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Friday 29 April 2016

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Tech News Flash: Friday -- April 29, 2016

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TiVo's New Roamio for Cord Cutters Cuts the Subscription Fee
Getty Images Takes Google Grievances to EU
BlockIQ Escalates War on Ad Blockers
Alexa Takes Up Residence in a Really Smart Fridge Magnet

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TiVo's New Roamio for Cord Cutters Cuts the Subscription Fee

TiVo on Wednesday announced a new version of its Roamio OTA digital
video recorder aimed at the growing market of cable cord cutters, with a
box that includes a hefty 1 TB of storage space and no monthly
subscription fee. The DVR can record up to 150 hours of high-definition
programming and up to four television shows at the same time, the
company said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83441.html

Getty Images Takes Google Grievances to EU

Getty Images on Wednesday filed a competition law complaint against
Google with the European Commission. The company last year filed an
"interested third party" submission in support of the EC's investigation
into Google's anticompetitive business practices. Getty's complaint, in
essence, is that Google Images facilitates piracy of high-res
copyrighted content.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83438.html

BlockIQ Escalates War on Ad Blockers

As consumers turn to ad blockers to avoid advertising on their mobile
and computer screens, marketers and content providers who depend on
pitches to pay the bills are searching frantically for ways to counter
the pesky programs. BlockIQ offers them one. BlockIQ, owned by AdSupply,
which recently merged with Adaptive Medias, has launched BlockBypass.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83436.html

Alexa Takes Up Residence in a Really Smart Fridge Magnet

Invoxia on Thursday announced that Amazon's Alexa Voice Service has been
integrated with its Triby digital assistants. The voice-activated unit
is the first non-Amazon product to be Alexa-enabled. Triby, which has a
magnetic frame, features a built-in speaker and microphone that can be
used to listen to Internet radio or as a hands-free speakerphone, but
its main function is to act as a digital assistant.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83434.html

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April 29, 2016

The most important games that made the Xbox 360 great

The Xbox 360 was the console that changed the gaming landscape forever. Video games were already popular among the masses, but the 360 took the medium to new heights and brought in an entirely new generation of gamers. The prominence of online gaming, gaming achievements, online distribution, and more were features that the Xbox 360 either introduced or perfected on home consoles.

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Nintendo NX launches March 2017, won't simply replace Wii U and 3DS

Nintendo held its latest financial results briefing in the early hours of this morning, and as you'd expect, it hasn't been a great year for the company with slumping sales and a lack of new games for consumers to get excited about. Nintendo's earning have fallen 60% during the last financial year, but they still managed to bring in earnings of $148 million on $4.53 billion of revenue.

Amazon starts requiring Prime membership to buy high-profile video games

Amazon's Prime membership has always come with a number of perks that non-Prime shoppers can view as nice to haves. They are typically perks you can do without, but that looks set to change as Amazon has decided to start blocking access to specific products if you don't subscribe. Video games seem to be the first product line to incur this restriction.

Marvel's multi-million dollar whitewashing problem

On one hand, it managed to introduce audiences to an MCU that will include magic, the Astral Plane, and kaleidoscope dimensions before the year is out. On the other hand, it triggered a representation argument about whitewash casting with the visual introduction of Tilda Swinton's version of The Ancient One.