Can you still watch YouTube TV on your Roku? What the channel removal means for users - USA TODAY
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| Can you still watch YouTube TV on your Roku? What the channel removal means for users - USA TODAY Posted: 30 Apr 2021 09:52 AM PDT CLOSE  Roku said it has removed the app for Google's streaming service YouTube TV after its contract to carry it expired. The company said current subscribers to YouTube TV will continue to have access to the app unless Google chooses to fully remove it from Roku devices. Roku spokesperson Dallas Lawrence told USA TODAY in an email the company is "disappointed" Google has allowed the contract to lapse and has not sought additional financial consideration to renew its deal. "It is well past time for Google to embrace the principles that have made streaming so popular for millions of users by giving consumers control of their streaming experience, by embracing fair competition and by ceasing anticompetitive practices," said Lawrence. Trouble for Apple?: EU accuses Apple of antitrust breach over App Store rules 'It's Gonna Be May': The seasonal internet meme, explained Roku plans to email customers about the removal of YouTube TV. In a blog post published Friday, Google claims the company wanted to renew its deal with Roku under current conditions, but Roku sought to renegotiate a separate deal expiring in December involving its main YouTube app. "Despite our best efforts to come to an agreement in the best interests of our mutual users, Roku terminated our deal in bad faith amidst our negotiation," reads the statement. "Unfortunately, Roku has often engaged in this tactic with other streaming providers." Earlier this week, Roku warned its users recent negotiations over YouTube TV had broken down over "unfair terms" from Google that the company believed could harm its users. YouTubeTV spokesperson Mariana De Felice told USA TODAY in a statement emailed Monday the service has been working in good faith with Roku on a deal that benefits its viewers and Roku customers. "We're disappointed that they chose to make baseless claims while we continue our ongoing negotiations," she said. "All of our work with them has been focused on ensuring a high quality and consistent experience for our viewers." Follow Brett Molina on Twitter: @brettmolina23. Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/04/30/roku-youtube-tv-google-streaming-service-pulled-channel-store/7408577002/  |
| Listen to the news from USA TODAY on Google Home, Amazon Echo - Yahoo News Posted: 28 Apr 2021 02:16 PM PDT  New voice-enabled technology means you can listen to the news directly on your smart speaker. If you have a smart speaker or phone with you while you're cooking or cleaning at home, driving or going for a walk, you can hear news stories from USA TODAY. Our team of producers shares the latest news to Google Home and Amazon Alexa around the clock. Ready to dive in? How do I listen on my Google Home or Google Nest?Breaking stories and news updates are available on Google's voice-enabled technology. Here are the steps for listening on your Google device: 1. Open your Google Assistant app. 2. Under "Settings," scroll down to "News - Preferred sources & format." 3. Select USA TODAY as your preferred new source. You can select your news playlist format here, either a mix of top headlines and stories based on interests that refreshes every time you play it, or news briefings that play shows you select in the order you choose. 4. Tell your Mini or Assistant app "Hey Google, tell me the news." 5. USA TODAY will be part of your news mix. How do I listen on my Amazon Echo?Breaking stories and news updates are available on Amazon's voice-enabled technology, Alexa, which is available on Amazon Echo smart speakers and the Amazon Alexa app. 1. Open your Amazon Alexa app or turn on your Echo and say "Alexa, play the news from USA TODAY." 2. Alternatively, on an Android device, you can click on "Settings" and click on "Add Content." Search for "USA TODAY." Select "USA TODAY Flash Briefing" and any other of our podcasts. 3. If you have an iOS device, open your Alexa app, go to "Settings," then "Alexa Preferences." Click on "News" and then "My News Channel" and "Flash Briefing." How do I listen in my car?If you have Bluetooth and a smartphone, pair your phone with your car's sound system, and you can listen to news from USA TODAY while you drive or ride in the passenger's seat. Once you're synced up, open the appropriate app — Google Assistant app or Amazon Alexa app — and say the magic words "Hey Google, play me the news" or "Alexa, play the news from USA TODAY." Want more from USA TODAY? Listen here:Learn about our daily news podcast, 5Things, all our other podcasts and subscribe to them for freeThis article originally appeared on USA TODAY: How to get top news stories on your Google Home, Amazon Echo  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2021 06:00 AM PDT CLOSE Wing reached out to Christiansburg Girl Scout troop to help boost sales. USA TODAY In Christiansburg, Virginia, Girl Scout cookies are falling from the heavens. Well, not exactly. They are being delivered not by young girls in uniform but by Google-developed Wing drones, a futuristic twist on how to get your fill of Thin Mints. Wing, a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet Inc., reached out to the Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline about making cookie drops to help boost cookie sales, which are still being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. "Even with loosening COVID restrictions, the traditional method of selling cookies outside of grocery stores or shops is difficult this year, and sales are down about 50% from prior years," Lia Reich, Wing global communications lead, said in a statement to USA TODAY. "It was a natural fit to partner with the Girl Scouts to help out in this situation." Save better, spend better: Money tips and advice delivered right to your inbox. Sign up here Cookies are currently available to order for drone delivery through the Wing app or website in Christiansburg until the end of May. Reich says Wing is committed to 3,000 boxes of cookies but if needed will deliver more. The annual start of cookie season is recognized nationally in January but timing and specific cookie availability can vary by region. For decades, cookies have been sold at booths outside grocery and other stores, door-to-door in local neighborhoods, and through family and friends bringing order forms to work to tempt their co-workers. In March 2020, the national organization suspended door-to-door sales and in-person cookie booths because of the spread of COVID-19 and took the 2020 cookie season online. The 2021 cookie season also has had online sales and sales through "virtual cookie booths" on social media. New branding coming soon: Oscar Mayer products to get new look and the Wienermobile is part of the 'Keep It Oscar' campaign National Nurses Day 2021: Chipotle giving away 250,000 free burritos to nurses, health care workers. How to sign up. Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council CEO Nikki Williams said there have been challenges to selling cookies in traditional ways and the partnership with Wing has helped local troops in getting cookies delivered. While the girls don't fly the drones themselves, they help prepare the orders and learn about the technology. "We're seeing a nice response as people are learning about it," Williams said, adding that following national sale trends, Thin Mints are the most popular drone cookie order followed by Samoas, also known as Caramel deLites in some parts of the country. Virginia Girl Scouts weren't the only troops handling cookie sales differently. Some girls did contactless delivery for their neighbors, dropping off boxes on doorsteps. The Girl Scouts had a nationwide partnership with on-demand delivery service Grubhub, which ran from March 6 to April 11. In New Jersey, troops hosted outdoor drive-by booth sales with contactless payment and one troop even got permission from an empty fast-food restaurant to sell cookies, NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported. "The great thing about Girl Scouts is that we're flexible and innovative," said Betty Garger, president and CEO of Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey. "We had to be creative and flow with the times. Every business has had to adapt." Williams believes the program will grow and drones could one day be delivering more cookies. "I expect that the future is going to have an opportunity for drones to be delivering to everyone across the country," she said. "I think this is just a really great microcosm as what that can look like as we prep for the future." Wing drone deliveriesWing was the first drone delivery company in the U.S. to receive an air operator's certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration in April 2019, which allowed the service to make drone deliveries in parts of Virginia. Last week, Virginia Tech released a survey from Christiansburg – the site of Wing's first U.S. drone delivery operations – where 87% of residents liked the idea of residential drone delivery after the first year of service in the community. "We've seen incredible growth of the Wing service over the last year and a half. COVID gave people who may not have had a reason to try drone delivery a reason to, and we saw deliveries increase more than 500% in 2020," Reich told USA TODAY. "The convenience of drone delivery has not only sustained that growth but increased it, even as restrictions have lifted." Girl Scout Cookies salesThe Girl Scout Cookie Program is considered "the largest girl-led entrepreneurial program in the world" and helps provide programming to 1.7 million girls, the national organization said. Nationwide, cookies can be purchased on the Digital Cookie platform at www.girlscoutcookies.org where you can also find a list of troops selling near you. Supplies are limited and cookies may not be available everywhere. If you're in Christiansburg go to Wing's website at www.wing.com/va to order for drone delivery. Contributing: Rebecca King, NorthJersey.com Follow USA TODAY reporter Kelly Tyko on Twitter: @KellyTyko Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2021/04/28/google-wing-drone-girl-scout-cookies-delivery-covid-impact/4859683001/  |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2021 12:00 AM PDT CLOSE A House panel grilled the CEOs of social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google on their efforts to prevent their platforms from spreading misinformation, bias and inciting violence. (March 25) AP Domestic Google is encouraging the public to "get back to what you love" with a video that ends with the search phrase: "covid vaccine near me." The minute-long video chronicles search terms throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and illustrates how those terms may be changing as a result of vaccinations, allowing the world to transition from virtual events to in-person gatherings. The ad begins with a litany of search terms from earlier in the pandemic, such as "quarantine," "social distancing," "lockdown" and "restrictions de voyage" (travel restrictions) in a French search. Then "sweat pants" transforms to simply "pants" and a scheduled "virtual happy hour" shifts to a real "happy hour" calendar notice. A Google Maps theater location changes from "temporarily closed" to "open." The music becomes increasingly upbeat before landing on a final set of keystrokes to spell out: "covid vaccine near me." "While there's still uncertainty ahead, the vaccine gives us reason for hope," Google says in the video's description. "As the vaccine becomes more available, you may have questions. Search 'covid vaccine' to get the facts." The ad also encourages viewers to visit the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While Google actually published the "Get back to what you love" video on YouTube in late March, it's gaining traction after airing during the NCAA Final Four games over the weekend, according to 9to5Google, a publication that covers Google-related news that is unaffiliated with the company. Google's clip, which had garnered more than 6.3 million views as of 9:30 a.m. ET Monday morning, is prompting an emotional response from viewers, some of whom are "seeing the light at the end of the tunnel," as Twitter user Stefano Maggi wrote. Jiya Jaisingh echoed Maggi's sentiment: "This is what we all want - to hug, to celebrate, to cheer. To live. Google nailed it," Jaisingh wrote on Twitter. And Abiye Ibiebele, another Twitter user and resident physician, according to his Twitter bio, commended Google and recommended that people get vaccinated. "@Google does it again! Make sure to get vaccinated when you have the chance to!" As of Monday morning, the CDC reported that more than 61 million people in the USA, or almost 19% of the population, are now fully vaccinated, and 106 million, or 32%, have received at least one dose. OK Google, help me sleep better?The new Nest Hub smart display has built-in tech to help Google adding: New features to Chromebooks as devices turn 10 Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/04/05/google-covid-vaccine-ad-goes-viral-get-back-what-you-love/7088232002/  |
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