Save the stress by watching someone else play a game!
Battle Royale games have become all the rage recently, and Fortnite is currently one of the top contenders. However, if you’re not into online games or you never seem to be able to be the Victory Royale, then watching streamers could be the answer to all of your problems. Here are the best streams on Twitch to get your Fortnite fix.
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As though Amazon Prime members needed another benefit to brag about…
Tonight marks the first Thursday Night Football game streaming free on Amazon Prime Video. Last year, Twitter was the exclusive streaming partner of the Thursday night games, but that changes this year. There are already a number of other benefits to Amazon Prime, like free 2-day shipping, other exclusive video content, music streaming, and much more.
See what’s new on Amazon Prime Video this month!
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Throttling seems to be an unavoidable practice these days.
Use too much data and you get throttled. Use data on a busy network cell and you get throttled. But the throttling numerous reddit users have been seeing doesn’t seem to match any conventional rules. Users on both new and old “Unlimited” plans are seeing speeds drop on two of the nation’s most popular video platforms regardless of how much data they’ve used.
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Xiaomi is looking to the smart home segment for profits.
Xiaomi isn’t worried about shrinking sales in China affecting the company’s long-term profit growth. That’s according to global VP Hugo Barra, who revealed in an interview with Reuters that the focus is instead on creating “recurring revenue streams:”
Basically we’re giving [handsets] to you without making any money… we care about the recurring revenue streams over many years.
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New Google Cast device set to arrive at October 4 Pixel event.
Google’s rumored next-generation Chromecast has leaked out ahead of its expected October 4 launch. The new streaming puck, which will reportedly debut alongside the new Pixel phones and Google Home, and maybe a whole bunch of other crazy stuff, has been revealed for the first time by prolific leaker Evan Blass over at VentureBeat.
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While YouTube can already bring you the experience of attending a live event from afar, it’s looking to make that experience much more immersive with the launch of 360-degree live streaming. This means live streams can be even more engaging, allowing streamers and viewers to interact in new ways.
From Google:
We first launched support for 360-degree videos back in March 2015. From musicians to athletes to brands, creators have done some incredible things [Read More…]
The 2016 Coachella music festival will kick off on Friday, April 15. If you can’t make it to Indio, California to see the bands yourself, you can watch from the comfort of your home, or anywhere else, via the official Coachella YouTube channel.
Google Canada’s blog has the details of what users can expect from the YouTube channel, which will feature content from April 15 to April 17:
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Following accusations from T-Mobile CEO John Legere that AT&T and Verizon were throttling Netflix streams, Netflix has now admitted that it is responsible for capping the speed of the streams. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Netflix confirmed that it has been throttling video streams for Verizon and AT&T customers for years:
The popular video service said Thursday that for more than five years it has limited its video speeds to most wireless carriers across the globe, [Read More…]
The live video streaming app Meerkat is now available for download. The app was previously available as a closed beta, requiring invitations to unlock access.
Sonos now supports music streaming service TIDAL on its wireless speaker system. TIDAL bills itself as the first high fidelity lossless music streaming service with HD music videos and curated editorial. TIDAL has announced that the integration with Sonos is now live in the U.S. and Canada, and support in the U.K. will follow shortly.
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