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Sling TV plus AMC equals the death of cable television
You’re still spending over $70 a month for cable television? I don’t understand. Why would you do that? You can’t be worried about missing out on sports programming. We’ve already been over that. You can watch all the important games on ESPN and ESPN2 for only $20 a month with Dish Network’s Sling TV. In ...
Qantas and Samsung want to help airline passengers escape from reality
Flying on a commercial airline is awful. Or it can be, depending on who you’re sitting next to. Awful might not be a strong enough word, actually. Take a look at some Passenger Shaming images, if you don’t believe me. There’s not much that can be done to make it better, because the reality ...
T-Mobile thinks having the latest smartphone should be a fundamental right
T-Mobile US, Inc. CEO John Legere has a dream. A dream that one day mobile phone customers will not be judged by the score on their credit report, but by the number of months they’ve paid their mobile phone bills on time. Starting today, with the announcement of his Smartphone Equality initiative, that dream ...
Betty White isn’t dead, and Facebook wants to hide hoaxes like that from your News Feed
A few times a year, you might notice a sudden outpouring of emotion on your Facebook news feed as friends and acquaintances express their condolences to each other about the sudden death of America’s favorite Golden Girl, Betty White. They share their fondest memories of the actress, and post their favorite pictures of her ...
Soon you’ll get paid to Facebook. Sort of…
How would you like to get paid to use Facebook, Inc.? Sounds like a dream come true, doesn’t it? Well it’s coming. Let me clarify… Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn’t going to send you money for every status update you like, or for every photo that you share. No, the cash won’t be coming from ...
Level Money is Capital One’s latest investment in UX design
Capital One Financial Corporation has acquired Level Money, providing more evidence that it is indeed the most design-conscious financial institution on the planet. Level Money is a money management app based out of San Francisco. It allows users to view all their accounts from multiple banks, and monitor transactions. It simplifies budgeting and forecasting ...
Immersive, 360-degree videos are coming to YouTube
In the coming weeks, YouTube will begin supporting immersive, 360 degree videos. When it comes to video, consumers always want more, and YouTube often delivers. When consumer cameras started enabling 4K ultra high definition video capture, YouTube increased its maximum resolution to support it. When users wanted to upload videos with higher frame rates, YouTube ...
Dish Network’s Sling TV streams all the best cable channels, including ESPN, for $20 a month
Dish Network just solidified its role as the premier unCable provider. Sure, other cable providers have attempted to court the convenience-focused millennial generation. Comcast, for example, began allowing some of its customers to stream and download DVR saved content to their tablets and smartphones last year. Those features all required customers to remain cable subscribers. ...
The NFL and Facebook are teaming up to put football video clips in your news feed
The next time you miss an exciting NFL football game, and you desperately want to see that amazing one-handed catch that everybody in the office is talking about, try checking your Facebook news feed. The NFL has agreed to provide short video segments to the world’s largest social network. It’s not exactly a straightforward advertising ...
Police worn ObamaCams could have prevented Eric Garner’s chokehold death
A Staten Island grand jury decided not to indict the NYPD police officer whose chokehold on an unarmed African American resulted in the man’s death. The case made national headlines when video footage shot by onlookers went viral after being posted online. In it, Eric Garner can be seen arguing with police officers, and ignoring ...