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Here at Geek News Central, we've always been fans of Roku and with the latest pair of devices, I don't see any reason to change my opinion. Roku continues to provide a convenient way to make older TVs smart and offer additional content that's otherwise unavailable. It's also a great solution if you are travelling and want to have access
PCs and Laptops As with mobile devices, unless you are in the Apple camp, there are plenty of manufacturers outside of the USA to choose from. Both Acer and Asus are Taiwanese firms and from Japan there's Sony and Fujitsu. Most countries seem to have specialist PC assemblers like FiercePC in UK who tend to cater to the gamers rather than office buyers. Support a local supplier if you can. When it comes to the desktop OS, there's limited choice as Microsoft Windows is dominant. However, there are Linux variants such as SUSE which is headquartered in Luxembourg. If you are feeling brave (or mad), there's Huawei's HarmonyOS for PCs or the FreeBSD-based Kylin from China. I'll pass, thanks.
It's been awhile coming but today Roku has announced updates to its streaming product line with the new Roku Streaming Stick and the Roku Streaming Stick Plus. These will be coming to the UK in early summer which is great news for Roku fans on this side of the pond. For those who don't know about Roku, the company offers
Walmart announced it is adding a new streaming benefit for Walmart+ subscribers. The Paramount+ Essential subscription is an added bonus at no extra cost. Walmart+ members will be able to stream premium entertainment as a benefit for the first time as part of their membership starting in September. The Paramount+ Essential Plan will give Walmart+ members access to Paramount+’s breadth
Months after launching in USA (and the subsequent Star Trek Discovery PR disaster), Paramount+ finally arrived in UK today. Priced at £6.99 per month, the crown jewels are undoubtedly the Star Trek catalogue, but with ComedyCentral, ShowTime and MTV, there's over 8000 hours of premium content including classics like Cheers! and Frasier. The new Halo live action series debuts on
CNN+, the streaming service you probably never heard of, is going to shut down at the end of April 2022. I'm not certain what content it provided, but that doesn't matter anymore. CNN reported that CNN+, the streaming service that was hyped one of the most significant developments in the history of CNN, will shut down on April 30, just
It probably should not be a surprise to anyone that Netflix is aware that some people share their Netflix subscription with people who live outside of their household. In response, Netflix is in the process of cracking down on that practice. Soon, Netflix users will be required to pay more to share their account with a person who doesn’t live