Get ready for some sweet bargains on TVs. No, I’m not talking about no-name 32-inch junkers for $99 that require 5 a.m. fisticuffs at Wal-Mart. I’m talking about TVs that are actually good. On sale for the best prices of the year. No matter how much you’re looking to spend on a new TV — …
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In the late 1990s, one of the original portable music file formats — the MP3 — was causing quite a bit of bother mainly due to user’s illegal sharing over Napster. While MP3 eventually prevailed, there is an even better choice for high-quality music downloads, and it’s playable on your favorite device. It’s even in your music streams. FLAC (Free …
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Grado is one of the most traditional headphone manufacturers on the planet, and its products have all been designed and made in Brooklyn. For nearly 30 years all of their full-size headphones have been open-back designs, so changes come at a snail’s pace. Oh, and up to this point all of them have been wired headphones, and those wires were …
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It’s been a busy fall for premium phone releases with the unveiling of the iPhone XS, Google Pixel 3, LG V40 ThinQ and more. And now yet another phone has entered the fray to compete for space in your pocket. As of Oct. 17 the Sony Xperia XZ3 is available for purchase in the US. You can buy it unlocked …
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Google Assistant’s real-time translation’s been limited to Google’s Pixel Buds headphones since they launched a year ago. No longer. Google has rolled out support to any headphones with Google Assistant access built in, such as the Bose QuietComfort 35 II and the Sony WH-1000XM2. Just pair the headphones with a phone that supports Google Assistant and the latest version of …
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FuboTV, which streams live-TV channels with subscriptions starting at $45 a month, said Monday it’s close to 250,000 subscribers, more than double from a year earlier. So is that a lot or not? Depends how much slack you give to a service going up against a wall of Goliaths. Most of FuboTV’s competitors are owned and operated by big tech …
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The budding world of interactive TV may have just landed its biggest patron yet. And it’s… Walmart? Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, said Thursday that it’ll launch an interactive video joint venture with Eko, a startup with a long track record in the niche format. Walmart is investing $250 million, according to a report by Reuters. Walmart declined to comment on …
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In a Hollywood event loft saturated in green light, Razer launched a must-have accessory for serious Android gamers on Wednesday. The Razer Raiju Mobile gaming controller is more accurate than onscreen controls and it adds more functionality than they can provide. “When playing games on your phone, switching to the Raiju almost feels like cheating,” said Michael Weitz Razer product …
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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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Microsoft revealed Monday that it’s testing an Xbox game streaming service, currently called Project xCloud. The company demonstrated its work on the service so far in a video showing Forza and Halo, games designed to be run on an Xbox One console, being played on Android phones and tablets. The games work both with an Xbox wireless controller paired over Bluetooth …
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