Verizon adds free Disney+, Hulu streaming to some Fios packages

Posted on 02/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Verizon (Engadget's parent company) has launched a new deal to try to entice people to its Fios service. Building on the Disney+ promotion the telecom announced last year, new customers can get up to 12 months of Hulu free when they subscribe to Veri...

BMW wants to sell subscriptions to in-car features

Posted on 02/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

In an expansion of its ConnectedDrive Store, BMW wants to give owners of its cars the option to access specific hardware and software features through a subscription (via Autoblog). BMW hasn't detailed exactly how the service will work, but the short...

Scribd expands its subscription catalog with over 1,000 magazines

Posted on 30/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Scribd has been pioneering its “all you can read” publication subscription service for some years now. Back in 2016 it added New York and Time magazine to its line-up, followed by a host of major newspaper titles in 2017. Now it’s expanding its magaz...

Mercedes halts its car subscription service after lackluster demand

Posted on 29/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Mercedes-Benz is learning how difficult car subscription services can be. Automotive News reports (via The Verge) that Mercedes has halted its Collection subscription pilot after modest uptake. The company had hoped to expand the drive-what-you-want...

Owlcam’s new owner more than doubles the price of its annual LTE dashcam fee

Posted on 22/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Owl launched its LTE-connected dashboard camera back in 2018, giving users a raft of in-car security functions for $99 a year. Now — with very little warning — the company has bumped its yearly subscription fee to $215 a year. And according to Androi...

Google offers a free Nest Hub to some Aware subscribers

Posted on 03/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google is no stranger to giving away free Assistant-capable devices, but the company's latest promotion is more interesting in that you can snag a free Nest Hub. The company has started emailing some Nest Aware subscribers in the US and the UK to off...

Samsung’s new subscription bundles a Galaxy S20 with Microsoft 365

Posted on 01/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Samsung’s Galaxy S20 family is expensive when even the ‘entry’ model begins around $1,000. The company thinks it has a solution, though: turn the phone into more of a service. It just launched an Access plan that provides an S20 phone, a Premium Care...

Netflix will start canceling long-dormant subscriptions

Posted on 21/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Netflix viewership is way up while most of us are sheltering in place, but it turns out there are hundreds of thousands of subscribers who haven’t actually used their accounts in forever. The company doesn't want people to pay for a service they're n...

Strava is moving some free features behind a subscription

Posted on 19/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Strava, the social fitness network that tracks cycling and running, is putting some of its previously free features behind a subscription paywall. In a press release, the company said that it’s not yet a profitable company, and that its “commitment t...

Headspace is offering free mindfulness courses to unemployed Americans

Posted on 14/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

There’s no question that losing your job is incredibly stressful, and since the COVID-19 pandemic began, millions of people in the US have been laid off or furloughed. In an attempt to ease some of the stress that causes, the mindfulness app Headspac...

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