The First Trailer for Amazon’s The After By the Man Behind X-Files

Chris Carter, the creator of The X-Files, has been busy producing a new show called The After for Amazon Studios. The first trailer has landed—but it doesn’t really reveal a huge amount about what we can all expect.

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Coming to Google’s Chromecast: A Flood of New Apps

Coming to Google’s Chromecast: A Flood of New Apps

Even with the recent additions of Vevo, RedBull.TV, and media center app Plex, there are currently only 14 compatible apps available for the Chromecast. That number is about to explode.

    



Aereo sold out in New York, is working to expand capacity

Aereo, which recently announced upcoming service to the Cincinnati metro region, has sold out in New York, the company confirmed on Twitter today. Word first surfaced when one individual decided … Continue reading

NFL’s New Streaming Service Is Great, Unless You Want Live Games

NFL’s New Streaming Service Is Great, Unless You Want Live Games

In order to stream live out-of-market NFL games to your laptop or mobile device, you’ll still need to pay for the DirectTV Sunday Ticket Max package. But today, NFL Media just announced a new way for football fans to watch …

    



Flatscreen Looking Funny? Adjust These Settings Right Now

Flatscreen Looking Funny? Adjust These Settings Right Now

You should be able to just buy a new TV, plug it in, hook up a cable box, and be good to go. But sometimes, the settings get in the way. And these days, there are so many of them.

    



Depression-Era Teachers Predicted Online Schools Would Look Like This

Depression-Era Teachers Predicted Online Schools Would Look Like This

In 1934 the president of Northwestern University, Walter Dill Scott, predicted that technology would radically change the college experience.

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Two TV stations will try sharing one channel so your LTE can get faster

Two LA TV stations will simultaneously share a single channel for broadcasts, as a pilot program to demonstrate not only that the technology works with no downside for viewers, but … Continue reading

NHK In Japan Tests 8K Video Broadcast

japan-8k-testJust when you thought that 4K TVs are going to be the next big thing, technologically advanced Japan throws another spanner in the works with word that NHK is starting to test broadcasts of Super Hi-Vision, which is the 8K standard. In comparison, 8K standard would make 4K resemble that of a VHS tape that is played back on a fat and chunky CRT TV from the previous century, or at least something of the equivalent. NHK sent an uncompressed Super Hi-Vision signal approximately 17 miles over the air to a receiver, all the while taking up just a single UHF TV channel.

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    Samsung sees slight Q4 2013 slide as smartphone sales stumble

    Samsung saw a slight dip in operating profit in Q4 2013, down to 8.3 trillion won ($7.73bn), despite tablet demand increasing “substantially”. The South Korean company blamed a quarter-on-quarter dip … Continue reading

    Netflix Plans to Have a Three-Tiered Pricing Structure

    Netflix Plans to Have a Three-Tiered Pricing Structure

    Netflix is gearing up to overhaul it pricing structure. According to a shareholder letter and interviews with Gigaom, the streaming site will introduce a new three-tiered system for its customers.

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