Category: Amazon News
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The Recap: DIRECTV Price Hikes, Amazon in Space, Mint Mobile in Trouble, and More
It was another busy week in the world of cord cutting. Between another shutdown of an IPTV service to the umpteenth price cut from a TV provider, there was a lot going on. You can’t be blamed for missing out on some of the biggest headlines. That’s why The Recap exists, to sum up the…
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Amazon Successfully Launches First Satellites For its Internet Service
Amazon’s satellite-based internet service, Project Kuiper, has officially lifted off with a successful launch on Friday following multiple delays. The test satellites, which were aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket, lifted off at 2:06 p.m. ET. Within five minutes a ULA official confirmed the successful completion of the first phase of the flight. Project…
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Amazon’s Internet Service Will Send Its First Satellite Up Soon. Here’s How to Watch the Launch
Amazon’s Kuiper internet service will lift off later today. The online retailer’s first test satellite will hitch a ride aboard the Atlas V rocket and takes off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Interested in watching the feed of the launch? You can catch it on United Launch Alliance’s YouTube site here. United Launch Alliance…
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Amazon is Adding Games From Ubisoft To The Fire TV & Fire Tablets With Luna
Did you know you can use your Fire TV as a gaming system? With Amazon’s Luna gaming service you can use your Fire TV or Fire Tablet to play games on your TV. To make it even better Amazon today announced that Ubisoft games like Assassin’s Creed Mirage are now available on the FIre TV…
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Grubhub Offers Free Year-Long Membership on Prime Big Deal Days
Starting next week, Amazon Prime members can get access to savings and special perks as part of Prime Big Deal Days, including deals for Grubhub members. On October 10 and 11, Grubhub will offer a food promo for Grubhub+ members that gives them 25% off eight Grubhub deliveries using the code GRUBPRIME. The offer is…
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Amazon Freevee Will Be Adding 1987 Classic Cartoon ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
Great news for fans of the 1987 classic cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: You will be able to stream them for free on Amazon Freevee later this month. The show will stream continuously as a channel, which means the episodes won’t be available on demand. If you want to pick and choose which episodes you…
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How Amazon May Start Charging You to Use Alexa
Amazon has been dropping hints that it may eventually start charging a fee to use Alexa – or at least some form of the digital assistant. It’s a radical idea considering Alexa has been free since the first Echo speaker debuted in 2004. Since then, Amazon has firmly entrenched itself in the smart speaker market…
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The Top 10 Free Apps Every Fire TV & Fire TV Stick Owner Should Have In October 2023
Do you own a Fire TV or Fire TV Stick from Amazon? They are great streaming players that let you access a ton of paid content like Paramount+, Hulu, Apple TV+, and more. But the Fire TV also has a ton of 100% free streaming services that every cord cutter should try. Now you likely…
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YouTube TV Now Works on Amazon Fire Tablets – Here is How
One of the main complaints about Amazon’s Fire Tablets was the fact that YouTube TV didn’t work on it. In the past, there was no official app, and trying to watch through the browser would give you an error message. Now, though, that has been fixed, and you can now watch YouTube TV on Amazon’s…
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Amazon Prime’s Sports Talk is Reportedly Getting Canceled
Less than one year after Sports Talk debuted on Amazon Prime Video, the streaming giant is pulling the plug on the daily 12-hour lineup of shows covering all things sports-related. News of the cancellation was first posted on X (formerly Twitter) by The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch confirming the block will conclude its programming at the…