Amazon announced today that YouTube TV is now available on its Fire TV devices for the first time.

Roku today announced its new 2019 lineup of streaming set-top boxes and a new version of the OS that powers its devices.

A new Bloomberg reports says that Google Play Music and YouTube Music combined just surpassed the 15 million user mark.

The latest Deloitte Digital Media Trends report claims that the average American subscribes to three streaming video services.

Sony’s cord-cutting solution now lets you view four different channels at the same time on Apple TV.

A new report claims that usage of Hulu’s Live TV service is double that of YouTube TV, and well ahead of other competing services.

Apple invested $14.24 billion on research and development in 2018, a sharp increase of 23 percent over the previous year and a figure that I assume has infamous cheapskate Steve Jobs rolling in his grave. Most of that sum is aimed at helping Apple overcome its reliance on a single product, the iPhone, which today…

Welcome to February, and Happy Friday: Here’s another set of questions and answers to wind down the week. Smart home vs. dumb home JaseCutler asks: I enjoyed the joke of First Ring Daily as the "best home lighting podcast". As I'm getting older, and putting up less with products made in this era of "move…

Google announces major expansion for YouTube, bringing it to 95 new markets.

It’s been a while since the last post in this series. So let’s check in, see where we’re at, and look ahead at what we’d like to accomplish in 2019. I wrote a similar recap last January in Paul’s Tech Makeover: Here’s to an Even Smarter 2018 (Premium) that focused on what we had done…

Evernote's impending failure raises serious questions that go far beyond which note-taking service you use. There's a broader debate to be had about how you choose the services you use and why. This all ties back to an interaction I had that changed the way I think about these things. I remember the moment clearly,…

Happy Friday and Happy September everyone. Here's another round of questions and answers to kick off the new month. Outlook, oh I have questions johnlavey asks: Paul, can you explain the differences between The Outlook which is part of Office 365, Outook.com, Outlook.live.com on the Web, etc. etc. etc. Right now I am using Outlook.live.com…

Microsoft isn't the only console maker offering a big video game sale right now: The PlayStation Store is offering up to 40 percent off of PS4 games too.

Last week's unexpected Groove news has triggered some latent feelings of remorse indignation from Microsoft's world-weary fans. I feel it too, even though I long ago resigned myself to the fact that Microsoft will never truly be serious about---or matter to---consumers. But we can collectively try and avoid these kinds of dead-ends and bad decisions…

It's the start of a long Memorial Day weekend, but here are some reader questions to get the holiday started. Windows Hello and FIDO 2 StudBen asks: I was curious as I know with 1803 Windows Hello was getting Fido 2.0 support and I realize it's in limited preview with Azure AD, and Fido 2.0…

The Essentials is a reoccurring column where I talk about what I use to write, work and honestly, survive the week. A few weeks ago, I learned that I will spend $100 to not get off of the couch. Ok, that might be a bit of an exaggeration but in my pursuit to find the…