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Deal of the day – Stream and browse from anywhere with this superstar DNS featured at CES

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DEAL NEWS – At home or on the road, make sure you can have your favorite shows anywhere. A good VPN can secure your digital privacy and remove geographic restrictions from certain websites and streaming services. If you want to watch Hulu while you’re on a Euro-tour or browse safely while you’re abroad, try Getflix. …

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IK Multimedia iRig Stream Pro review – A capable audio interface for recording, streaming, and podcasting

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REVIEW – As an audio professional I learned long ago the importance of quality audio. Whether shooting a film, recording a podcast, streaming a game, or doing non-stop video conference calls, good audio can be even more important than good video. While laptops and tablets typically have built-in mics, desktop computers usually don’t, and even …

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I finally cut the cord with DirecTV! – Julie’s gadget diary

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ARTICLE – I’ve been a DirecTV customer for close to 30 years but earlier this week I called them up and asked for a divorce. Why did I break up with DirecTV and what did I replace it with? Let me give you a little history before I answer those questions. First of all, I …

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Plex has released their own movie and tv streaming service

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NEWS – Starting today, Plex is going to stream thousands of movies, shows, documentaries and musicals for free with ads. They will recommend more content based on your media collection, but won’t directly affect any personal content uploaded to your library (i.e, won’t put ads on your own uploaded media). This feature can be customized …

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Pandora now offers offline playback for Apple Watch

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NEWS – With the latest update to Pandora’s mobile app, all Apple Watch users running WatchOS 5.0 or later can enable offline playback for paid subscriptions. Users with paid subscriptions to Pandora Plus or Pandora Premium — $5 and $10 per month, respectively — can now automatically sync music for offline play when in close …

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Philo is a new streaming service for your cord cutting toolbox

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NEWS – I received an email a few days ago informing me that my DirecTV monthly service is going to have a price increase in January. To say that I was annoyed by this email is an understatement given the fact that I’ve been with DirecTV for at least 20 years and they continually raise their prices. …

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Plex Pass review

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REVIEW – With all the internet streaming available online, it’s nice to be able to have a place to aggregate all of your favorite media that you might still own. This can include home videos taken by your parents or grandparents, old DVDs, or those CDs you’ve been wanting to rip for ages. Plex Media …

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YoloBox makes your live streaming tasks simple

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Live streaming of professional events, personal events, or action scenes, has become very popular, with YouTube and Facebook and other sites filling the need to showcase content to the world. There are numerous live streaming devices that are available to accomplish the task, and they vary in price from $100s to $1000s. With most of …

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Flixable is the best Netflix search tool around

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Netflix is great. There’s nothing like being able to binge your favorite series or call up a classic movie you haven’t seen in forever. But let’s face it, the search and discovery interface is a train wreck. The rows of recommendations and random categories are seldom useful, and if your kids or someone who doesn’t …

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Amazon introduces new Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote

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Amazon has announced the next generation of their popular Fire TV Stick. This new version is up to 30 percent faster than their original streaming device, has an updated Quad-core processor, faster WiFi, Bluetooth 4.1 and now comes with a remote that can use Alexa to search for your favorite movies and TV episodes with …

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Mighty gives you Spotify music on the go without a phone

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Remember iPods? Stand alone music players were all the rage just a few years ago, but now that technology seems ancient compared to music streaming services like Spotify. The only advantage that iPods and other MP3 players have over streaming devices is that you don’t need to carry a phone in order to enjoy music. …

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