NewTV, the closely watched Hollywood startup with $1 billion in funding from Hollywood studios, on Wednesday rechristened itself Quibi, a portmanteau of “quick bites” — its go-to descriptor for the high-end, short-form shows it hopes you’ll stream on your phone. NewTV has made bold promises about its ambitions, but it’s entering into a competitive field …
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Netflix is pretty well versed in the art of burning through money to make internet TV. But like just about everyone else, the streaming service has no clue what Apple is doing with $1 billion of television programming. “I don’t have any idea what that Apple product is going to be,” Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, said Tuesday. “I don’t think …
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Google will announce the Pixel 3 and 3 XL on Tuesday, two more in a wave of premium phones hoping to sweep up buyers ahead of the holiday season and beyond. But as we ooh and ahh over the iPhone XS and Note 9, and yes, the LG V40 and Pixels as well, it’s important to remember that not every …
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Android TV is taking another stab at the living room. Unlike the $35 Google Chromecast, Google’s big-screen Android TV operating system appears only on relatively expensive devices, namely the $200 Nvidia Shield and Sony TVs, for example. Today Google aims to close the price gap a bit by building Android TV into a new device. The Xiaomi Mi Box S …
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Apple and BT are reportedly working on a deal that would give them a foothold in the UK’s pay TV market. The companies are in talks to partner up to make EE — BT’s mobile brand — a distributor of Apple TV boxes, The Daily Telegraph reported Sunday. The boxes would come preloaded with apps for BT Sport and other broadcasters’ …
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The sky, as they say, is the limit. Especially when it comes to China’s stranglehold on its internet. From November onward, internet service providers must fork over data on citizens’ internet histories if the country’s public security personnel deem it related to cybersecurity, according to a statement posted on the public security ministry’s website last month. Police may also conduct …
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The Google Lens augmented-reality tool is directly integrated into Google’s new Pixel 3 phone, Google said Tuesday at a launch event for several new products. Lens unlocks previously announced capabilities like Style Search, which identifies products online that’re similar to the one you’re pointing your phone’s camera at, or a feature that gives you the option of having your phone autodial …
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Check out CNET’s full reviews of the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, now! No more leaks! Google’s new Pixel phones have finally been unveiled. The Pixel 3 will start at $799 and £739 while the Pixel 3 XL starts at $899 and £869. The Pixel Stand, a wireless charger that works with the phones, will sell for $79 and £69. …
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With its Pixel 3 phone, Google has improved photography with a feature called Top Shot to avoid unflattering photos, an ability to shoot in the dark with no flash, and a way to zoom in beyond the camera’s ordinary resolution known as Super Res Zoom. Top Shot lets you skip photos where people are blinking, frowning and otherwise not looking …
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Google’s new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL will come with a new accessory in the box: a pair of wired Pixel Bud-style earbuds. The phones, unveiled at a Google event on Tuesday, come with the new Google Pixel USB-C earbuds, as well as a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter for using legacy headphones. The new wired earbuds are available only in white, …
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