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Netflix took the world by surprise when it announced its first-ever drop in subscriber counts earlier this month. Dropping 200,000 subscribers after a decade of growth is no joke. The poster child of streaming services has been on a spree of content creation, acquisition, and subscriber growth for years. However, even if you leave aside the COVID-induced growth in memberships, and its subsequent slowdown, a drop in viewership was a long time coming.
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Qualcomm says it’s willing to team up with a consortium of rivals to buy Arm. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon reckons a consortium would help keep Arm independent. Intel also suggested this idea back in February. Nvidia called off its $40 billion deal to buy Arm earlier this year, citing regulatory hurdles. However, Arm is still up for grabs and Qualcomm has proposed a rather interesting solution.
After some time spent in community testing, Jide is releasing its Remix OS 2.0 software for the Nexus 9 and Nexus 10 tablets today, along with a separate stable release of the OS for the company’s Ultratablet. This marks the first major release of the software for Android tablets, as the offshoot OS was originally launched for PCs and laptops. Simply put, Remix OS is an Android fork with much enhanced multi-tasking features that transforms the user experience into your more typical desktop environment.
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Evan Blass has posted some potential specs details for the rumored Samsung Galaxy S10. The leaker suggests the S10 will include a triple rear camera setup, Infinity-O display, in-display fingerprint sensor, and Android Pie. Price and release date details aren’t mentioned. Tech leaker Evan Blass (@evleaks) has dropped some potential Samsung Galaxy S10 details ahead of its anticipated launch early next year. Blass posted the information regarding the yet-to-be-announced phone in a tweet earlier today.
Update: June 19, 2020: Just over a month after the Scoob digital movie release, the CGI family film will make its debut on HBO Max June 26.
You can still rent or purchase the movie from digital stores. Keep in mind that is the only way to watch Scoob in 4K as HBO Max currently does not support 4K streaming.
Scoob’s studio Warner Bros. will make the movie available as both a rental and a digital purchase.
T-Mobile recently partnered with YouTube to give its customers even more to do while they are quarantined at home thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. For this week’s T-Mobile Tuesdays promotions, the carrier is handing out two months of free YouTube Premium starting today, March 24. Not only that, but T-Mobile customers also get a free four-week online course of their choice from Shaw Academy.
YouTube Premium gives you unlimited ad-free viewing, as well as the ability to download videos and watch them offline.
Panasonic is a fairly diverse electronics company. We initially wanted this list to be for Lumix owners much like our Nikon and Canon app lists were. However, Panasonic makes a lot more stuff than just cameras. The good news is you can easily find Panasonic stuff online. The bad news is the relative lack of apps for Panasonic’s products. For the most part, your best bet is the official app for most of this stuff.
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I’m pretty sure 2021 didn’t turn out quite how some envisioned it might. We entered the year with plenty of hope, that’s for sure. Practically anything at all should have been better than 2020, right? Unfortunately, 2021 failed to live up to its potential. Covid continues to plague the globe despite the arrival of vaccines in late 2020. Moreover, a handful of companies in the tech industry managed to lose their way with hardware, software, and other aspects of their businesses.
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Google has introduced an Extreme Battery Saver feature with the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G. The feature pauses most apps, slows your CPU down and limits numerous features/ It’s coming to older Pixels in time. Many phones have battery saver features to squeeze an hour or two of extra life out of a device, but Google is taking that a step further with Pixel phones. It’s launching an Extreme Battery Saver feature alongside the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G for those moments when you absolutely can’t afford to lose your connection to the outside world.
If you own a set of UE Boom 2 or Megaboom speakers by Ultimate Ears, then you will now be able to control them with your voice, as both Bluetooth speakers have received an update enabling voice integration. Simply press a button on the speaker to launch Google or Siri voice commands to search for specific songs or control music playback.
Everything you can do with Google Now voice commands