Joan E. Solsman / CNET: Amazon says its Fire TV products have “well over” 30M active users, up from 25M in October and surpassing Roku’s 27M+ announced earlier this week — Amazon’s Fire TV may be moving into the lead among video streaming devices, with its lineup of products attracting “well over” … Amazon says
Read MoreJeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: AT&T says it will launch nationwide mobile 5G in early 2020 on its sub-6GHz spectrum and that it has expanded its Magic Leap deal to include business solutions — AT&T already launched its initial mobile 5G network in parts of 12 U.S. cities last December, but it’s now preparing … AT&T
Read More2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 is the year VR will finally break into the mainstream! Okay, so we’ve all heard that one before. Despite the fact analysts predict it’ll be a great year for VR companies, the tech is still a novelty to most. HTC hopes to change that by finally addressing VR‘s biggest problem: a
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Google’s “knowledge panel” search results can be manipulated for users visiting via specially-crafted URL; researcher says he told Google of the issue last year — Dutch researcher argues that Google should remove support for knowledge panels. — A feature of the Google search … Google's "knowledge panel" search results can be
Read MoreAmazon touts the number at CES. Roku earlier this week estimated it has 27 million active accounts. Amazon Fire TV tops 30 million active users, seeming to beat Roku – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCES brought computer lovers much to gawk at, from futuristic concepts to machines you’ll be able to buy in the coming months. The most interesting PCs, laptops and tablets of CES 2018 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreKia Kokalitcheva / Axios: Source: e-scooter startup Bird is raising $300M, led by Fidelity, as an extension of its prior round at its current $2B pre-money valuation — E-scooter startup Bird is raising $300 million in new funding led by Fidelity, Axios has learned. Bird would maintain its existing $2 billion pre-money valuation … Source:
Read MoreIts ad-blocking tool initially only focused on sites in North America and Europe. Chrome will block annoying, spammy ads globally starting July 9 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreJosh Constine / TechCrunch: Instagram will now let users post to multiple accounts at once on iOS and begins testing easier Google Photos imports on Android — Instagram is swaying the balance towards simplicity but away from originality. It’s adding the ability to publish feed posts to different accounts you control … Instagram will now
Read MoreMost glasses and sunglasses on the market make use of metal or plastic frames. It’s relatively easy to create all manner of interesting frame geometries, tolerances can be easily controlled for fitting optical elements, and they’re robust materials that can withstand daily use. Wood falls short on all of these measures, but that doesn’t mean
Read MoreTake a look at CNET’s bustling main stage Behind the scenes with CNET at CES 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou don’t need to spend a lot to watch the playoffs on a really huge screen. These deals are available now, and there are more to come! The best TV deals for watching the big game – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA visual tour of the world’s most important tech conference offers a window into the year’s trends, including next-generation wireless networks and the invasion of A.I. Tech Fix: CES 2019: It’s the Year of Virtual Assistants and 5G Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreBarry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Google announces a new search feature that lets logged-in users access past searches on specific topics, available now in the US — Google is now rolling out a new feature in search named “your related activity.” This feature lets signed in Google users pick up on previous searches they’ve
Read MoreCasey Newton / The Verge: NYU and Princeton study of 3,500 US adults: 11% of those over 65 have shared a hoax article on Facebook, while just 3% of those 18 to 29 have done so — And the finding holds true across party lines — Older Americans are disproportionately more likely to share fake
Read MoreT-Pain is rapper hailing from Florida, who made his name through creative use of the Autotune effect. Nobody quite does it like T-Pain to this day, but kids the world over got the chance with the release of the “I Am T-Pain” microphone, which puts effects on the user’s vocal to make them sound as
Read MoreThe financial details of the split are sure to be complicated, though the world’s richest man and his wife of 25 years vow to “remain cherished friends.” Jeff Bezos of Amazon and MacKenzie Bezos Plan to Divorce Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMicrosoft is starting to test a new way that it’s hoping will keep Windows 10 feature updates from failing on PCs with insufficient storage space as part of its latest Windows 10 19H1 Insider build. Microsoft's latest Windows 10 19H1 release adds support for coming reserved storage feature Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreLi Yuan conducts much of her work on the WeChat mobile app, including spotting trends — and prodding sources to get back to her. Tech We’re Using: To Cover China, There’s No Substitute for WeChat Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFair warning: next time Microsoft rolls out one of its big semi-annual Windows 10 updates, you’ll probably lose a big chunk of storage. In a blog post, Microsoft announced that “with the next major update,” Windows will set aside about 7GB of disk space for updates, apps, temporary files, and system caches. Though that may
Read MoreKurt Wagner / Recode: From February, Twitter will stream the second-half of some NBA games, with the camera’s focus on an individual player picked by users — Twitter cut a streaming deal with the NBA to show you individual players, not full games. — Twitter doesn’t stream NBA games, but soon it will stream parts
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: AMD announces the 7-nanometer AMD Radeon VII GPU, which it says will be 27% to 62% faster; CEO Su says 400M+ gamers use Radeon graphics — Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, announced the chip makers new graphics processing unit, the 7-nanometer AMD Radeon VII graphics chip. AMD announces the
Read MoreIf you want to learn Morse code and you don’t have a teacher, you’d probably just head over to a website or download a phone app. Before that, you probably bought a cassette tape or a phonograph record. But how did you learn Morse if you didn’t have any of that and didn’t know anyone
Read MoreSome Samsung devices come with a pre-installed Facebook app that can’t be removed. Facebook literally can’t be deleted on some phones Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreJordan Crook / TechCrunch: Managed by Q, which develops a platform for managing offices, adds $25M to its Series C round, led by RRE and GV, bringing the total for the round to $55M — Managed by Q, the office management platform that launched back in 2013, has today revealed that it raised an additional
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