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After spending a week with a Fire TV Stick, I quickly realized my smart TV was holding me back and that streaming boxes are the superior choice. I’ll be ignoring smart TVs from now on. 4 Streaming Boxes Are Way More Responsive Brady Meyers / MakeUseOf Although my Vizio smart TV was a mid-tier 4K television, navigating apps was usually irritating, sometimes downright unresponsive. Meanwhile, my Fire TV Stick zooms around like a speed demon. Navigation extends to using the apps themselves, too, making it particularly frustrating to use. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to pause…

Cutting back on subscriptions can be easier than you think, and it doesn’t have to mean sacrificing your favorite content. After reevaluating my subscription plans, I found ways to reduce my monthly costs while covering all my essentials. 6 Share Premium Accounts With Friends and Family Top_CNX/Shutterstock One of the easiest ways I save on premium services is to share accounts. Many streaming services allow multiple profiles or simultaneous streams, making it possible to split the cost among family or friends. For example, Netflix offers plans like Standard and Premium, which allow two to four people to watch simultaneously on…

If your favorite YouTuber presents you with an exciting business opportunity, don’t get carried away. Diving in head-first without any thought is a one-way ticket to Scamtown—and exactly what they want you to do. Instead, relax, keep your wallet in your pocket, and check out these MLM scam-busting tips. 1 Look At the Quality of the Product Whether it’s a new crypto coin, a supposed side gig that promises to help me earn six figures with minimal effort, or anything in between, my research process is the same: I take a proverbial magnifying glass and closely examine the core offering.…

Quick Links Reddit is a Great Place to Find Lists of HDR Content I Rent or Buy From Specific Platforms Just because your device has a HDR-capable screen doesn’t necessarily mean you’re using it. You have to couple it with HDR content, but finding it is a bit of a pain unless you know where to look. 1 Look For the HDR Logos Numerous streaming services actually have the HDR format enabled; however, not everything you see will include it. For reference, the following streaming services have HDR content: Amazon Prime Apple TV+ Disney+ Hulu Max Netflix Paramount+ YouTube To…

It’s only January and yet it already feels like it’s going to be a weird year for phones. Not in the sense someone’s going to release one that’s literally a vapour. Or another that constantly blasts that Blondie song at full volume, in an effort to simultaneously be ironic, retro cool and deeply annoying. No, I’m talking about how recent parps from the Apple rumour mill suggest the iPhone SE4 will impress in a manner that’ll make you stroke your chin and nod in a sagely manner. By contrast, the iPhone Air must surely have activated Apple’s OH NO NOT THE…

It may only take a few seconds for the “skip ad” button to appear on a YouTube video, but sometimes that wait feels like an eternity. Unfortunately, some users have been forced to wait far longer, reporting that YouTube gave them ads that last for hours. Worst of all, there was no skip button. People Are Seeing Hours-Long Ads on YouTube The reports began on the YouTube subreddit after people posted the ridiculously long ads they were getting. It started just over two weeks ago when one user posted a thread showing a 3-hour-long ad without a skip button. Then,…

If you’ve got a smartphone and don’t live in the USA, there’s a good chance you’re a WhatsApp user. The Meta-owned messaging platform is more ubiquitous than SMS in some territories. But it’s only recently that you’ve had the ability to edit messages after you’ve sent them. The social giant started rolling out the functionality globally in May 2023, slowly bringing it to different countries over the coming weeks. Don’t worry if you didn’t know your phone could do that – we’ll show you how to edit your WhatsApp messages right here. We’ve all done it; sent a message that…

NewsWritten by Anna RahmananSenior National News EditorFriday January 24 2025ShareCopy LinkFacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppFollowing an uber successful pop-up in Palm Beach last year, the Connecticut-born viral PopUp Bagels is gearing up to debut its first-ever brick-and-mortar in South Florida this year. The company announced the news on Instagram a couple of days ago, revealing plans to open in Aventura this summer. But there’s more: founder Adam Goldberg told the Miami New Times that the company will open four South Florida locations in total in 2025, followed by a wider expansion into central and north Florida as well.  “We’ve always wanted to come to…

Latest smartphone releases Honor Magic 7 Pro Slick styling, a top tier screen and wicked performance should be a given for any Honor flagship. The Magic 7 Pro also goes big on photography, of course – but its the Ai-infused super zoom abilities that set it apart from rivals. It’s one of few Android phones with secure facial recognition, and the MagicOS skin has some very clever multitasking tools. It’s a left field choice, perhaps, but one that’ll impress you just about everywhere. OnePlus 13 An impressive refinement on what was already a capable ‘flagship killer’, even if the price…

It’s been an uncertain time for Xbox owners lately. Not releasing a mid-gen upgrade like Sony has with the PS5 Pro was probably wise, seeing how launching with two tiers of Series consoles already produced enough headaches, but Microsoft has been less and less concerned with the Xbox as a games console. Last year’s ‘This is an Xbox’ campaign instead focused on how, with an Xbox Game Pass subscription, you can play Xbox titles on any device – be it PC, mobile, tablet, or TV. Rumours are swirling that we might even be able to play Xbox games on the…