One of the biggest reasons people leave broadcast TV and instead opt for streaming services and a-la-carte internet-only options is 1) more choice and 2) less commercials. And it is #2 that is constantly causing controversy for consumers, broadcasters and advertisers alike. The latest controversy: Dish Network’s “Auto Hop”. The way it works is that after 1am the following day a show airs, network shows on Fox, ABC, CBS, and NBC will automatically advance...
Itching to get the latest in home networking technology? Look no further than Netgear’s just unveiled R6300 802.11ac router which touts speeds of up to 1.3 Gbps on the 5 GHz band and up to 450 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz band. Like just about every other router, wired ethernet ports allow physical connectivity while a pair of USB ports aim to make any external hard drive you have lying around turn into instant network storage. Bonus: printers hooked up via the USB ports on...
When it comes to LTE coverage, no one is even close to Verizon even with their markets combined (in the U.S.). That said, VZW’s competitors are still chugging away. Case in point: Today AT&T lit up their super fast LTE service in two new cities — Akron and Canton, Ohio. It’s a small step considering Verizon just announced a massive rollout the other day (scheduled to go live today). Still, it’s nice to see VZW finally getting some legitimate...
Looks like Apple (and Verizon) let a rather nasty bug slip through QA testing as is evident by this 73-page thread (and growing) thread on Apple’s own discussion board. The situation: when users turn off the VZW iPad 2′s data connection and try to reconnect later, they’re met with an ever present “searching” where signal bars should be. So far, the only “fix” that has been found is to turn data on and restart the device —...
T-Mobile USA’s future may be up in the air as we await the various government committees’ decisions regarding an AT&T take over, but that hasn’t stopped T-Mobile’s will to fight. Today, the nation’s fourth largest carrier announced the addition of 10 new cities to T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network: Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado Anderson, Indiana Ames, Iowa Springfield, Illinois Lawrence and Manhattan, Kansas Battle Creek, Benton...
