Tag Archive for: finally

AT&T and Verizon finally giving customers decent Netflix quality

/in

Months after Comcast upgraded its subscribers’ Netflix performance, AT&T and Verizon have finally followed suit.

The average Netflix stream on Verizon FiOS hit 2.41Mbps in August, up from 1.61Mbps in July, Netflix said today in its monthly speed test update. AT&T’s U-verse service offered average Netflix performance of 2.61Mbps in August, up from 1.44Mbps in July.

Netflix recommends 5Mbps for high-definition quality, but there is a lot of lower quality Netflix content that requires less throughput. The boost in the averages indicates that customers are getting high-quality streams more often.

Read 5 remaining paragraphs | Comments


Ars Technica » Technology Lab

Microsoft finally tries to de-crap the Windows Store

/in

The Windows Store has come under fire recently for its sheer amount of misleading apps. Scam apps that claim to offer downloads or training for other applications are abundant, and these bogus programs routinely abuse others’ trademarks.

This situation doesn’t sit well with an app store that’s supposed to be curated and vetted to avoid scams.

Similar complaints have been made practically since the Windows Store’s inception, and it appears that Microsoft has at least responded. Stricter rules on application naming and icons have been introduced and are being retroactively applied to existing apps.

Read 10 remaining paragraphs | Comments


Ars Technica » Technology Lab

Is Apple finally getting real about security? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

/in

Where does the data breach buck stop? Why do they call them “secret” links? And is Apple finally getting real about security? Find out in “60 Second Security” for 10 May 2014
Naked Security – Sophos

Clear, the Popular To-Do App for iOS and Mac, Finally Adds Reminders

/in

Set a date and time, and Clear will remind you of your important tasks and sync them between your iDevice and Mac. You can further customize Clear with two new sound packs called Sci-Fi and 8-bit. These are free on Mac and available on iOS for $ 0.99 each …
mac hacker – read more