Amazon has today announced new hardware to help it deliver on its streaming media ambitions – the Fire TV Stick, which will go on sale from November 19 in the US. The device allows users to stream content from a range of services and will cost $39. It’s available to pre-order now, and for_the next two days_will cost Prime members just $19. Amazon boasts that the hardware is considerably more powerful than that of Google’s competing Chromecast dongle;_the Fire TV stick includes a dual-core processor, more memory and MIMO (dual antenna) Wi-Fi. The stick also includes a remote control, which...

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