Category: Amazon

‘Good Omens’ and the art of avoiding Armageddon

[ad_1] As the nuclear apocalypse looms over popular culture and consciousness, acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman is preparing to launch Good Omens, a six-episode Amazon Prime series based on the 1990 novel he wrote in partnership with Terry Pratchett. Good Omens doesn’t imagine an Earth ravaged by nukes, but instead sees it scheduled for destruction […]

Amazon Fire TV no longer needs you to type your WiFi password

[ad_1] While updates are available for devices that are already in the wild, this is primarily meant for people buying new Fire TV hardware directly from Amazon (which pre-assigns your Amazon account). You’ll need to own at least one simple setup device on top of that. It still beats punching in a password for every […]

buying into the Yankees Network

[ad_1] As Disney completes its acquisition of Fox there’s more than just the Marvel universe at stake. One condition of the purchase is that it will sell off Fox’s portfolio of regional sports networks, and as rumors late last year suggested, one interested party is Amazon. Reports from the New York Times and other outlets […]

The battle to make the end of ‘Game of Thrones’

[ad_1] ‘Game of Thrones’ first look: Inside the brutal battle to make season 8James Hibberd,Entertainment Weekly HBO’s insanely popular epic concludes in April, but the battle to film the battles, and to keep them from being leaked ahead of time, was a constant struggle for the crew. Entertainment Weekly goes behind the scenes of the […]

Elizabeth Warren pledges to break up Facebook, Google and Amazon

[ad_1] Warren has two proposals to counter the influence of these companies. First would be designating large tech platforms as “platform utilities.” “These companies would be prohibited from owning both the platform utility and any participants on that platform,” Warren says in the Medium post. Second, Warren proposes focusing on the reversal of tech mergers […]

Music streaming services are fighting a big royalties increase

[ad_1] Early last year, the CRB approved a rate hike that would increase royalties by 43.8 percent over a five-year period. The decision wasn’t officially published until this February, at which time a 30-day window for appeals opened, and it looks like the major players are not going to keep quiet. Well, all but one. […]

Amazon’s joint healthcare organization is called ‘Haven’

[ad_1] Haven, the website says, is a nonprofit that aims to make primary care easier to access, make prescription drugs more affordable and insurance benefits easier to understand. When the partners first announced the endeavor, they said they want to accomplish those goals with the help of technology. That hasn’t changed: they explained that they’re […]

A Jonas Brothers documentary is coming to Amazon Prime Video

[ad_1] “In releasing this documentary, we wanted to make sure we partnered with an innovative platform, like Amazon, that could reach our fans around the world,” the trio said in a statement. More details, including the release date, will be announced later. The Jonas Brothers documentary will add to the sizable lineup of non-fiction shows […]

A new Alexa skill lets you control your Roku devices

[ad_1] The new feature can switch Roku TVs on or off and change channels with spoken commands. You can also adjust the volume by saying “Alexa, turn up the volume on Roku.” Quite a mouthful, but certainly useful if you don’t want to be bothered finding the remote. You can also ask the voice assistant […]