Dish's new Voice Remote for Hopper 3 and 4K Joey is out now for $30

From CNET: Dish's Voice Remote, announced back in January at CES in Las Vegas, is now a reality.

Available to Hopper 3 and 4K Joey customers for $30, the remote allows you to navigate, search and select programming using spoken commands. You can also change channels and record shows using your...

European Union slams Google with more antitrust charges

From PC World: The European Commission has added new antitrust charges against Google in the areas of search and advertising as it continues to investigate into the Internet search giant.

On Thursday, the EC charged Google in a “statement of objections” that it has placed restrictions on the...

Nintendo resurrects the NES with new Nintendo Classic Mini

From CNET: Prepare for a nostalgia overload: Nintendo is resurrecting the classic Nintendo Entertainment System.

The Nintendo Classic Mini, as it's known, looks just like a shrunken NES. But instead of using those fiddly cartridges, it comes with 30 games built in. Hook it up to your TV with an...

Pokemon Go is go in Europe, officially launching in Germany

From CNET: The whole world seems to have gone nuts for Pokemon Go, but if you're in Europe you haven't been able to officially play the hit mobile game -- until now. It's available in Germany on iPhone and Android, with other countries to follow.

European players have been playing the game, but it...

Google hires team from online content sharing service Kifi

From PC World: The team at Kifi, the developer of a service for users to save, collaborate and chat on online content, have joined Google’s Spaces group.

The deal appears to be an 'acquihire' by Google, in which the team from Kifi joins it, without the Internet giant acquiring the company.

Google...

Google granted more time to answer Android antitrust charges in EU

From CNET: The European Commission has been investigating Google's business practices around its Android mobile software, and now the search giant has an extra six weeks to respond to the commission's allegations, according to a report Tuesday by Reuters.

In April, the EU formally charged Google...

Seagate will cut 6,500 staff despite uptick in hard disk demand

From InfoWorld: Seagate Technology will cut about 6,500 jobs worldwide, or 14 percent of its workforce, with most of the cuts in manufacturing jobs, it said Monday.

The data storage maker had said in June that it was aiming to cut 1,600 employees, or 3 percent of its global workforce, by the end of...

Google's Project Fi boosts data speeds when traveling abroad

From CNET: Google's experimental wireless carrier, called Project Fi, already works for US users traveling abroad, without them having to pay more for international plans. But on Tuesday, the search giant said it wants to sweeten the pot for people using Fi while traveling by revving up...

Skype for Business will translate meetings into 40 languages

From PC World: Microsoft is bringing the dream of the Star Trek universal translator to businesses later this year with the launch of a new beta feature that offers live captioning of Skype for Business meeting broadcasts in 40 languages.

Using Microsoft's Bing Translator technology, speakers...

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