Barb Gonzalez

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Plexamp’s Sonic Sage Uses ChatGPT to Help You Discover New Music
Barb Gonzalez  |  May 24, 2023
Plex continues to innovate and make an already good media aggregating app even better. This time it has turned to using Sonic Sage to improve music exploration and discovery.
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CES 2017
Portal Router Improves Internet Speeds in Crowded Areas
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 07, 2017
If you find that there are dozens of WiFi networks that show up when you go to connect your wireless devices, the Portal Router may be for you. In congested areas, like apartment buildings, dozens of users may be fighting to get an internet signal over the same channel on the same band (either 5 GHz or the extremely crowded 2.4 GHz band). The Portal router offers technology that can move you away from the crowds to get the best internet access possible.
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CEDIA 2013
Prima Cinema - Current Movies for the Home Theaters of the Rich and Famous
Barb Gonzalez  |  Sep 26, 2013
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Prime Video Now Charging Extra for Ad-Free Viewing
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 31, 2024
On January 29th, Amazon started running ads with its video-on-demand Prime Video streaming service. As announced in September 2023, Prime subscribers must pay an extra $3 a month to watch ad-free.
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CES 2016
Prizm Learning Music Player Streams Music for All Listening
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 06, 2016
Even if your music tastes differs from your family and friends, Prizm will stream music that will satisfy everyone listening. A french start-up has won an innovation reward for Prizm, a music streaming device that plays music customized for everyone in the room
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Qplay Calls it Quits
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jul 25, 2014  |  Published: Jul 23, 2014
The Qplay app and adapter will cease to function after July 25, 2014. Was Qplay a bad idea?
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Quibi Short-Form Videos Coming to Mobile Phones
Barb Gonzalez  |  Feb 13, 2020
Is short-form video the future of entertainment? Jeffrey Katzenberg, former chairman of Walt Disney studios, co-founder of DreamWorks Animation, and the brainchild behind Quibi (pronounced "kwibee"), thinks so. In case you haven’t heard, Quibi — short for “quick bites” — is an app built to deliver high-quality, short videos to your mobile phone for watching while you’re on the go and time is limited — like when you’re sitting in a waiting room or standing at a bus stop.
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CES 2014
Quick Flick it and Find Movies You Like With Sony TVs
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 10, 2014
With Sony’s One Flick Entertainment menu, finding something you want to watch is as easy as flicking back and forth (or up and down) through the list of services
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R.I.P. iTunes: Apple Announces New Music, TV and Podcast Apps
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jun 06, 2019
Apple’s iTunes will soon be a thing of the past. At its Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC 2019), Apple announced that iTunes will be put to rest.  Instead of the one-stop streaming media app for 18 years since it first launched alongside the iPod, each type of media will now stream separately to its own app.
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CES 2016
RCA and Terk Unveil Stylish Antennas
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jan 06, 2016
Recognizing that the number of cord-cutters and cord-nevers (those that have never subscribed to cable) are increasing, and that they will want local programming to go along with their streaming entertainment, Terk and RCA revealed it’s new line up of stylish TV antennas.
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