Powered by Blackfire: The HTC One M9

Powered by Blackfire: The HTC One M9

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Blackfire Research is proud to partner with leading smart phone and electronics manufacturer HTC, for their award winning,  HTC One M9 smartphone. Blackfire Research technology is featured in the smartphone’s HTC Connect service, which allows users to “wirelessly stream music or video from HTC One M9 to speakers or TV by just swiping up the screen with 3 fingers.” (HTC.com)

With HTC Connect, you can stream media wirelessly from your phone to any Blackfire powered product, from leading brands such as the HARMAN KARDON™ Omni series of speakers. Once connected, the audio and music from the HTC smartphone is routed to these products, much like Bluetooth. However, unlike Bluetooth, Blackfire technology enables much longer range, improved resolution, superior sound quality, and multi room play.

Blackfire powered products can be used in various multi room or in-room configurations. They can also be grouped into various zones, selected for playback at will, and be shared by multiple phones. Therefore, the user can enjoy music from the HTC One to a HARMAN KARDON OMNI 20 Speaker in the kitchen and simultaneously send it to a HARMAN KARDON Adapt plugged into their stereo system – all playing simultaneously, in high quality, over the home Wi-Fi. Blackfire technology is compliant with any online music/media service applications on the HTC One M9, which allows HTC One users maximum flexibility in enjoying their music and makes the HTC One a powerful media platform.

The HTC One M9 is carried by AT&T and Sprint. For more information, visit http://www.htc.com/us/.

Music Review: The Rolling Stones, “Blue & Lonesome”

Music Review: The Rolling Stones, “Blue & Lonesome”

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The latest project from legendary rock n roll band, The Rolling Stones, takes us back to the past, and to the genre that inspired the band to create music in the first place. Blue & Lonesome is a collection of post-war Chicago Blues covers, featuring a more stripped down version of the high rolling rock band. Mick Jagger’s vocals wail in time with the harmonica while covering Blues legends like Buddy Johnson (“Just Your Fool), Eddie Taylor (“Ride ‘Em On Down), Howlin Wolf (“Commit a Crime”), and Little Johnny Taylor (“Everybody Knows About My Good Thing”) amongst others.

Throwback Thursday: Groundhog Day

Throwback Thursday: Groundhog Day

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Today is Groundhog Day, which means that America’s favorite marmot, Punxsutawney Phil, will either emerge from his burrow to cloudy skies – and announce the arrival of an early spring! – or to sunshine – causing Phil to retreat back into his burrow in fear of his shadow, suggesting we’ll have to endure six more weeks of winter. Whatever happens, this day will always take us back to 1993, when comedy icon Bill Murray starred in a little film called Groundhog Day, directed by Harold Ramis. Since then, this day has become synonymous with one song and one song only: Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe.” Listen on repeat for the full Groundhog Day effect.

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What to Watch on Netflix in February

What to Watch on Netflix in February

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Once again, Netflix is rolling out fresh, original content for the new month. And once again, we at Blackfire Research are excited. Is this list of new shows and movies worthy of your surround sound system? There’s only one way to find out.

Coming up for full streaming on February 3 is the debut season of the Netflix Original Series “Santa Clarita Diet.” Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant star as Sheila and Joel in this dark, offbeat comedy about a pair of LA realtors whose lives take a sudden, unusual turn after their daughter makes a huge life decision.

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On February 10, “Abstract: The Art of Design,” a Netflix Original Documentary Series, premieres. This series will explore modern art and will give viewers an in-depth look into how artists render computer design, as well as contemporary art inspired by the computer age. Special guests will include some of the world’s most prolific designers and artists. Also on February 10, British actor and comedian, Ricky Gervais, reprises his role as hopelessly awkward David Brent, former branch manager of a midsized paper supplier company, Wernam Hogg. Now, years later, Brent is back in “David Brent: Life on the Road.” This “mockumentary” film follows Brent on tour with his new band, exclusively on Netflix.

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Another film is premiering this month on Netflix beginning February 24. “I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore” was picked up by the streaming giant from The Sundance Film Festival. Melanie Lynskey and Elijah Wood play Ruth and Tony, neighbors who decide to track down local thieves after Ruth is burglarized. However they soon find out they are dangerously in over their heads against a gang of criminals.

These are some of the Netflix shows and movies debuting in Feburary. For a complete list of upcoming Netflix content for 2017, click here.

Music Review: John Legend, “Darkness and Light”

Music Review: John Legend, “Darkness and Light”

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In his fifth studio album, “Darkness and Light,” R&B singer-songwriter, John Legend, tackles love, fatherhood, and politics, through a soulful lens, with vocals smooth as velvet. In “Right By You (for Luna)” Legend sings to his newborn daughter, and imagines what joys and sorrows she will face in this world. In “I Know Better,” “Penthouse Floor,” and “Marching Into the Dark,” Legend takes on the role of activist once again (Legend’s song “Glory” from the film “Selma” won him the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2015), with lyrics about police brutality, individual responsibility, and the strength of the Black community. “Darkness and Light” is filled with life, love, and the promise of a brighter future.

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