Category: services

TiVo's 'free' streaming service starts rolling out

Post author By Randall
Post date October 15, 2019
Categories In av, dvr, gear, Internet, services, streaming, Tech, Television, tivo, tivo+, Tv

[ad_1] TiVo's leap into streaming services is underway. The DVR creator has started rolling out TiVo+ to users, who should see it pop up on their devices in the "next few weeks." The service is 'free' for TiVo customers and will deliver 26 channels of liv… [ad_2] Source link

NASA demos spacesuits for its Moon and Mars missions

Post author By Randall
Post date October 15, 2019
Categories In artemis, Design, exploration extravehicular mobility unit, gear, Moon, Nasa, patriotic, services, Space, spacesuit, Tech, tomorrow, xemu

[ad_1] Introducing our next-generation spacesuit for #Artemis missions! Here, spacesuit engineer Kristine Davis demonstrates the improved mobility in the new suit, important for working on the Moon’s surface. Watch live: https://t.co/n8wWhy876P pic.twitter.com/9g6sfOaPbf — NASA (@NASA) October 15, 2019 Designing a modern spacesuit is one of the many challenges that NASA faces in its return to […]

Instagram gives you more control over data shared with third-party apps

Post author By Randall
Post date October 15, 2019
Categories In Facebook, gear, Home, Instagram, Internet, Mobile, Privacy, services, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] The new controls will take a while to roll out — they’ll reach devices within the next six months. This is arguably a reaction to closer scrutiny of Instagram’s behavior. While most of Facebook’s privacy issues have revolved around its core service, Instagram has had problems with overreaching advertisers and data abuse from third-party […]

Google’s Daydream VR experiment is over

Post author By Randall
Post date October 15, 2019
Categories In daydream, daydream view, daydream vr, daydreamview, daydreamvr, gear, Google, pixel 4, pixel 4 xl, pixel4, pixel4event, pixel4xl, services, Tech, Wearables

[ad_1] “[There hasn’t] been the broad consumer or developer adoption we had hoped, and we’ve seen decreasing usage over time of the Daydream View headset,” a Google spokesperson told Engadget in a statement. “So while we are no longer selling Daydream View or supporting Daydream on Pixel 4, the Daydream app and store will remain […]

Netflix reveals its huge lineup of holiday movies and specials

Post author By Randall
Post date October 15, 2019
Categories In achristmasprince, av, Entertainment, great british bakeoff, great british baking show, greatbritishbakeoff, greatbritishbakingshow, holiday in the wild, holiday rush, holiday special, holidayinthewild, holidayrush, holidays, holidayspecial, klaus, let it snow, letitsnow, lost in space, lostinspace, magic for humans, magicforhumans, nailed it, nailedit!, Netflix, services, streaming, sugar rush, sugarrush, Tech, the knight before christmas, theknightbeforechristmas

[ad_1] The streaming service’s holiday schedule actually starts more than a month earlier with Holiday in the Wild (November 1st). It stars Kristin Davis as a jilted woman who goes to Africa alone on what was supposed to be a second honeymoon, and ends up rescuing a baby elephant and helping nurse him back to […]

GoFundMe’s new platform is just for charities and nonprofits

Post author By Randall
Post date October 15, 2019
Categories In charity, gear, gofundme, services, Tech

[ad_1] The platform, named GoFundMe Charity, will offer two different plans: one with no platform fee but “tips” from donors to support the service, or one with donor-covered fees. It will have other features to help out charities’ fundraising efforts like data reporting, integration with enterprise tools including Salesforce and Mailchimp and a ticketing feature […]

Hulu brings 4K content to the Xbox One

Post author By Randall
Post date October 14, 2019
Categories In 4k, Amazon, av, Entertainment, fire tv, gear, hulu, Internet, Lg, Microsoft, services, streaming, Tech, Television, Tv, webos, xbox one

[ad_1] The company has been timid about adopting 4K compared to its rivals. It introduced support in December 2016 with just a few original shows and 20 James Bond movies, only to pull the format later. Amazon, Netflix and other services have either supported 4K for longer or introduced it to a wider selection of […]

Ford’s remote car starting and unlocking are available for free

Post author By Randall
Post date October 14, 2019
Categories In car, Cars, connected car, Ford, fordpass, gear, Mobile, services, subscription, Tech, Transportation

[ad_1] This unsurprisingly doesn’t include the WiFi hotspot service, since that requires an LTE connection (AT&T in the US). All the same, Ford is eager to rub this in the nose of competitors. GM’s OnStar can cost up to $15 per month, and your trial only lasts three months. Toyota charges $8 per month with […]

Uber lays off employees from Eats, self-driving cars and other teams

Post author By Randall
Post date October 14, 2019
Categories In business, dara khosrowshahi, darakhosrowshahi, gear, layoffs, ridesharing, services, Tech, Transportation, Uber

[ad_1] Over 70 percent of employees affected by the latest round are based in North America, with the remainder spread across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, according to TechCrunch. Uber has laid off more than 1,100 employees across the three rounds, and it also asked some staff members to relocate. “As you […]

Fox Sports is creating exclusive, interactive shows for Facebook Watch

Post author By Randall
Post date October 14, 2019
Categories In Entertainment, Facebook, facebook watch, football, fox sports, Internet, liga mx, mexico, Nfl, services, soccer, streaming, Tech, Television, Tv

[ad_1] There’s also good news if you’re a fan of Mexican fútbol, with special weekly Liga MX segments covering the country’s top-tier soccer league. And if you’re the betting sort, the thrice-weekly The People vs. Colin Cowherd lets you vote on which teams will cover the spread while Cowherd offers his feedback on the crowd’s […]