Devices

Spotify really does want to make its own hardware: The company registered with the FCC Tuesday, a key prerequisite to getting devices approved for use in the U.S. Previous reports ... More

Users will soon be able to implement a "Do Not Disturb" mode on their phones and set time limits for specific apps.... More

Back in early April, Oppo shocked the AV world by declaring that it was ceasing production of its UDP-203 and UDP-205 4K Blu-ray players. Since then, owners of those outstanding de... More

Dolby Atmos support was added to Apple TV 4K as part of the tvOS 12 operating system (OS) update that Apple announced June 4 at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in... More

Ownership of streaming media players has risen from about six percent of US broadband households in 2010 to almost 40% at the beginning of 2018.... More

In recent months, Apple Inc. has been criticized for the addictive nature of its devices. Next week, the company plans to unveil software to help cure people of their iPhone habit.... More

High-band 5G technology is going to shake up the design of smartphones and other devices as the next-generation wireless technology arrives in networks in the next few years.... More

Out-of-home video viewing continues to climb, and it’s a trend that has caught on around the world. More than half of internet users in the U.S., United Kingdom, Brazil, Japan an... More

Snaphat's parent company is launching an accelerator program through which it hopes to help grow a new crop of potential media partners. Through the three-month program, dubbed Yel... More

Apple still makes the bulk of its money selling iPhones. But in trying to show investors that it can thrive in high-margin software, the company has built a services unit that's no... More

Verizon Digital Media Services, Verizon’s multiscreen cloud video unit that’s part of Oath, said it has deployed Quick UDP Internet Connections (QUIC) transport protocol across... More

Imagine it’s 2022, and you’re doing your weekly food shopping at the local supermarket. To save time, you hold up your phone, which highlights all the areas in the store where ... More

Video on demand, delivered via broadband cable or fiber connection, is not yet available in many parts of the world. In parts of APAC, Africa or even in some locations in the Weste... More

Apple TV is getting entrée into the pay-TV world — in France. Canal+ Group announced Monday it is offering the Apple TV 4K internet-streaming device as a set-top box option f... More

TiVo’s DVRs are getting Alexa support. The company is announcing its lineup of DVRs, including Series 4 (Premiere), 5 (Roamio), and 6 (Bolt) boxes like TiVo BOLT VOX introduced l... More

Owners of the iPhone X can now enjoy HDR YouTube videos on their flashly smartphones after the feature rolled out quietly to the handset. There's not been any formal announcement f... More

A Google-branded TV dongle spotted floating through the FCC is real, but the bad news is you probably won't be able to get one right now. The company just announced during its I/O ... More

We knew we needed to find a better, more streamlined way to organize meetings and equip both our sales teams and our customers with the right information to ensure all parties woul... More

Google and its hardware partners are going to start selling smart displays powered by the Google Assistant this July, the company announced at Google’s annual Google I/O develope... More

Twitter is reportedly testing a secret, encrypted messaging option that would enable its platform to go up against Signal, Telegram or WhatsApp. The feature, which would form p... More