YouTube is getting some upgrades with some already here and others arriving in the next coming months and beyond. The most notable feature added is the support for 60fps playback. No doubt in anticipation of more gameplay videos from the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Support will include videos at 48fps as well, meaning users […]
Google coming directly to TV’s with Android TV
Google have announced they are getting more involved with the TV side of things with a new OS for TV’s called Android TV. Google obviously want to get Android on as many screens as possible and Android TV is a hope to extend their success of Chromecast. It will also bring Play Store content front […]
Three Ireland gets EC approval for O2 purchase
Three Ireland have just be given the green light from the European Commission with regards to their €850 million bid for Telefonica’s o2 Ireland network. The deal, which should now be completed soon will see Three become the second largest network in Ireland with a total of 2 million subscribers and a 37-percent market share. Currently […]
Netflix begins price increase today, but current members are safe for 2 years
It has been set it stone for some time now, but today is the day that Netflix increase their monthly subscription fees across the world. Pricing everywhere will increase by $1/€1/£1 bringing the cost up to £6.99 and €8.99 in the UK and Ireland with US and Canada also getting a bump in price to […]
Skype Group video calling now available for everyone for free
Skype group video calling before now required a premium subscription and that includes sharing your desktop while video calling someone, but Microsoft today are doing away with the need of a paid subscription. Making group video calling feature for all users on PC, Mac, and Xbox One Apps completely free. The free service will […]
Nokia’s devices and services business now officially apart of Microsoft
The deal that was announced last year is finally complete, with Microsoft taking ownership of Nokia’s devices and service business. Microsoft will push their own new devices under the brand ‘Microsoft Mobile’ with the company also said to continuing to support other series of devices including the Nokia Asha, Lumia and more. “Today we […]
Facebook buying Oculus VR for $2 billion
Facebook and Oculus VR announced earlier that Facebook will be purchasing Oculus VR for a total sum of $2 billion in both Facebook stock and cash. Oculus have gotten more and more popular of the last year with their development kit and their big plans for the future of Virtual Reality gaming and more and […]
Microsoft’s Xbox Marc Whitten has left for a position in Sonos
Chief Product officer of Xbox Marc Whitten has announced he has left Microsoft to become Chief Product Officer of Sonos. Whitten has worked at Microsoft for 14 years, joining the Xbox Team in 2000 has obviously been a big part of the Xbox franchise since then and has been behind all three consoles and Xbox […]
Sony PlayStation US CEO Jack Tretton stepping down on April 1st
In some surprising news today it appears that president and CEO of Sony PlayStation US Jack Tretton is leaving Sony come April 1st, with current EVP and COO of Sony Network Entertainment International Shawn Layden taking over. There hasn’t been any detailed reasons as to why Jack Tretton is stepping down, but we have included […]
XBMC team release version 13.0 Gotham Beta, brings hardware decoding to Android devices and more
The XBMC team have just pushed the latest Beta of XBMC with the development team reaching version 13.0 dubbed Gotham. The new version which has just entered beta brings a great deal of new improvements aimed at Android devices including the much sought after support for hardware decoding with both ARM and X86 architectures. […]