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Jan

24 more live chanels added to the Verizon FiOS Mobile app from Viacom Networks such as MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon


Verizon has announced today that 24 new live channels have been added the the FiOS mobile app, bringing the official count of channel access on-the-go to 88. The new channels aren’t your off shoot unknowns either. Verizons FiOS Mobile App now offers the following: BET Gospel, BET HD, Centric, CMT HD, CMT Pure Country, Comedy […]

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28
Jan

European HTC One M8’s seeing Android 5.0 Lollipop updates


Manufacturers and consumers have a long road ahead of them when it comes to getting Android 5.0 Lollipop on their devices. The process is underway around the world for various devices and now we have word that the HTC One M8 in Europe is starting to see its tasty little treat. The news came from […]

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28
Jan

Sony announces partnership with Spotify to replace Music Unlimited service


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Sony has teamed up with Spotify to create PlayStation Music, a Spotify-centric streaming service set to replace Sony’s Music Unlimited service. PlayStation Music will house Spotify as its exclusive partner, and will launch in February in 41 different markets including the US, Canada, Mexico and Brazil.

As for Music Unlimited? That service will cease to exist come March 29th, 2015, though Music Unlimited subscribers will get their last month for free beginning February 28th. Music Unlimited will shut down in all 19 countries, though most of them will be included in the 41 markets where PlayStation Music will be featured at launch.

PlayStation users can link their PlayStation IDs to Spotify to ensure the setup process is as easy as possible. The service will launch on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and a number of Xperia smartphones and tablets. If you’d like more information on PlayStation Music’s release, head to the Spotify link below to sign up for updates.

If you don’t yet have a Spotify Premium account, now may be a good time to try it. Spotify is currently offering a free 60-day Premium trial if you sign up now. This is a great way to test out the service at no cost before you replace your Music Unlimited subscription.



28
Jan

Samsung releases new promo video for the Gear VR


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Apparently not content to watch Microsoft get all the press for virtual reality solutions with their recently announced HoloLens device, Samsung has released a new video promoting their Samsung Gear VR device. You may recall the Gear VR is powered by the same technology developed by Oculus for their Oculus Rift device. Currently the Gear VR only works with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, but that should change over time. Probably one of the biggest points Samsung would make though is that the Gear VR is available now, at least the Innovator Edition, for people who are excited about the world of virtual reality.

You can check out the full promo video from Samsung after the break.

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28
Jan

Slack acquisition will see video chat and screen sharing integration


Slack, the current darling of organizations in need of a flexible individual-and-group messaging service, has bought a small video conferencing company named Screenhero. The acquisition will lead to an eventual integration of Screenhero’s voice and video conferencing features and screensharing support to Slack’s 365,000-and-growing daily users.

Both Slack and Screenhero are small organizations — with the latter’s 6 employees are all joining Slack, which will bump up their total headcount to just over 100. The addition of voice and video greatly expands Slack’s capability, which heretofore has been limited to just text chat and file sharing.

Understandably, the folks at Slack are excited:

Basically, the integrated Slack + Screenhero experience is going to be incredible. We are giddy with excitement about the possibilities and positive you will love it.

We use Slack at Mobile Nations and it’s proven to be an incredibly useful tool for us, with full mobile support, apps for our computers, guest accounts, and at least integration into Skype. Adding voice and video might just change up our workflow a bit and put other companies like Microsoft and GoToMeeting — maybe we won’t have to have so many running at once after the integration’s complete.

Slack’s offered no distinct timetable for when we can expect to see Screenhero’s features integrated, saying only that we can expect to see it happening over “the coming months” and that all of Screenhero’s features will make the jump, “along with many new ones.”

Source: Slack

28
Jan

Sony’s ‘Music Unlimited’ Service Shutting Down After Failing to Emerge as Viable iTunes Alternative


Sony announced on Wednesday that it will be shutting down its Music Unlimited on-demand streaming music service ahead of launching Spotify on PlayStation Music. Music Unlimited will shut down in all 19 countries it operated on March 29, 2015, with nearly all of the countries among the 41 regions that Spotify for PlayStation Music will be available upon launch, including the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil.

