Happy Thanksgiving, fellow cheapskates! I’m off tomorrow, of course, but back here Friday wrangling up the last of the Black Friday deals — followed immediately by Cyber Monday deals. Until then, let me wish you and yours a safe, happy, healthy holiday. Before we dive in today, a few odds and ends: Last year’s fantastic …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. YouTube, the most popular video platform in the world, has only become more popular during the coronavirus pandemic. As people around the world shelter in place, the Google-owned site has attracted parents on the hunt for children’s content, consumers looking for news, and …
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AT&T’s streaming service may be available in 2019, but you’ll have to wait until 2020 to see originals. TBS and TNT boss Kevin Reilly said the WarnerMedia service, which was announced in October, will offer brands ranging from The Lego Movie to The Lord of the Rings, according to Deadline. Reilly — who’s also Turner Entertainment’s chief creative officer — …
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Not only did we fail to predict how popular the Motorola Razr would be, we didn’t see this coming, either. Lenovo-owned Motorola may planning to resurrect the brand with a $1,500 folding-screen model in partnership with Verizon. According to the Wall Street Journal (paywall) the device is already being tested and we might see it as soon as February. It …
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Apple wanted to build an Intel communication chip into its iPad Mini 2, released in fall 2013, but Qualcomm’s hardball business methods crushed the plan, an Apple executive testified Friday in a US government case targeting Qualcomm’s power in the mobile market. Apple didn’t like relying solely on Qualcomm for modem chips, which connect devices to mobile networks, said Tony …
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Imax Enhanced digital movies are coming exclusively to the FandangoNow video-on-demand service in the US in 2019. The higher-end format will play best on equipment that is also certified as Imax Enhanced. Imax Enhanced gear could adjust the video’s audio mix and aspect ratio with the aim of making your home viewing experience more like watching a movie on an …
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In case you missed it, smart home devices are vulnerable to hackers. Experts have been warning us for years that smart devices aren’t so smart when it comes to security, showing us how easily a car, a doll or a security camera could be hacked. And hackers have done their best to prove the cybersecurity experts right — from yelling …
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Wonderscope wants to take you down a new rabbit hole. Wonderscope, an augmented reality app for Apple devices, has added a new story to its library of immersive, interactive digital miniplays. Called “Wonder’s Land Ringmaster Wanted,” the story makes the user a central character interacting with an exasperated white bunny known as Wonder. The app and the new story are free. The …
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When it comes to foldable devices like the the Royole FlexPai and Samsung’s unnamed foldable phone, this major question inevitably comes up: Is that screen made plastic or glass? Plastic looks cheap, but today’s glass screen are more likely to break than flex when you bend them. Maybe not for long. CNET got an exclusive look at an ultra thin …
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YouTube will make all its upcoming original programming free and ad-supported from 2020. That’ll mean you won’t need a YouTube Premium subscription to watch the Google-owned video-sharing site’s original shows and movies, but you’ll have to sit through ads, as originally reported Tuesday by Reuters. YouTube said it’ll provide free “windows” to watch Originals free with ads. Typically, “windows” means …
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