Apple wants to charge $40/month for its TV subscription service; content providers demand more
With a revamped Apple TV just around the corner, Apple is laying the groundwork for what may soon be a wildly successful TV streaming business.
With streaming services like Netflix and HBO Now more popular than ever, the writing on the wall is clear: consumers, on the whole, just aren’t as interested in paying $100 a month for 150 channels. Instead, they’re much happier getting less and paying less.
With that in mind, Apple’s rumored TV subscription service may truly be a market disruptor. Not to mention, it would certainly fit Apple’s time-tested m.o of coming to the party late yet still being able to turn an industry on its head.
Read more here:: Boy Genius Report
Sony just unveiled a gigantic remote control with a full-sized built-in speaker
Sony this past week took the wraps off a crazy and new TV remote control with a full-sized built-in speaker. Needless to say, this is likely the biggest and most ridiculous TV remote you’re ever going to see. While we can certainly appreciate the idea behind this contraption, it certainly won’t win any awards for industrial design anytime soon.
Read more here:: Boy Genius Report
The highest paying jobs at Google
Harnessing salary data from Glassdoor, BusinessInsider recently put together a fascinating list detailing which positions at Google pay the most money. While Google, at its core, is an engineering company, they’re still a large corporation teeming with lawyers and marketing executives. Which is to say, some of the highest paying jobs at the search giant might surprise you a little bit.
Read more here:: Boy Genius Report
Leaked iPhone 6s photos show two important new features
The iPhone 6s is nearly here and 9to5Mac has posted some new leaked photos that give us a look at two of the device’s key new features: Force Touch and a larger FaceTime camera. Force Touch is the technology that Apple introduced with the Apple Watch that lets users execute different commands on a touch display depending on how hard they press on it. The larger FaceTime camera, meanwhile, is designed to help users take higher quality selfies and will even come with its own flash to make it easier to take selfies in the dark.
Read more here:: Boy Genius Report
These photos show why you never want your city to host the Olympics
Earlier this summer, my hometown of Boston made national headlines after its citizens waged a successful campaign to kill the city’s bid for hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics. While some people out there may scratch their heads about why any city would reject a joyous international celebration of sportsmanship like the Olympics, a gallery of photos posted by Business Insider shows us that hosting the Olympics is really not at all what it’s cracked up to be.
Read more here:: Boy Genius Report
Did Jimmy Kimmel secretly make fun of Jimmy Fallon this week?
NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon has been a ratings success ever since it debuted back in February 2014. In fact, there are some weeks when Fallon’s ratings are higher than competing late night talk shows on ABC and CBS combined.
Say what you will about Fallon, but the former SNL star has expertly created a more whimsical take on the traditional late night talk show to great success. Whether it’s lip sync battling with Michelle Obama, putting together a near-perfect Saved by the Bell reunion, or partaking in any number of ridiculous games with celebrities, Fallon’s show is seemingly a viral video making machine.
Read more here:: Boy Genius Report
Amazon is testing changes that would make Prime less appealing
If you make purchases on Amazon even semi-regularly throughout the course of the year, Amazon Prime is probably worth the price of admission. Free shipping is an incredibly tempting offer, but according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, your home address might soon affect which items qualify for Prime’s best perk.
Read more here:: Boy Genius Report
iOS Game of the Week: ‘Lara Croft GO’ is the perfect mobile puzzle game
I thoroughly enjoyed Hitman GO, the first mobile game from Square Enix Montreal. At least, I thoroughly enjoyed the concept of Hitman GO — boiling down a game to its base elements and slapping those elements on to a board game. It sounded ingenious, but it never clicked with me the way that I expected it to.
Read more here:: Boy Genius Report
Netflix 4K content leak: One episode of Breaking Bad weighs in at 18GB
4K content has been available on Netflix for quite a while, but this week, pirates finally found a way to bypass the copy protection system for the Ultra HD shows, resulting in the first major leak.
Read more here:: Boy Genius Report
Why Apple is joining forces with the Pentagon
Looking to harness the collective brainpower of Silicon Valley, the Pentagon is joining forces with Apple, Boeing, Harvard, and a slew of other entities to create cutting edge wearable technology for the military.
Read more here:: Boy Genius Report