Two months after announcing plans to give away a “free” 55 inch TV to folks willing to put a persistent adware/spyware system in their homes, Telly has begun shipping its TVs to folks who’ve signed up. A second screen below the primary display is designed to show ads and other information. And while the system […]
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Telly wants to give you a 55 inch 4K TV for free (nothing’s really free: it shows ads on a persistent second screen)
17 Comments on Telly wants to give you a 55 inch 4K TV for free (nothing’s really free: it shows ads on a persistent second screen)Broadcast TV has always been free… because broadcasters make most of their money by selling ads that run between programs. Streaming platforms like Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+ went all-in on subscriptions, but in recent years they’ve begun offering cheaper ad-supported plans that have proven popular. Now a startup called Telly is going a step […]
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Lilbits: OnePlus foldable (rumored), Moto Edge 30 Fusion (leaked), and a mini PC board with up to a Xeon processor
Comments Off on Lilbits: OnePlus foldable (rumored), Moto Edge 30 Fusion (leaked), and a mini PC board with up to a Xeon processorIndustrial computer maker AAEON has introduced a compact PC board with four video ports (2 x DisplayPort 1.2a, 1 x HDMI 2.0b, and 1 x VGA, two Ethernet ports (1 x 2.5 Gbps and 1 x Gigabit Ethernet, and plenty of other ports. But what really makes it unusual is that the AAEON EPIC-TGH7 is […]
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Lilbits: Google’s Privacy Sandbox for Android, Valve brings more Windows games to Linux, and a triple-screen PC powered by Raspberry Pi computers
3 Comments on Lilbits: Google’s Privacy Sandbox for Android, Valve brings more Windows games to Linux, and a triple-screen PC powered by Raspberry Pi computersGoogle is announcing a vague plan to provide Android users with more privacy from ad tracking technology… but unlike Apple, which has basically made tracking an opt-in experience on iOS, Google is trying to find a way to offer more privacy without completely gutting the advertising model that accounts for most of the company’s profits. We’ll […]
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Lilbits: NVIDIA’s ARM acquisition may not happen, plus Samsung Galaxy S22, Motorola Frontier 22, and Google Pixel Notepad leaks
Comments Off on Lilbits: NVIDIA’s ARM acquisition may not happen, plus Samsung Galaxy S22, Motorola Frontier 22, and Google Pixel Notepad leaksIt’s been more than a year since NVIDIA announced plans to buy chip designer Arm from Softbank. Since then the deal has been heavily scrutinized by antitrust regulators from across the globe and it’s looking increasingly likely that the company will be forced to abandon the acquisition. Now Bloomberg’s sources report that NVIDIA is prepared […]
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Would you pay to use an ad-free search engine that doesn’t collect your data?
Google has dominated the search engine market for the past two decades, but the company makes most of its money from advertising. So it’s no surprise that the company gathers a lot of data about users of its search engine (and other products) in order to deliver targeted ads. But there are a growing number […]
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With iOS 14.5 data tracking is opt-in
Apple has released iOS 14.5 and it brings some changes and new features to Apple Podcasts, Siri, Apple Maps, and other apps and services. This is also the long-anticipated update that brings “tracking transparency” to the iPhone. In a nutshell that means that not only can users choose whether or not to let third-party applications […]
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Lilbits: Privacy wars, app stores, and advances in color E Ink
Much of the web, including this website, is primarily funded via advertising. And in recent years advertisers have chosen largely to focus on targeted advertising, which tracks user behavior as folks move from website to website to choose ads that are most likely to appeal to specific individuals. Plenty of folks don’t like being tracked to […]
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Lilbits: Single board PCs, under-display cameras, and YouTube angers… everyone
It’s been a few years since Asus launched its first Raspberry Pi-like single-board computer aimed at makers, and the Asus Tinker Board platform hasn’t exactly exploded since then. But the company has made a few updates to the series over the years, with a Tinker Board S, Tinker Board R and Tinker Edge T, and […]
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Firefox Better Web test pilot lets you surf the web (partially) ad-free for a monthly fee
4 Comments on Firefox Better Web test pilot lets you surf the web (partially) ad-free for a monthly feeMozilla, the non-profit behind the Firefox web browser, has been exploring new revenue models for the past few years, including options that don’t rely on advertising. Now the team has launched a “Test Pilot” program for Firefox Better Web, a service that Mozilla first teased last year. It lets you pay a monthly fee to […]