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Sling TV goes international by rebranding its DishWorld service under the Sling name

Apr03
by on April 3, 2015 at 3:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Dish Network today confirmed that DishWorld, its international TV streaming service, will rebrand under the Sling TV name, allowing current customers to access the core Sling TV offering from the same app. With its new name as “Sling International,” customers can access almost 200 channels across 18 languages, including Spanish, Arabic, Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Punjabi and Vietnamese. Plans start at $15 a month, with an option to add US networks from the core Sling TV package (conversely, regular Sling users can add the International package as well). Sling teased the DishWorld rebranding earlier this month to customers who inquired about Sling’s international offering on Twitter. Thinking about…

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Why we act irrationally: The one word that drives our senseless habits

Apr03
by on April 3, 2015 at 3:28 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Insider, LifeHacks

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James Clear writes about using behavioral science to master your habits and improve your health. His free guide, Transform Your Habits, has been downloaded more than 80,000 times. This post originally appeared on his blog. It was 1977 and, although nobody knew it at the time, psychologist Ellen Langer and her research team at Harvard University were about to conduct a study that would change our understanding of human behavior. It all started when Langer asked her research assistants to cut in front of innocent people waiting in line at the photocopiers in the library. The Copy Machine Study This is how the research…

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Skype and Skype Qik mobile updates bring new chat layout, emojis and support for 12 new languages

Apr03
by on April 3, 2015 at 2:24 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft has announced updates for its Skype and Skype Qik apps including a new layout, video effects and support for 12 new languages. The update brings a bubble-style layout to chat and adds support for custom emoji on Android. It also includes a new speech to text function that will work with Android Auto, as well as the ability to view and change avatars in group chats. On iOS, the update brings 12 new languages to the app – Turkish, Malay, Estonian, Hungarian, Hindi, Croatian, Slovak, Indonesian, Greek, Thai, Vietnamese and Catalan. The Skype Qik update is for iOS, Android and…

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You can watch a free episode of HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ season 2 on Twitch

Apr03
by on April 3, 2015 at 2:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Shareables

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HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ is back, and this time, you can catch the first episode of season 2 for free on Twitch. HBO has partnered with the Amazon-owned streaming service to air the new season’s pilot episode for free on April 8 – four days ahead of its official return on the network. That’s not all HBO has in store. Prior to the Twitch premiere, the show’s cast members will also host a live Q&A session and play some video games with Jon Carnage, Twitch’s live programming director. Thomas Middleditch, who plays the show’s bumbling protagonist Richard, is a Twitch streamer as well. Earlier this month, Middleditch…

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HBO is tweeting people who said they’d pay for standalone HBO Go…three years ago

Apr03
by on April 3, 2015 at 1:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, HBO, hbo go, HBO Now, Insider

Be careful what you tweet because years later a company might just reply. People were tweeting about their willingness to pay for standalone HBO Go accounts long before it announced HBO Now and the channel’s finally getting back to them. @eriwen Hi, Eric. Please follow us so we may DM you. pic.twitter.com/PCg2kZb1ea — HBO (@HBO) April 3, 2015 Business Insider notes that HBO’s official account has been replying to messages sent three years ago to let people know the option is open to them. Now that’s commitment! ➤ HBO [via Business Insider] Read next: Apple gets exclusive on HBO NOW on Apple TV

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