Year: 2017

Google announces new YouTube TV Service for $35.00/Month

Dan Uff March 1, 2017 1

YouTube used to be the place you could watch almost anything you wanted, for free. Now YouTube wants to be the place that sells you TV.

Google’s video site is taking the wraps off YouTube TV, its new $35-a-month TV service that will package a bundle of channels from the broadcast networks and some cable networks.

YouTube says the service, which will sit in a new, standalone app, will launch later this spring. It’s separate from YouTube Red, the ad-free subscription service the company launched last year, which hasn’t had much success.

YouTube TV is supposed to be “mobile first” — that is, YouTube expects that subscribers will spend most of their time watching on phones, though they’ll also be able to watch on devices like laptops and traditional TVs, via Google’s Chromecast devices.

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Apple Pay in Japan adds support for six new credit cards / launches limited time promotion

Dan Uff March 1, 2017 0

Apple Pay in Japan has activated a two month promotional blitz to help get the word out about the payment service and to also promote six new credit cards that the country is offering.

The promotion includes a cash back offering, gain points, and more.

For more information, you can go to Apple's new web site dedicated to this offer.

Amazon Web Services having issues, major companies having problems

Dan Uff February 28, 2017 1

Amazon.com has a cloud service called The Amazon Cloud which hosts some of the biggest Fortune 500 companies including Apple's iCloud service and others.

The problems cropped up around 1pm, when some Apple iCloud and Amazon Echo users noticed that their devices wouldn't respond, or gave half answers to inquires.

The problem seems to be ongoing with no official word from Amazon on what the problem is or when it'll be fixed.

Well, well, well, Samsung puts out Fake News

Dan Uff February 28, 2017 1

“Samsung just released a press statement declaring its Galaxy S7 edge as winning the best smartphone award at Mobile World Congress 2017,” reports Matt Burns for TechCrunch. “That didn’t happen.”

“GSMA is the trade organizing that hosts Mobile World Congress and every year they host an awards ceremony for achievements of the past year,” reports Burns. “So for this year’s awards, the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge was nominated alongside the iPhone 7 Plus, Pixel Xl, Huawei P9, and the Moto Z. The Galaxy S7 edge won The Best Smartphone 2016.”

“But that’s not what Samsung said in a press release,” reports Burns. “Samsung stated ‘The Galaxy S7 edge Named Best Smartphone at MWC 2017.’ Or, said a different way, never mind our terrible showing at the world’s largest mobile show; the S7 is the best phone here!”

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