Netflix might stop trashing Verizon’s network next week… or it might not. Netflix on Monday posted an explanation on its blog explaining why it started telling its customers to blame Verizon’s network for slow streaming. The company says that these network-trashing messages are part of a trial program that’s slated to end on June 16th, although it says it might expand on the program in the future.
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You won’t just be able to play all of the early classic Halo games on the Xbox One — you’ll get a brand new one as well. Microsoft on Monday revealed that it’s going to a release a beta version of Halo 5: Guardians’ multiplayer features this December, or a little less than a year before the full game launches in the fall of 2015.
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Microsoft at E3 announced a new game Halo collection, The Master Chief Collection, that will make the wait for Halo 5 easier for fans.
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Ubisoft on Monday took the wraps off the latest chapter of its popular Assassin’s Creed series, Assassin’s Creed Unity. The game will feature four-player co-op and will be set in Revolutionary-era France. As you’d expect, the game footage shown at E3 looks absolutely stunning, as Paris in the late 18th century gives the studio a perfect setting to craft gorgeous visuals.
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Microsoft’s huge E3 2014 event is underway and the company started things off with a bang by announcing the game we’ve all been waiting for — Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. You can watch a live demo with gameplay footage over in our live blog right now! While this title won’t be exclusive to Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles, of course, Microsoft said that Xbox owners will be the first to get exclusive add-on content following the game’s launch.
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In the age of the DVR, many people don’t even know when their favorite shows first air each week. New episodes appear in their DVRs at some point, and then they get watched. For more avid TV fans though, catching new episodes of their favorite shows right when they debut is hugely important. And for people who want a simple, beautiful way to track all of their favorite TV shows, TeeVee 3 for the iPhone is a fantastic option — and it’s free right now for a limited time.
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Microsoft has a golden opportunity at E3 this year. After a tumultuous reveal, filled with consumer outrage and terrible Xbox 180 puns, Microsoft managed to right the ship, bringing the Xbox One in line with the vision that the public saw fit. Despite trailing behind the PS4, Xbox One sales have been extraordinary. With a steady stream of software updates and a continuous effort to please the fans, Microsoft is entering E3 as strong as it has been since the Xbox One launched last year.
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If it seems like every company out there these days is trying to track your web browsing, mobile usage and actual physical location history, it’s probably because they are. Usage history, location history and other related data are hugely important to advertisers, which try to build profiles of users in order to serve better targeted ads. Marketers have a million tricks up their collective sleeve when it comes to tracking you, but thanks to a smart new feature coming in iOS 8, iPhone users’ privacy will be guarded a bit more closely than other smartphone users.
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The iPhone 6 will offer buyers access to several interesting new features, VentureBeat has learned from a source close to the situation, including NFC support for mobile payments, wireless charging, faster LTE and – obviously – a bigger screen.
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What’s terrific about Google Now is that Google is constantly tinkering with it and adding new features that make it even more useful in subtle but important ways. Two new features that Google has recently added will now make scheduling calls and riding public transportation more convenient than before.
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