Apple TV no longer will be limited to iPhones, iPads and Apple TVs, as the company plans to release the video service for Macs and smart TVs later this year. The Mac app will arrive this fall, said Peter Stern, Apple’s vice president of services, at an Apple press event Monday. “We know you’re going …
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Apple is moving deeper into online gaming. The tech giant announced Monday that it’ll offer a gaming subscription service through its App Store called Apple Arcade. “With a single subscription you’ll get access to over 100 new and exclusive games,” Ann Thai, senior product manager for the App Store, said during an event at Apple’s Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, …
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For Apple, there’s no business like show business. The tech giant unveiled its new streaming service Monday at its Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California, offering a new way to watch shows and movies for cord-cutters. “Our vision for Apple TV app is to bring together your favorite shows, movies, sports and news and make them available on all of …
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PC and console developers were showing off their AAA games in giant booths from Microsoft, Sony, Epic Games and others on the show floor at this week’s Game Developer Conference. Not to be left out, casual games for mobile devices played a key role at GDC, too. We found a bucket of engaging games that have just shipped or are …
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On Monday, we’ll finally find out where Apple’s billion dollars have gone. That’s the amount the company earmarked for a video streaming service that it hasn’t yet confirmed is coming. For years, rumors of Apple diving into a market dominated by YouTube, Netflix and other streaming companies floated around. It’s even talked up the shows and celebrities it’s cast. Still, …
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The two biggest topics at this week’s Game Developer Conference (GDC) have been Google’s upcoming Stadia streaming service and the stranglehold Fortnite has on the youth of America. But for those interested in mobile games, the convention this week in San Francisco offers lots of hints about where iOS and Android developers are going in 2019 and beyond. Read: Best phone …
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For years, we played video games in arcades. Then we huddled in front of specialized consoles hooked up to our living room televisions. The most dedicated of us built our own expensive PCs for the best experience. Google is hoping to push another big change in gaming. On Tuesday, Google announced Stadia, a service that lets you play games by way …
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Forget reading tea leaves, let’s squint at a sign. Google showed off a massive squiggle above a space it constructed at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday. Though the company didn’t respond to a request for comment about whether the big purplish “s” is indeed a logo (perhaps for the word “streaming”?) Variety says an employee confirmed …
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“Vintage audio” is back in fashion, but you don’t necessarily need to walk into a fancy second-hand dealer to find it. It’s easier than ever to unearth great stuff for very affordable prices, or better yet, for free. For example, I’ve had more than a few friends find working tube amplifiers on the curb — they were there for the …
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While there might have been a little controversy over Green Book winning the Oscar for Best Picture a few weeks back, there was little debate about Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse picking up an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Now the movie, already available to on digital streaming, heads to home theaters with the standard Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray available to …
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