Roku announced today that it surpassed the 50 million active user milestone before the end of 2020, with a total of 58.7 billion streaming hours last year.


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Roku announced today that it surpassed the 50 million active user milestone before the end of 2020, with a total of 58.7 billion streaming hours last year.
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You can add Discovery+ to the long and growing list of video streaming services that you can now pay for each and every month.
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Amazon announced this week that it is purchasing award-winning podcast studio Wondery for an undisclosed sum that is likely north of $300 million.
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I strongly recommend that enthusiasts not give personal technology gifts to their spouses and partners. Yes, I routinely ignore this advice myself.
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After months of negotiations, AT&T and Roku today reached an agreement to bring HBO Max to the latter’s video streaming devices.
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It’s going to happen: Google announced today that the Apple TV+ app is coming to Chromecast with Android TV in early 2021.
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Amazon announced today that its Fire TV streaming platform now has over 50 million monthly active users (MAUs).
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Flush with success, Disney+ will be raising its monthly and annual subscription prices in 2021 along with the prices of its ESPN+ and Hulu bundles.
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Amazon today announced that it will soon roll out what it calls its most significant experience update for the Fire TV line of products yet.
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AT&T announced today that its HBO Max streaming service saw explosive usage and engagement gains in the most recent quarter.
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Apple today announced the long-rumored AirPods Max, which despite the name are not earbuds but over-the-ear headphones. They’re also ridiculously expensive.
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Google announced today that users with Google Assistant-based smart speakers and displays can now control Apple Music by voice.
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As I’ve written in the past, it’s next to impossible to access your own music files with Spotify, the world’s most popular music service.
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After a year in which audiences stayed away from theaters because of the pandemic, Warner Bros. has opted for a bold strategy for 2021.
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Our national nightmare is finally over: HBO Max, which has been conspicuously absent from Fire TV, is coming to Amazon’s streaming solutions tomorrow.
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Last week, Google announced that it was discontinuing free, unlimited photo storage in its Google Photos service, enraging fans.
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As part of its quarterly earnings announcement, Disney revealed that it had 73.7 million Disney+ subscribers as of October 3, 2020.
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Starting in mid-2021, Google Photos will no longer offer free and unlimited storage. The good news? Existing uploads are exempt.
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Roku announced today that Apple's AirPlay 2 and HomeKit are now supported on most of its modern streamers and other devices.
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Because of the failure of its strategy to position Xbox One as an all-in-one entertainment device, Microsoft is taking a different tack with Xbox Series X|S.
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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members can now access Disney+ for 30 days for free as part of their subscription, Microsoft says.
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You may have heard that “perfect is the enemy of good,” and on that note, I’ve come up with a similar phrase for digital photography: Inconsistency is the enemy of reliable.
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Apple has released iOS 14.2, iPadOS 14.2, tvOS 14.2, watchOS 7.1, and HomePod 14.2, delivering many fixes and a few new features.
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OnePlus is now selling its Buds Z Wireless Earbuds for $49.99, offering an impressive 20 hours of playback time.
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Apple’s customers are reporting that their AirPods Pro earbuds are suffering from static or crackling sound issues.
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Spotify reported that its subscriber base grew to 320 million monthly active users (MAUs), with 144 million paying for a Premium account.
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Apple TV+ will be among several top-tier media services available on the PlayStation 5 when it launches next month, Sony said today.