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[Tom’s Guide] Two down, one to go? Today, CBS announced that its premium-content channel Showtime will offer an online-only subscription service in 2015 — just as we predicted after HBO announced upcoming HBO à la carte three weeks ago. With … Continue reading →

[Tom’s Guide] No gadget is perfect, and the iPhone 6 camera needs a little handholding for best results. In certain situations, the iPhone 6 camera can suffer from three (fixable) glitches: poor white balance, low contrast and discolored skin tones. … Continue reading →

[Tom’s Guide] Fast forward to the selfie. The poorly framed, self-indulgent Facebook and dating-site photo is growing into one of the main picture types we take. Google’s Sundar Pichai said, at Google I/O this year, that we take 93 million … Continue reading →

[Tom’s Guide] Panasonic is selling a new high-end, mirrorless camera, the LX100, with a large, 12.8-megapixel sensor, its latest image processor, a metal body and even the ability to shoot ultra HD (aka 4K) video, all for $899. That price … Continue reading →

[Tom’s Guide] A remake of popular 1980s British drama House of Cards is one thing. But a bisexual view of life in a women’s prison (Orange is the New Black) and now the story of 70-year-old man becoming a woman … Continue reading →

[Tom’s Guide] Surveys continually show that we watch TV while holding other gadgets like smartphones and laptops. So it’s appealing to beam a cool video or photo we’ve found on them directly to the big screen. Staff writer Marshall Honorof … Continue reading →

[Tom’s Guide] On June 25, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of TV broadcasters that had sued Aereo for acting like a cable company without paying the licensing fees that cable companies are required to pay. But when Aereo offered … Continue reading →

[Tom’s Guide] Sure, cellphone cameras are getting really good. But sorry, they still don’t cut it for images more than about 3 inches across, especially in less-than-perfect lighting. On the other hand, a DSLR or a slightly smaller mirrorless camera … Continue reading →

[Tom’s Guide] Many technophiles may be crestfallen today (Jun 25), learning that the Supreme Court ruled against Aereo. The service charged subscribers as little as $8 a month to stream, and record, live local TV broadcasts over the Internet. This … Continue reading →