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Netflix brings its Smart Downloads feature to iOS following Android and Windows 10 launch.

Apple’s products and services tend to sell better in the home market than elsewhere in the world. But the HomePod is an exception.

In a surprise development, music streaming giant Spotify posted its first-ever profit in the quarter ending December 31, 2018.

Spotify tests new and more unified interface for playback on iOS.

Apple Music subscribers will be able to stream music from the service for free over American Airlines in-flight Wi-Fi.

Striking ahead of Apple’s widely-expected video service, Roku has added premium subscriptions to its own Roku Channel service.

Mobile app users in the United States spent over $1.3 billion in 2018 on video-on-demand services like Netflix and Hulu.

Thanks to a reader suggestion, digitizing my mountain of paper-based photos suddenly seems a lot less daunting.

Like some of you, I have many paper-based photos that need to be digitized. It’s a daunting, thankless task.

It’s time for a quick smart home check in to see where we’re at and look ahead at what we’d like to accomplish in 2019.

Netflix announced today that it is raising the price of its streaming video service by 13 to 18 Percent in the United States.

Google this week confirmed that it has stopped manufacturing Chromecast Audio, its inexpensive audio streaming dongle. Why??

Amazon said this week that there are now well over 30 million active users of its Fire TV family of living room video streaming boxes.

Earlier this week, we learned that Apple’s iTunes and AirPlay services are coming to Samsung smart TVs. But it’s not just Samsung.

Hulu announced this week that it now has over 25 million active subscriptions in the US, a growth of 47 percent year-over-year.

Roku announced today that there are currently 27 million active accounts using its living room streaming devices and smart TVs.

Microsoft’s Surface Headphones would make more sense if they were part of a broader family of related peripherals.

2018 was an unusually good year for audiobooks, so I had to split my normal wrap-up into two parts.

When it comes to paid and free online services, I’m usually looking for cross-device and -platform availability, with as little lock-in as possible.

I install the same basic set of desktop applications, web apps, and Store apps on every PC I use. Here’s a quick rundown.

Corel today confirmed that it will acquire desktop virtualization provider Parallels for an undisclosed sum.

Microsoft's Chris Capposela graciously donated some great Microsoft hardware and software for us to giveaway.

Xfinity customers can now access their cross-service purchased movie content from their cable TV interface.

Three years after it banned them from its online store, Amazon is once again selling Google's Chromecast video dongles.

It is perhaps the surest sign yet that OnePlus is achieving mainstream success with its OnePlus 6 and 6T handsets

Apple Music is coming to the Amazon Echo and other Alexa-powered smart devices, starting December 17.

Google has finally added multi-room audio functionality to its video-based Chromecast, Google Home, and Smart Display devices