Amazon's Fire TV Doesn't Have HBO Go

Amazon's Fire TV Doesn't Have HBO Go

Amazon debuted its $100 streaming TV box today . It’s impressive! It’s affordable! And it has a whole bunch of apps. It just doesn’t have HBO Go, which is probably the one app that so, so many folks were hoping for. And that could be problematic.

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Windows Phone 8.1 Wi-Fi Sense aims to douse mobile data

There’s a new feature launching with Windows Phone 8.1 called Wi-Fi Sense. This feature has been put in place by Microsoft and detailed this week at BUILD 2014 to be … Continue reading

Windows Phone 8.1 will automatically sign in to trustworthy WiFi

Tired of having to slog through web portals on your Windows Phone just to sign on to a coffee shop’s WiFi? That won’t be a problem once Windows Phone 8.1 arrives. Its Wi-Fi Sense feature can automatically accept the terms of use for networks that are…

Windows 8.1 Update: The Return of the Mouse

Windows 8.1 Update: The Return of the Mouse

At today’s Build conference keynote, Microsoft officially announced Windows 8.1 Update 1, which is basically a bunch of tweaks for people who want to forgo its touch optimization and use the OS primarily with a mouse and keyboard.

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Windows 8.1 update aims to win over mouse-and-keyboard users, arrives April 8th as an automatic download

The whole point of Windows 8 was to make Microsoft’s aging OS easier to use on touchscreen devices. Mission accomplished, we’d say (more or less). But now the folks in Redmond have a new challenge afoot: Make Windows 8 equally easy to use on tablets…

How Amazon Fire TV Stacks Up To Apple TV, Chromecast And Roku

Amazon has just announced its streaming TV media device, the Fire TV, and that means it now faces off against other tech giants and incumbents in yet another category. So how does the Amazon TK compare to the likes of the Apple TV, Google’s Chromecast and Roku’s lineup of streaming set-top boxes and new HDMI stick? Here’s a basic rundown. First-Party Content Amazon has a… Read More

Cortana will launch as beta on Windows Phone 8.1

Cortana, Microsoft’s personal voice assistant, will launch as a beta product for Windows Phone 8.1. The Siri-esque digital assistant will join Microsoft’s new Action Center on the upcoming Windows Phone … Continue reading

Cortana apps include Facebook, Twitter, Skype

Starting off with a bang is what Microsoft needed to do with their own long-awaited personal assistant Cortana. This week they’re making a rather grand effort in doing so, connecting … Continue reading

The Most Sprawling Places in the U.S. Are Also the Unhealthiest

The Most Sprawling Places in the U.S. Are Also the Unhealthiest

Sprawl is inconvenient, ugly, and permanently damaging to the environment. And it can also make you sick. A new study shows that sprawling metropolitan areas not only force residents to live farther from where they work and shop, but could also be causing them to lead shorter, unhealthier lives.

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Using Amazon’s Fire TV gamepad (surprise: it’s pretty good!)

Surprising no one, Amazon’s Fire TV gamepad is exactly what we already saw pass through the Brazilian FCC recently. In those pictures, however, it looked rough. In real life, thankfully, it’s a much nicer piece of hardware. We’ve just spent 10…