What's Holding Up New Chromecast Apps? Nothing ... But Google, That Is
There's a disconnect in the world of Chromecast. Customers want apps that work with Google's small, affordably priced TV streaming stick. And developers want to distribute them. Some are already built,...
View ArticleGo On, Guess What Amazon's Top-Selling Gadget Is Right Now
We may live in a mobile-obsessed world, but it turns out the best-selling consumer-electronics gadget on Amazon isn't made by Apple or Samsung. Neither is it a Kindle—which is kind of shocking, given...
View ArticlePandora Joins Chromecast Bandwagon
When Google announced its Chromecast TV device this summer, it promised that Pandora would eventually work with it. The day has finally arrived: The popular music app now offers an update in the...
View ArticleChromecast May Be Breaking Out Soon
Customers and developers alike have been waiting for Google to permit the release of homebrew Chromecast apps—ones not made by its special partners, that is—and now they have a new reason to hope. The...
View ArticleGetting Started With Google Chromecast: The Unofficial Manual
As the new year arrives, many of us are greeting it with shiny new gadgets, courtesy of the holiday season. And one in particular has been a noteworthy hit—Google’s Chromecast streaming device, which...
View ArticleSony Cloudifies Games And TV In Its Own Bid For The Living Room
In many ways, Sony is more of a lifestyle brand than a tech brand. It creates products that allow people to have fun—from its flagship PlayStation 4 to televisions and audio gear to cameras and mobile...
View ArticleHow Beats Music Could Save Streaming From A Premature Ice Age
Beats Music has joined the ranks of pioneering—and suffering—streaming-music pioneers such as Rdio, Spotify, Rhapsody, Deezer and Pandora, promising to mix things up by, well, literally mixing things...
View ArticleApple TV: The Fun Little Experiment Is Getting Serious
It looks like Apple just got serious about Internet video. The company has given Apple TV, its streaming-media gadget, some prime digital real estate, clearing out a dedicated section of its online...
View ArticleChromecast Ahoy! Google Opens Cast Software Development Kit
On Monday, Google announced the long-awaited release of its Google Cast Software Development Kit, a set of tools that allow developers to officially support the popular Chromecast TV streaming device....
View ArticleGoogle's Chromecast Is Open To All, So Bring On The Streaming Apps
Developers, start your engines: The barrier to new apps that work with Google's Chromecast streaming device is down. On Monday morning, the company publicly released its Google Cast Software...
View ArticleThe Next Apple TV May Debut In April And Offer More Live Programming
Apple's next-generation Apple TV streaming box, which it could unveil by April, may include access to more live programming, Bloomberg reported.See also: Apple TV: The Fun Little Experiment Is Getting...
View ArticleAmazon's TV-Streaming Box Could Launch By March
Amazon may launch a TV-streaming device in March that would compete with Apple TV, Roku and, to some extent, Google's Chromecast, the tech site Recode reports. The gadget—which Amazon reportedly...
View ArticleThat Amazon Prime Price Hike Is Already Happening In Europe
Amazon is raising the price of Amazon Prime subscriptions in the U.K. and Germany by roughly 60% to 70% starting February 26, it announced Friday. The new fee coincides with Amazon's decision to...
View ArticleThe First Wave of New Chromecast Apps Is Here
It took five months for Google to approve 17 apps that could work with its Chromecast streaming gadget. But it only took a couple of weeks for those numbers to practically double, once Google opened up...
View ArticleLean Back: TiVo Founders Want Streaming TV To Come To You With Qplay
TiVo cofounders Michael Ramsay and Jim Barton liberated TV viewers from the vagaries of network scheduling by allowing them to watch programs when they wanted, not when they happened to be on. Now the...
View ArticleHey, That Looks Familiar: Roku and Logitech's 'New' Living Room Tech
Few TV products tell the story of connected television like the latest devices from Roku and Logitech.On the surface, Roku’s tiny streaming stick and Logitech’s massive Harmony remote don't share much...
View ArticleMarch Of The Google Chromecast Look-Alikes
There’s an evolution taking place on our TV stands. Set-top boxes are shrinking from big black consoles to diminutive hockey pucks to thumb drive–like devices. From there, they'll likely contract even...
View ArticleGoogle Launches Chromecast In Europe and Canada
Congratulations, Europe and Canada—you finally get to see what all the fuss over Google’s cheap TV streaming stick is about.The company is releasing the device, which has been available in the U.S. for...
View ArticleAmazon's TV-Streaming Box Is Almost Here
Amazon appears ready to unveil its own TV streaming device on Wednesday at a press event in New York City. [Update: Amazon has announced the Kindle Fire TV.] That meshes with my own reporting, which...
View ArticleNo, Wait—Amazon Really Should Launch A Free Streaming Service
Amazon has long labored in the shadows of Netflix and Hulu when it comes to streaming TV shows and movies. It could change all that with a rumored Internet streaming plan that would bear more than a...
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