Year: 2015
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The PS4 is rapidly becoming the living room device of choice
If you’ve followed this site for a while, you know I’m a huge fan of Android Set top boxes. My main living room device for watching videos is still the Cloudnet Go CR13s. But I’ve noticed a slow shift in my household for less usage of the android box, and more and more usage of […]
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Now’s the best time of the year to binge watch!
I’ve been wanting to watch The Man in the High Castle for quite some time now, but haven’t found the time to do it yet. No worries though, the Christmas season is going to be the perfect opportunity for that! Let’s face it, when was the last time you had enough free time to watch […]
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This obvious mistake in “The Martian” will make you smile
Ridley’s Scott “The Martian” is a decent movie with, at the time of this writing, the amazing Rotten tomatoes score of 93%. Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills […]
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Is Aliexpress safe? Tips to shop on the popular e-retailer
We often recommend Aliexpress.com on this site to purchase electronics from China. Several people have been contacting me directly to ask me: is Aliexpress safe? Long story short, the answer is yes, but let’s give a few details, and of course like any other retail website you use online, there are a few things to […]
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To celebrate the launch of Netflix in Japan, Unblock-us have a special offer – First month $.99
Smart DNS Provider Unblock-us are doing a special offer to celebrate the launch of Netflix in Japan. The first month of unblock-us is $.99 if you subscribe before November 1st. If you are a Netflix subscriber, you might want to know that you can access all of Netflix’s supported locales through a smart DNS. This […]
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“Taken” Review (and why all movies are bad when Luc Besson is involved)
Recently Taken3 was added to Amazon Instant Video. I had heard good things about this franchise, and decided it was time to give the first movie a go. With 4.4 stars out of 5 on Amazon Reviews, this was going to be good. Oh Amazon, you tricked me on this one. This movie was a […]
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“Repo the Genetic Opera” Review (available on Netflix & Amazon Prime)
(Note: those of you outside of the US might want to give unblock-us a try to watch this movie, either on Netflix or Amazon) So, this movie showed up in my Amazon Prime recommendations this weekend, and I see that it is available on Netflix as well, as of a few days ago. “Repo the […]
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Hola VPN under fire: Hola VPN Selling users’ bandwidth as botnet
What is Hola VPN “Free”? You might have heard about Hola VPN, a decentralized system that allows its users to bypass geolocation blocks (I personally use and advocate for unblock-us). It’s not unusual for Internet users to want to watch services that are blocked in their countries: spotify, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, sometimes even youtube […]
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Unblock-us vs UnoTelly. Which one’s the best to watch your favorite US shows?
Unblock-us and Unotelly are both “Smart DNS” systems. They’re designed as low-cost, high performance services to let you access US services even when you don’t live in the US. What is Unblock-us/UnoTelly? Specifically, if you’re trying to access Netflix from Spain, or Australia, or Canada, etc… these are the services you’ll want to use to […]
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First Episodes of Game Of thrones Season 5 leaked online, expected to be downloaded millions of times before HBO’s premiere
This is a blow for HBO, mere hours before Game of Throne’s highly awaited Season 5 premiere, the first four episodes of the show have been leaked online. According to Torrentfreak, the leaked episodes have been downloaded more than 100’000 times less than 3 hours after the leak, and are expected to be downloaded millions […]