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Best of TechHive Feb 09, 2017 Roku upgrade guide: Should you buy a new box? Time to upgrade your Roku? This guide will help you decide. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Brilliant Control could be the most exciting thing to happen to light switches since the dimmer • TV maker Vizio pays $2.2M to settle complaint that it spied on users • Astell&Kern AK70 high-res digital audio player review: Sweet sound and strong features make it a winner • Beyerdynamic Amiron home headphones review: no high-tech gewgaws, just sweet sound • How the Nvidia Shield TV holds up as a game console • The state of the Apple HomeKit market: Apple's smart-home ecosystem has yet to coalesce • Logitech adds Amazon's Alexa skills to its ZeroTouch voice-control smartphone mount • How to turn the Nvidia Shield TV into an OTA DVR with HDHomeRun and Plex • Plex's new Amazon Echo support lets you control your home theater with your voice • How to browse Netflix's hidden categories • Apple snags Amazon Fire TV exec to lead Apple TV efforts White Paper: LogMeIn Executive ViewPoint - Remote IT Support Services: The Panacea for IT's Support Desk Headaches Today's IT leaders face a wide range of challenges in supporting an increasingly mobile, global, and tech-savvy end user base. Within this Executive ViewPoint, Peter Zeinoun - Director of Products at LogMeIn shares his thoughts on how Remote IT support services can help. Read More ▶ Brilliant Control could be the most exciting thing to happen to light switches since the dimmer If the real thing is as good as the demo, every smart-home owner will want to install these all over the house. Read More ▶ TV maker Vizio pays $2.2M to settle complaint that it spied on users Popular smart TV maker Vizio will pay $2.2 million to settle complaints that it violated customers' privacy by continuously monitoring their viewing habits without their knowledge. Read More ▶ Astell&Kern AK70 high-res digital audio player review: Sweet sound and strong features make it a winner The AK70 is one of the first hi-res audio players on the market to support aptX HD hi-res music streaming over Bluetooth, but its lack of MQA support has us scratching our heads. Read More ▶ Beyerdynamic Amiron home headphones review: no high-tech gewgaws, just sweet sound The bass response, dynamics, and musical reproduction these headphones produce will make you want to leave your Bluetooth headphones behind. Read More ▶ How the Nvidia Shield TV holds up as a game console The Nvidia Shield TV's gaming capabilities, such as GeForce Now and 4K HDR GameStream, are best seen as supplements to the streamer's other features. Read More ▶ The state of the Apple HomeKit market: Apple's smart-home ecosystem has yet to coalesce The smart home space remains the domain of the early adopter, but Apple's HomeKit market is more scattered than most. Read More ▶ Logitech adds Amazon's Alexa skills to its ZeroTouch voice-control smartphone mount Logitech's upgraded its ZeroTouch smartphone car mountThe new feature let you control your smart-home devices with voice commands, whether or not you have an Echo at home. Read More ▶ How to turn the Nvidia Shield TV into an OTA DVR with HDHomeRun and Plex Why buy a TiVo when you can build your own whole-home DVR for less? Read More ▶ Plex's new Amazon Echo support lets you control your home theater with your voice Plex just added Amazon Echo support, letting you use Alexa to control your media server with your voice. Read More ▶ How to browse Netflix's hidden categories Netflix Categories for Chrome is an easy way to browse the video site without searching. Read More ▶ Apple snags Amazon Fire TV exec to lead Apple TV efforts Hopefully the hire is a sign that Apple is investing more in the Apple TV. Read More ▶ White Paper: LogMeIn How to Select the Right Remote Support Tool Organizations are now looking to implement best of breed, intuitive customer engagement solutions that give professional help desk and other support professionals on demand productivity and provide quick resolutions to their ever-evolving pains. Read More ▶

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