Google announced its long-awaited mobile network initiative on Wednesday, Project Fi. Project Fi is being positioned by Google as an alternative to peoples’ existing cell phone carriers, mostly for people who don’t use as much data every month as they pay for.
HBO launched a new streaming service this week, HBO Now, exclusively on Apple TV, iOS, and Optimum Online.
HBO Now is a standalone service that differs from HBO GO in that an existing cable subscription is not required to sign up.
Pebble announced a new version of its trailblazing smartwatch last week called the Pebble Time. The Pebble Time has a color screen, new design, 7-day battery life, a microphone for voice commands, and it’s available for preorder on Kickstarter right now for $179.
After months of delay, YouTube has finally entered the music subscription arena with a new service called YouTube Music Key. Music Key will allow subscribers to do what they’ve already been doing on YouTube, namely listening to music, with some added bonuses.
With the advent of music streaming services such as Spotify and Google Play Music All Access, companies saw fit to forgo high-bitrate audio files in favor of lossy 256- and 320-kbps MP3s to conserve users’ mobile bandwidth and allow for less buffering time.
Google announced its new suite of Nexus devices last week, including the Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus 9 tablet. The Nexus 6 iterates on last year’s Nexus 5 with a faster 2.7GHz Snapdragon 805 processor, 3 GB of RAM, 3220 mAh, 13 MP camera, water-resistance, dual front-facing speakers, and most notably, a massive 5.96-inch screen.