming-TV service with Apple Music, its streaming-music service — and at least one big label is wary, according to a report. Some labels are open to the idea that Apple would bundle Apple …
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Amazon has apparently again locked horns with a streaming competitor. Amazon wants to sell a “substantial percentage” of ad space on Disney apps that are available on the retail giant’s Fire TV devices, according to a report Thursday from The Wall Street Journal. Disney is said to be resisting, and the two companies are at an impasse. Disney apps could be removed from …
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Disney CEO Bob Iger has resigned from Apple’s board as the two companies prepare to compete with their new streaming video services. In a regulatory filing Friday, Apple said Iger resigned from its eight-person board on Sept. 10. The company in a statement lauded Iger’s time as an “exemplary board member” and called him a “dedicated, visionary CEO.” “More than anything, …
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One of the biggest surprises at Apple’s iPhone 11 event concerned the price of its new Apple TV Plus service. No, we’re not talking about the normal price: $5 per month, with the first shows starting streaming on Nov. 1. We’re talking about the throw-in price: free. Apple TV Plus will be free for the first year — ostensibly a …
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At its big launch event Tuesday, Apple spent nearly 30 minutes on the flashy iPhone 11 Pro, lavishing praise upon its three camera lenses and touting its bigger battery. And then there was that new green color. (It wasn’t the most mind-blowing reveal.) The company spent just seconds on what was the most impressive change to its lineup: a price …
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Welcome to Apple’s latest round of “What the iPhone has in store for us for 2019 and 2020!” We got updates on Apple Arcade, a new entry-level iPad for 2019, a new Watch Series 5, and of course, an iPhone 11. But the biggest deal was the iPhone 11 Pro and its big brother the Pro Max, new flagship models sporting three …
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The checklist of new features in Apple’s iPhone 11 Pro reads like a rundown of been there, done that. Three cameras? Huawei put them on the Mate 20 last year. A special low-light mode? Google’s Night Sight for the Pixel 3 did it first a year ago. Then there’s 5G, or the lack thereof. While Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus and a …
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