Category: Home Entertainment
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LG Adds TVs to its Mosquito Repelling Arsenal
In 2009 LG elected to join the war against the mosquito. It did this by releasing an air conditioner with inbuilt ultrasonic wave technology, the concept being that without using toxic substances it could help drive mosquitoes out of the home. The device went on sale in Indonesia in 2009 and India in 2014 and […]
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Google I/O 2016: Google Home – Smarter Than Your Average Speaker
As you’ve probably seen, a lot of big announcements have come from this year’s Google I/O, another of one of them being the Google Home – a smart speaker that has incorporated Google’s rather amazing voice recognition software with a system to help you with virtually everything. And all you have to do is say […]
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Netflix Launches It’s Own Internet Speed Checker – FAST.com
It’s quite possible that Netflix may finally be fed up with the volume of calls regarding its online streaming service not performing correctly on certain smart devices – or that’s what we’d suspect based on the new website it’s set up to track broadband data speeds and present them in relation to the Netflix minimum requirements. […]
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BBC and ITV Uniting to Launch Netflix Rival Called ‘Britflix’
It’s been reported that the BBC will be joining forces with ITV to launch a British-based streaming TV platform called Britflix. No. Despite the surprise and somewhat absurdity of both of the above factoids we aren’t joking. Both of our nation’s leading broadcasters, which are usually seen clashing for Saturday night ratings, will be uniting and […]
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YouTube Launches In-App Messenger Feature – But Not to Everyone
Google-owned video streaming brand YouTube has quietly rolled out a new messenger feature for the Android and iOS app. Only a handful of users are currently welcome to enjoy the new in-app feature however, and YouTube hopes that by introducing a new tab within the app dedicated to chatting they can encourage more sharing of videos between pals […]
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Popular Adult Website Offers $25K to Viewers Who Find Security Bugs
Popular adult video resource PornHub is offering up to $25,000 to viewers who find security vulnerabilities in its website.The bounties for finding a bug in the streaming site’s defence starts at $50 a pop, with the top money shot awarded for spotting a major boob – making it a nice little earner for those who […]
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HBO’s Warning to Game of Thrones Torrent Abusers
Game of Thrones fans that download the show illegally may have more to worry about than spotting a plot-killing spoiler on social media after it was revealed that broadcaster HBO is looking to axe their internet access if they watch the show from a torrent file. Home Box Office (HBO) – which is GoT’s network […]
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VR Ghibli Project
We are almost halfway into 2016 and the draw of VR is pulling people in slowly but steadily. I think the reluctance is more to do with cost than anything else, but it could also be that many do not want to shut themselves away with those wraparound headsets, especially when gaming with friends. The […]
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Star Trek to Boldly Go Online with New Weekly Series
Star Trek is coming back to the small screen in a brand new format. Broadcaster CBS is boldly taking the cult sci-fi franchise where it’s never gone before – to the web with a new weekly episode-based series through its own streaming network. The online Star Trek TV series will be available only through CBS […]
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Smartgolf – The first smart golfclub
Golf. A sport for many, a good walk wasted for others. Good news if you are in the former camp though, as, at long last, the first smart golf club has been invented and is soon to be sold to the masses. Now, unlike other swing trainers, the Smartgolf club has built in sensors which […]
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BBCShop.com Moving to Digital Content Only
After bringing some of the best DVD, Blu-Ray, audiobook, toy and memorabilia deals from top telly such as Doctor Who and Sherlock BBCShop.com is changing its business model to sell only digital video content from March 29th. The longstanding website was known for offering some great bargains particularly around the Black Friday to Christmas period […]
