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Spotify Music Streaming Service Is Down!
Whether you choose to pay for it or go down the ‘freemium’ road, Spotify is undoubtedly one of the most popular music streaming services available. It seems, however, that it’s having more than a few problems this morning as DownDetector is registering thousands of reports that the service isn’t working…
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YouTube Go Now Available for Download on Google Play Store
YouTube Go was initially announced back in September as a means for users with limited bandwidth or capped data to be able to download YouTube videos and watch them offline, but is now finally available via the Google Play store. It works similarly to NetFlix’ offline download feature but much…
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Netflix Deploy VP9 Codec for Downloads – Saves Up To 36% Bandwidth
Netflix introduced the ability to download content so you can watch it offline on mobile devices this week, which is fantastic news for subscribers to the streaming platform, as it now means you can do things like watching content on slower connections where streaming isn’t ideal or save things to watch…
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Windows 10 Games Can Now be Played Offline
Some time ago, Microsoft adopted a more unified approach to mobile, PC and Xbox after years after treating each system as a different platform. This led to the Universal Windows Platform and cross-play support for core Microsoft games. Rather impressively, the Windows Store allowed PC gamers the opportunity to access…
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We Look at Synology’s NAS and Software at Computex 2016
Synology’s new router looks impressive, but we shouldn’t forget their core area which is NAS units. One of the newest units in their lineup is the DS416play that was presented for the first time here at Computex 2016. The new DiskStation DS416play is an upgraded version of the very popular…
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Privacy Concerns Are Driving People Offline
Constantly we report day after day of one security breach or a privacy concern affecting thousands as companies continue to suffer at the hacks of malware and hackers. If you’ve sometimes felt like you just want to remove yourself from the internet and live offline, you’d be one of many…
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Large Hadron Collider Taken Offline by Weasel!
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN is the world’s most powerful particle accelerator and now this vast and complex piece of scientific equipment has been forced to shut down due to a weasel. Unfortunately for the weasel, it didn’t survive its encounter with the LHC as it interfered with one…
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Chinese Agencies Demands Result in iBooks and iTunes Shut Down
Apple is one of the few companies that has managed to stay active in China where regulation of digital services is strictly controlled by the countries many agencies. That was until last week when several of Apple’s services were shut down in China. Apple’s iBooks store and iTunes movies were shut…
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Netflix Isn’t Against Offline Viewing
Netflix is a huge company, with price increases to help cover the increased traffic that people use with the HD streaming experience. In a recent call though Netflix may look at helping you watch those movies on the go while avoiding the data usage costs that come with offline viewing. CEO Reed Hastings…
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Xbox Live Is Currently “Limited”
We all have our favourite way of playing online, and those that use Xbox Live may have a bit of trouble this morning when it comes to enjoying that quick game before work or school. Currently, the service is more struggling than it is managing as several parts of the…
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Large Scale DDoS Attempted Take Down of DNS Root Servers
Someone actually tried the impossible on two separate occasions, to take down the internet’s backbone. They did ultimately fail for multiple reasons, but at the same time, they actually got a surprisingly good result out of their attack. Early last week the Internet’s DNS Root Servers, that are the authoritative reference…
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Skype Plagued by Network Connectivity Issues
The Skype client is currently experiencing a whole range of connection issues and sporadically showing contacts as offline. Skype has released a statement surrounding the network hiccups and clarified: “We have detected an issue that is affecting Skype in a number of ways. If you’re signed in to Skype, you will…
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Amazon Web Services Goes Down Before Getting Up Again
Bit of Tubthumping play on words in the title there, readers who remember the 90s will get this, surely, oh come on I am not that old! Anyway, many web services are intrinsically integrated with each other to bring benefits to consumers, all well and good then right? Yes and…
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