Roku

AWS outage has taken down a big chunk of the internet

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s internet infrastructure service that is the backbone of many websites and apps, is experiencing a major outage affecting a large portion of the internet. “Kinesis has been experiencing increased error rates this morning in our US-East-1 Region that’s impacted some other AWS services,” Amazon said in a statement to The… Read more

Roku Streambar review: A one-box upgrade

(Pocket-lint) – The Roku Streambar takes Roku’s popular streaming platform and fuses it with a compact soundbar. You can see how the company came up with the name – it’s hardly a huge leap in imagination. But keeping things simple can pay dividends. The Streambar has the potential to be a great one-box upgrade, boosting… Read more

Guide to streaming: from Disney Plus and HBO Max to NBA League Pass and Crunchyroll

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. There is a plethora of streaming services available for anyone with a credit card handy. Hulu and Netflix are general entertainment providers offering licensed content and originals for subscribers. Others, like anime provider Crunchyroll and NFL Sunday… Read more

Roku rolling out Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit starting today

It’s been a long wait, but today Roku is starting to roll out support for Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit features. Both will be available for the majority of the company’s 4K players, “including the Roku Ultra, Roku Streambar, Roku Smart Soundbar, Roku Streaming Stick Plus, and Roku Premiere.” 4K-ready Roku TVs will also be… Read more

8 new uses for your old smartphone

The excitement of getting a new phone is often tempered by nagging regret. A lot of times, it’s not like there was anything really wrong with the old phone (unless there was — a bulging battery or a shattered screen is always a bad look). If it was a breakup, the conversation with an old… Read more

Apple added a secret button to your iPhone, and you may not have even noticed

Your iPhone got a new button last month, and you may not have even noticed. No, Apple didn’t sneak into your house and secretly superglue a button onto your smartphone. But it did release iOS 14, the latest version of its iPhone software, which includes a feature called Back Tap. Back Tap adds a fascinating… Read more

T-Mobile expands into live internet TV with new TVision streaming service

After years of anticipation, T-Mobile is finally getting into the live TV business with the launch of a new internet-based streaming service called TVision, launching on November 1st. To be clear: TVision isn’t using the fiber-optic-based IPTV technology that it acquired alongside Layer3 back in 2017. It’s a traditional over-the-top streaming service that simply streams… Read more

Najciekawsze informacje minionego tygodnia: 19.10 – 25.10.2020

Z każdym rokiem wydaje nam się, że mamy coraz mniej czasu między innymi dlatego, że wrażenie owo potęguje chociażby rozwijająca się w zastraszającym tempie technologia. Dlatego też powstała (a właściwie to reaktywowała się) seria Najciekawszych informacji minionego tygodnia. Co tydzień w poniedziałek, dla najbardziej zabieganych Czytelników PurePC, pojawiać się będzie materiał prezentujący skrót wiadomości, które… Read more

Sony confirms Disney Plus, Netflix, and Twitch will be on the PS5 at launch

If you are planning to use your PlayStation 5 for more than just gaming — whether that’s to stream movies and TV shows on Netflix or play music on Spotify — you’ll be happy to know that Sony’s next-gen console will support some of the more popular entertainment apps at launch. Sony confirmed in a… Read more