Category: News
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Google Fiber is Heading to Another New City
Google Fiber is coming to Round Rock, Texas, next year. After a unanimous city council vote last October, construction kicked off with a groundbreaking ceremony with local officials welcoming the Google Fiber crew. Construction will begin in southeast Round Rock near Roundville Lane and will branch out to the rest of the city by early…
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Amazon’s Fire TV Makes It Easier to Find Free Episodes From Paramount+, Apple TV, AMC+, MGM+ & More
Today, Amazon started to roll out a new feature that makes it easier to find something free to watch on Amazon Fire TV across multiple streaming services. This new service is called Preview Party and was first spotted by AFTVnews. With Preview Party, you will find all the best free episodes of shows across multiple…
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Nintendo’s Next-Gen Switch Will Be as Powerful as an Xbox One, PS4, Activision Email Says
Nintendo in December briefed video game developer Activision Blizzard about its plans for a next-generation follow-up to the hit console Switch, which is expected to be comparable to the Xbox One and Playstation 4 in performance. That’s according to an Activision email that was released publicly as part of the Federal Trade Commission’s trial against…
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AT&T Successfully Made a 5G Phone Call From Space
AT&T phone home? Well, sort of. AST SpaceMobile, the cellular satellite company backed by the mobile carrier, placed a satellite call over 5G. It’s the “first ever” 5G connection between an unmodified smartphone and a space satellite. On September 8, AST SpaceMobile used a Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone in a wireless dead zone in Maui,…
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Pluto TV, Tubi, & The Roku Channel Combined Are The 4th Most Popular Streaming Service
The growth of free ad-supported streaming services is continuing. As Americans look for ways to cut back, they are increasingly turning to free streaming services like Pluto TV, Tubi, and The Roku Channel. According to the report from Nielsen, Tubi had 1.3 percent of all streaming traffic, The Roku Channel had 1.1 percent, and Pluto…
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Get Half Off a Year of Paramount+ Hurry This Offer Ends Tomorrow
With the summer soon coming to an end, autumn is right around the corner, which means it’s football season and there’s no better way to watch live games than with Paramount+. To kick off the upcoming NFL and college football season, Paramount+ is offering a 50 percent discount on the annual subscription plans. Don’t wait…
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Bally Sports Needs To Pay About $560 Million Or Lose 14 NBA Teams TV Rights
Bally Sports’ parent company, Diamond Sports Group, is in a tough fight for survival. The company, stuck in the middle of bankruptcy proceedings, needs to strike some major deals and create a go-forward plan by court-ordered deadlines. Now it needs to make payments to 14 NBA teams or risk losing TV rights to these teams.…
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DAZN Ups Security Tech To Stop IPTV Services
DAZN is bolstering its anti-piracy defenses. The sports streaming service is teaming up with cybersecurity company, Irdeto, to use its forensic watermarking solution, Tracemark. The tool will help DAZN track security weaknesses in distribution channels and identify and disrupt individual pirate sessions and unauthorized streams, according to Irdeto. Piracy has become significantly easier in the…
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Deal Alert! Anker’s 100W USB-C Charger is On Sale For Just $42.99 Lowest Price Ever
Did you miss out on Anker’s huge 100W USB-C wall charger sale? Good news! Right now, Anker has once again dropped the price of its USB-C, and USB 100W wall charger to just $44299, down from $74.99. This is even lower than what Anker had it at on Prime Day 2023. Right now, Anker has…
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Vizio TVs Now Home to Disney Bundle and ESPN App
Vizio smart televisions are the latest place to find both the Disney Bundle, which includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+, as well as the ESPN App. The apps are now available on Vizio’s own smart TV interface, so customers don’t need a separate platform like Roku and Fire TV. While those boxes have grown in popularity…