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April 8, 2015
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HBO arrives on Apple TV and Sling TV

UPDATED: Apple and HBO fibbed when the companies announced that HBO Now would be available exclusively in the United States on Apple TV and the App Store. True, HBO Now, for $14.99 a month, made its first appearance on Apple TV. But, the next day, Sling TV announced that it too will provide HBO Now at the same price to its customers.

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April 6, 2015
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CoreOS is bringing Google’s Kubernetes to the enterprise

CoreOS’s first plan was to bring container-enabled Linux to the cloud. The company is still working on that, but with its new program Tectonic, it’s upped its game. The company is working on bringing Google’s container management system, Kubernetes, to the enterprise.

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April 5, 2015
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The best HDMI operating system sticks

Google recently grabbed a lot of headlines for its new Chromebit, a Chrome OS computer in a HDMI stick. That’s fine, but Google and Asus are far from the first to put a computer on an HDMI stick. That honor goes to FXI Technologies Cotton Candy, which released it first model in 2012.

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April 3, 2015
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iOS 8 hate

Enough is enough. Apple’s iOS 8 mobile operating system came out in mid-September. Since then, the company has delivered seven — count ’em, seven — patch releases, and iOS 8 still doesn’t work that well. Argh!

iOS 8.3 should be out real soon now, we’re told. I’d like to think it will fix all of my iOS 8 troubles, but I know better. I’ve been fooled before, and I don’t want to be fooled again.

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