Google has announced that YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Kids apps are now available on Amazon’s Fire TV streamers and TVs worldwide, after 18 months of hostility and user workarounds. The companies announced the truce back in April, which also includes the ability for Amazon Prime Video apps to connect to Google Chromecast streamers and Android …
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Microsoft has denied that it’ll be moving production of its tech products out of China, following a report that the rising US-China trade tensions had spurred the potential move. Last week, the Nikkei Asian Review said Microsoft, along with Amazon, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Sony, Nintendo, Asus and Lenovo, would start manufacturing products in other Asian countries such as Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia …
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Sony’s finally delivering a fast 35mm lens unto the full-frame faithful. It’s a compact, midpriced f1.8 option optimized for both still and video shooting and designed to be a high-end choice for APS-C cameras as well as full-frame models. To date, Sony’s only in-house fast 35mm lenses have been for APS-C cameras. The $750 lens enters preorders today and is …
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Canon’s catering to its vlogging fans with a souped-up-for-video update to its popular G7 X Mark II, the G7 X Mark III, and turns its EVF-equipped big brother, the G5 X Mark II, into a a bit of a copycat. The cameras are slated to ship in August, at $750 for the G7 X III and $900 for the G5 …
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You already browse YouTube to watch music videos, learn new DIY skills and subscribe to your favorite influencers and shows. But if you’re just pressing Play on a video, you’re probably not doing enough. Did you also know you could download 500 songs at once, play back a video starting at a specific point and turn on captions and subtitles? YouTube didn’t …
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The Sony Walkman is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The now-famous gadget was introduced with little fanfare in the summer of 1979, but it didn’t take long before the whole world fell in love with the diminutive device. The Sony Walkman TPS-L2, a 14-ounce (397 gram), blue-and-silver portable cassette player, had an impact that was monumental. Sony had a long history with …
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President Donald Trump called for a tariff on Chinese-produced goods back in May, and the Chinese government threatened to put a tariff on US goods in retaliation. This caused concern in the tech industry. Although the president says he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to a truce at the G20 summit in Japan on Sunday, many major tech companies are …
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The world’s most-streamed artists are a parade of major-label household names: Ariana Grande, Post Malone, Billie Eilish. But hidden below the top rankings are the independent artists and labels taking over a greater share of the music in your headphones. “If there’s one thing that streaming has done for sure, it’s created a new independent music industry,” said Jorge Brea, …
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Another month, another cord-cutter price hike. Sony has increased the price of its live TV streaming service called PlayStation Vue by $5 per month. The new $50 price for the base package matches those of competitors including YouTube TV and DirecTV Now. In a July 1 FAQ entry, Sony said that in light of “costs rising each year for content … we …
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Fostex is a high-end consumer and pro sound Japanese company but its spotty distribution in the US has made availability a “sometimes” thing. That’s not a concern with the Massdrop X Fostex TR-X00 Purpleheart headphones, so I requested a review pair. Unboxing the headphones I was impressed with the build quality of the magnesium alloy frame and biodynamic drivers. The …
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