Wednesday, January 25, 2017

AT&T/DirecTV customers lose WSOC-TV on New Year's Day and other top stories.

  • AT&T/DirecTV customers lose WSOC-TV on New Year's Day

    AT&T/DirecTV customers lost access to WSOC-TV and WAXN-TV at 3 a.m. New Year’s Day after negotiations between the Charlotte ABC affiliate and the providers failed.“We’re just as disappointed as our viewers that WSOC-TV and WAXN-TV have been dropped from AT&T’s and DirectTV’s video services,” Joe Pomilla, WSOC-TV’s vice president and general manager, said in a statement Sunday. He accused the providers of using Charlotte viewers “as pawns in their effort to obtain unreasonable rates for WSOC-TV ..
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  • Apple iOS 10.3 Beta Tipped For January With New 'Theater' Mode In Tow: What Could It Be?

    Apple iOS 10.3 Beta Tipped For January With New 'Theater' Mode In Tow: What Could It Be?
    Apple is reportedly gearing up to release iOS 10.3.1 beta in January and it could include an intriguing "Theater" mode, according to a new leak. The beta update could be focused on improving the iPad experience, but it remains unclear just what that Theater mode would entail. Before we dive any deeper, keep in mind that this information is not official and it may well turn out to be fake. In fact, Apple-centric publication AppleInsider says this rumor is "highly questionable" and it's best to t..
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  • Tech Q&A: Which is better, Netflix or Amazon?

    Tech Q&A: Which is better, Netflix or Amazon?
    Sounding off on Echo Q: I got Amazon Echo for Christmas. It tells me the weather and plays music. What else can it do? It seems like a waste of money to me. A: At its core, Amazon’s Echo is a Bluetooth speaker that responds to voice commands. Its abilities won’t impress everyone, and calling it a “virtual assistant” may sound a little lofty. But I would encourage you to play with this device a little more before taking advantage of your gift receipt. If your house has smart appliances, for exam..
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  • A real year for VR: 2016's best on Vive, Oculus, PSVR, and more

    A real year for VR: 2016's best on Vive, Oculus, PSVR, and more
    Enlarge / VR, VR, and VR. reader comments 24 2016 was the year that consumer-grade VR went from something most of us just read about to something that started appearing in stores and homes. In the past, articles about VR proclaimed, "You can't convey the effect on a flat screen, you'll have to trust us!" and "It's magical, we promise!" But the praise was impossible to verify since you probably couldn't stick your own eyes into a pair of pricey goggles. Even as one of VR's biggest early fa..
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  • Valve reveals Steam's 2016 best sellers, puts them on sale

    Valve reveals Steam's 2016 best sellers, puts them on sale
    In a surprise announcement today to kick off 2017, Valve has revealed the 100 best-selling Steam games of 2016. As an extension of the Winter Sale, all but six of these games are on sale.Although the "Top Sellers" section of Steam gives a constant sense of what's selling now, Valve hasn't previously compiled an annual list of which Steam games earned the most money. The list provides some rare, hard insight into which games, including free-to-play games, performed best this year.It's imperfec..
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  • Former Atheist Mark Zuckerberg Gets Religion

    Former Atheist Mark Zuckerberg Gets Religion
    Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has eschewed his atheist beliefs and now asserts that “religion is very important.”  Zuckerberg, whose Facebook profile once identified him as an atheist, revealed his change of heart on his social media network after he wished everyone on Dec. 25 a “Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah” from “Priscilla, Max, Beast and me,” referring to his wife, daughter and dog. When a commenter asked him, “Aren’t you an atheist?” he responded: “No. I was raised Jewi..
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  • Texas family blame Apple's FaceTime in suit over fatal crash

    Texas family blame Apple's FaceTime in suit over fatal crash
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