Netflix and 4K HDR: Proof that data caps will stifle video innovation

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Best of TechHive May 05, 2016 Netflix and 4K HDR: Proof that data caps will stifle video innovation Data caps aren't about "fairness" if they prevent people from using the TVs they paid for. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Searchers, slackers, and survivors, streaming this week • Bowers & Wilkins is the trophy acquisition of a startup with high-end audio ambitions • Hulu confirms plans to stream live TV and dabble in documentaries • Samsung's over-the-top Family Hub smart fridge is now on sale • Google's OnHub router gains IFTTT support on its way to becoming a smart-home hub • Rovi to acquire TiVo for $1.1 billion • Apple Music may get retuned in June • Roost goes from selling a smart smoke-alarm battery to selling smart smoke alarms • How to customize the Apple TV (fourth-generation) home screen • Samsung SmartThings vulnerability lets hackers make their own house keys • Bowers & Wilkins P5 Wireless headphones review: So expensive, so good Searchers, slackers, and survivors, streaming this week No fewer than 12 new and notable movies are now available online—from award-winning The Revenant to the $7,000 indie flick that made Robert Rodriguez a Hollywood name. Read More ▶ Bowers & Wilkins is the trophy acquisition of a startup with high-end audio ambitions Venerable British audio company Bowers & Wilkins has been snapped up by a startup that's flush with Silicon Valley cash. Little-known Eva Automation has no publicly announced products, but it has top-notch management and superstar backing. Better still, B&W's Joe Atkins will remain as CEO. Read More ▶ Hulu confirms plans to stream live TV and dabble in documentaries Hulu's answer to Sling TV and PlayStation Vue is coming in 2017 Read More ▶ Samsung's over-the-top Family Hub smart fridge is now on sale Keeping your food cold is so 20th century. Samsung's new fridge streams music and orders groceries for you. Read More ▶ Google's OnHub router gains IFTTT support on its way to becoming a smart-home hub OnHub IFTTT integration lets users trigger smart home devices when they get home. Read More ▶ Rovi to acquire TiVo for $1.1 billion Online entertainment listings company Rovi plans to acquire digital video recording firm TiVo for US$1.1 billion in a stock and cash deal, the companies said Friday. Read More ▶ Apple Music may get retuned in June Apple realizes its streaming music service would be much more successful if it were easier to use. Read More ▶ Roost goes from selling a smart smoke-alarm battery to selling smart smoke alarms It's the first residential smoke alarm capable of detecting natural gas as well as carbon monoxide, smoke, and fire. Read More ▶ How to customize the Apple TV (fourth-generation) home screen Make the Apple TV home screen your own by customizing the top row, app order, and folders. Read More ▶ Samsung SmartThings vulnerability lets hackers make their own house keys Samsung's SmartThings smart home hub deals with its second security flaw in six months. Read More ▶ Bowers & Wilkins P5 Wireless headphones review: So expensive, so good This could be the best sounding set of wireless on-ear headphones that you'll ever clamp to your skull. If you can afford it. Read More ▶

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