Amazon, Google and Microsoft get whitelisted by Adblock Plus for a price
It's
long been rumored that Google, among other companies, has been paying
Adblock Plus in order to get through its filters. Now, Financial Times
says that it's not only Google that's been paying the ad-blocking
service to be part of its whitelisted ... Read More ...
HBO tries using Blu-ray to hook cord-cutters on new shows
Remember
BD-Live? Other than being the reason so many Blu-ray discs take forever
to load, it's a way for them to pull in continuously updated content
from the internet and HBO's using it to reach people who only watch its
shows on disc. The new featu... Read More ...
Apple salvages its US job plans by turning a factory into a data center
Apple
has long had dreams of bringing more manufacturing to the US, but the
reality has been harsh at times -- the Arizona sapphire plant it helped
build went down the tubes last year after its key partner, GT Advanced,
went bankrupt. However, the te... Read More ...
Daily Roundup: the best ads of the Super Bowl, Raspberry Pi gets an update and more!
In
today's Daily Roundup we have a bargain price for a multi-million
dollar maritime vessel, some serious upgrades for Raspberry Pi's latest
board and it wouldn't be a post-Super Bowl Monday without at least one
mention of our favorite ads. Read on f... Read More ...
Uber and Google to duke it out over self-driving taxis
It's
no secret that Mountain View and Uber are friends, what with Google
Ventures investing $258 million into the ride-sharing service in 2013.
But if both companies really are developing their own ride-sharing
services that use driverless cars, as s... Read More ...
Samsung event teaser hints that 'what's next' is a curvy Galaxy
Samsung's
pre-announcement clues are sometimes cryptic at best, but it's not
being especially subtle this time around. Hours after Tinhte first
revealed that something was up, Samsung has posted a "what's next"
teaser for a March 1st Galaxy Unpacked ... Read More ...
What's on your HDTV: 'Better Call Saul!', 'The Walking Dead'
If
you've been missing Breaking Bad, you can try and get that taste back
as its spin-off series Better Call Saul! launches on AMC this week. It
comes right after the winter premiere of The Walking Dead, and on the
same night as the 57th Annual Grammy... Read More ...
White House wants its top agencies to have digital task forces
The
US's web-based health care portal didn't launch as planned, to put it
mildly, but the digital task force created to salvage that mess (and
prevent others) showed that it's possible to have modern, responsive
government services on the internet. A... Read More ...
Android Lollipop is slowly (very slowly) hitting more devices
Lollipop
didn't exactly take the Android world by storm when it first launched.
Early adoption was slow enough that it made no real impact in usage
share stats for the first couple of months. People are starting to take
to Google's latest dessert-fla... Read More ...
Verizon brings Lollipop to Samsung's Galaxy S5 in the US
The
rollout started in Europe already, but Samsung Galaxy S5 owners in the
States are about to get a taste of Lollipop -- so long as you're on
Verizon. Big Red is ready to update those handsets, and it's the first
carrier in the US to offer the lates... Read More ...
The FCC will reportedly try to ban internet 'slow lanes'
It's
only been a few months since President Barack Obama urged the Federal
Communications Commission to start treating the internet as a utility,
but it's enough time to have gotten the gears of policy a-spinning.
According to a pair of new reports f... Read More ...
Freedom Clip rids you of Keurig's coffee pod tyranny
Keurig's
K-Cup 2.0 DRM protection didn't keep rogue pods out of its coffee
machines for long, and another company created an add-on to bypass the
system. The Rogers Family Company, a purveyor of some of those
unapproved coffee products, made the appr... Read More ...
GE wants to link your existing fridge to your smart home
There's
no shortage of smart appliances now, but that won't help you much if
you bought your gear a few years ago. What if you want to get your
existing refrigerator talking to the rest of your automated home? GE may
soon have a solution... if you're... Read More ...
The end is reportedly near for RadioShack
Reports
of RadioShack's demise are nothing new, but now it seems like the
electronics retailer may be done for good. Bloomberg reports that
company is in talks with Sprint to hand over around half of its
remaining stores to the wireless company. The ... Read More ...
FCC plans to fight state laws restricting city-run internet access
Frustrated
that your state won't let you get city-run broadband, even when it
could be faster or cheaper than the privately-run alternatives? The FCC
may soon act on its warnings and do something about it. The Washington
Post understands that the Com... Read More ...
Sony has sold the MMO division responsible for 'EverQuest' and 'Planetside 2'
Sony
has sold its online gaming division Sony Online Entertainment (SOE).
SOE has been making games since the late '90s, and is probably most
famous for developing the EverQuest series. Most of its games have been
released for both Windows and Sony p... Read More ...
You can buy Lockheed Martin's experimental cruiser for just $180,000
Ladies
and Gentlemen, Pacific Coast Yachts is delighted to offer you an
exclusive opportunity to purchase a unique piece of maritime history for
a rock-bottom price. After being pressed into service in 1996, Lockheed
Martin's experimental naval vesse... Read More ...
Would you put a gas-powered iPhone charger in your pocket?
Batteries
are expensive, so it makes sense that device makers are in no hurry to
cram in more capacity than is actually necessary. The downside of this,
of course, is that if you're out and about, the responsibility of
keeping your hardware fully cha... Read More ...
'Doctor Who' coding game for kids arrives on tablets
You
no longer have to fire up your computer just to give your children some
programming lessons from Doctor Who. The BBC's educational coding game,
The Doctor and the Dalek, is now available on iPads and Android tablets
(both through Amazon and soon ... Read More ...
The owner of Helvetica and Times New Roman just bought some emoji
Monotype
just bought Swyft Media. Or, a company you probably haven't heard of
just bought a company you probably haven't heard of. Monotype, for the
uninitiated, is a company that helped revolutionize typesetting at the
latter end of the 19th century... Read More ...
Super Bowl hits new tweet record, but Twitter still prefers soccer
Gridiron
football isn't exactly a world game, but the spectacle of the Super
Bowl still draws nearly a billion viewers who do a heckuva lot of
tweeting. It just horse-collared its previous Twitter record with around
28.4 million tweets from around th... Read More ...
The 10 most-tweeted commercials from Super Bowl XLIX
It
was a great night for Rob Gronkowski and the New England Patriots, but
it wasn't so good for our friend Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks.
It also was a great night for brands trying to hold your attention for
seconds with ads to get you talk... Read More ...
'Bayonetta' is now a stupidly difficult 16-bit browser game
Nintendo
essentially saved Bayonetta 2 from cancellation, which pleased many Wii
U fans given it became one of the best-reviewed games of 2014. However,
if you're one of the people that hasn't plumped for Nintendo's latest
home console, you can still... Read More ...
Expect Sky and BT to launch new 4K boxes sooner rather than later
It's
no secret that BT is after Sky's sports broadcasting crown -- it's
already taken away Sky's access to Champions League coverage and will
soon go toe-to-toe with its rival again to spend big on more live
Premier League matches. While it isn't qui... Read More ...
Amazon takes on textbook sales at major universities
Amazon
is set to open distribution centers at two large US colleges and offer
students next-day delivery of textbooks and other items through
co-branded websites. The universities of Massachusetts Amherst and
Purdue say that the deal means students w... Read More ...
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