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Music Unlimited launched in December 2010 on PlayStation Network in several countries worldwide, and the service was later extended to iPhone [Direct Link], Android, PlayStation Vita and other devices and platforms. In February 2011, it was reported that Sony viewed Music Unlimited as a potential iTunes Store alternative and that it was considering pulling music from Apple’s platform if its own service became successful.

“If we do [get mass take up] then does Sony Music need to provide content to iTunes?” Mr Ephraim asked. “Currently we do. We have to provide it to iTunes as that’s the format right now.”

“Publishers are being held to ransom by Apple and they are looking for other delivery systems, and we are waiting to see what the next three to five years will hold.”

The on-demand streaming music landscape has gone through significant change in the past three years, however, and Music Unlimited failed to remain competitive with industry leaders such as Spotify, Rdio, Pandora and Beats Music. Music Unlimited users with active subscriptions will continue to have free access to the service through the March 29 closing date.



28
Jan

Android Studio freebie + Beats by Dre giveaway



We have a great Wednesday in store for you this week. A guaranteed freebie for aspiring Android developers and a chance at winning a pair of Beats By Dre headphones!

First up is a free Bitfountain Android mini course designed to walk you through developing your first Lollipop app using Java and Android Studio. This course comes with nine lectures and a test, so you’ll be able to challenge your knowledge and grasp of the fundamentals. This one is absolutely free and ready to be claimed, now!

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28
Jan

Tesco taps Kobo to offer Binkbox Books libraries when it closes


Unlike Blinkbox Movies and Blinkbox Music, Tesco hasn’t found a buyer for its underperforming Blinkbox Books service. We expected the e-book platform to quietly fade into the night, along with customers’ purchases, but it seems Tesco has a parting gift for bookworms that embraced its Kindle alternative. The beleaguered supermarket is teaming up with Kobo so that users can transition their Blinkbox libraries to the rival platform, free of charge. Tesco says it’ll email users in the next two to three weeks with a special code for unlocking their purchases inside Kobo; the latter’s library should also mirror Blinkbox’s exactly, meaning readers won’t lose any books in the move. At this stage it’s not clear if any money is changing hands, but there are obvious benefits for both parties; Tesco now has a better chance of avoiding customer backlash, while Kobo gets to pick up a wave of new users. Of course, Kobo already has an Android app too, so it should be a fairly easy transition for Hudl owners who want to keep Tesco’s tablet as their primary e-reader.

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Via: TechCrunch

28
Jan

Deal Alert: Save $48 on a T-Mobile Nexus 6 with this code


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T-Mobile is back with another discount deal on the Nexus 6. The carrier is offering a $48 saving on both the 32GB and 64GB storage versions of Motorola’s gargantuan handset.

This means you can grab the 32GB Nexus 6 for $649.92 or the 64GB version for $651.92, either by paying paying the amount upfront or opting for one of the T-Mobile’s payment plans. Although T-Mobile doesn’t offer contracts, you will still need a line in order to purchase a handset from them.

If you’re interested, you will have to settle for the blue Nexus 6, as that’s the only color option that the company stocks.

Just type in the code NEXUS6DEAL at the checkout to make the saving.



28
Jan

Meizu Blue Charm goes official with an ultra low price tag


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Meizu has officially unveiled the Meizu Blue Charm otherwise known as the Meizu M1 in China. This is the company’s answer to Xiaomi’s ultra low cost smartphones that have dominated the Asian markets for quite a while now. Meizu also announced the Blue Charm Note smartphone about a month ago in China.

With an asking price of just around $112 or CNY 699, the smartphone promises to put all other budget handsets to shame.

It’s packing a 5 inch 720p display, a 13-megapixel camera on the back, a 5-megapixel front camera, a quad core 1.5 GHz MediaTek MT6732 chipset (Cortex-A53 cores), 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, a 2,610 mAh battery and Android 4.4.4 KitKat.

The smartphone is only available in China at the moment, but we cannot rule out a global launch in the future. The Meizu M1 will certainly offer decent competition to Xiaomi’s Redmi 1S which is being sold for as little as $100 off contract. But since the Blue Charm has better hardware on board and a newer version of Android, the device will be more appealing to prospective buyers.

Source: Meizu

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