Apple Adds ABC, Bloomberg, Crackle, and KOR TV Channels to Apple TV
Apple today added yet another set of channels to its Apple TV set-top box, including a “Watch ABC” channel to allow subscribers to certain cable services to watch content from their local ABC affiliate through Apple TV. Other additions include financial channel Bloomberg, streaming movie and TV show channel Crackle, and Korean channel KOR TV.
Today’s launches are just a few of the many additions for Apple TV over the past few months, with the most recent previous addition having been Yahoo Screen and PBS last month.
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Big Apps List: Chromecast-ready apps for Android
Ongoing list of Android apps with Chromecast compatibility
We’ve put together a list of Android apps that have been updated to include support for Google’s Chromecast device. If you’ve gone one of these guys in your home or office then you’ll want to stay abreast of the various titles with Chromecast compatibility. As for those of you who haven’t purchased one of these…get on it! You’re going to have a hard time topping this $35 investment. There’s a reason it was named TIME’s top gadget of 2013.
Chromecast-ready apps
- aVia
- BeyondPod
- Google Play Music
- Google Play TV & Movies
- HBO Go
- Hulu Plus
- Netflix
- Pandora
- Plex
- Post.TV
- RealPlayer Cloud
- RedBull.TV
- Revision3
- Songza
- Vevo
- Viki
- YouTube
Beta Apps and Services
CyanogenMod Screencast (beta)
- To get into the beta, do the following:
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Asus PadFone line coming to U.S. in 2014
Asus CEO Jerry Shen says that the PadFone line will be coming to the United States in the coming year. Previously offered in Asian markets, the tablet/phone duo device should expand to the United States and Europe for 2014 and beyond. We might expect to see the PadFone to debut stateside in the second quarter of the year however we don’t know the details. Presumably, there will be a new model to introduce when the time comes.
“Once this product is launched [in the US], we will definitely have no problem tackling Europe with the same product, because this US operator is very big.” Shen said confidently.
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Dell introduces Chromebook 11, will be available in January
When tablets were introduced, experts predicted that soon tablet will replace laptop, but still today laptop/notebook is highly demanded, because it is the best form of personal computer there is. Google introduced the Chromebook, which is the cheapest a laptop can get, and we have seen Chromebook models from Samsung and HP, and also Scott was impressed by it as well.
Now famous laptop and desktop computers brand known as Dell introduced the Chromebook – the Dell Chromebook 11. Have a look on the specs:
- 11.6-inch (edge-to-edge) display with 1366×768 resolution
- 4th generation Intel Celeron 2955U processor
- Front facing 720p camera
- 802.11a/g/b/n Wi-Fi
- Less than one inch thick
- Weighs 2.9 pounds
- 2X USB 3.0 ports
- Bluetooth 4.0
- HDMI out
- Battery life up to 10 hours
It will be available in two models, one with 4GB of internal DDR3 RAM, and the other with 2GB of RAM. The 4GB version will be available in January 2014, and the other one in the first quarter of 2014. Dell Chromebook 11 is expected to cost under $300.
Are you planning to grab one? Tell us about it in the comment box below.
Source: BusinessWire
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Dayframe debuts Prime features with limited-time discount
Have you downloaded Dayframe, the app that breathes new life into your Android’s standby mode? Well, why not? It’s pretty darn awesome stuff and runs circles around Facebook Home and other Daydream apps.
Cloud.TV has formally introduced Dayframe Prime, the premium experience that adds all sorts of new features and settings. Indeed, you can customize items like custom playlists, advanced timers (brightness, apps), current local weather, and more. We should also be on the lookout for additional tweaks, improvements, and new details over time. One such feature on horizon…device sync!
Hurry up and download this app before the price goes up! The first 1,000 people to download Dayframe Prime will get the app for $.99 whereas everyone else will have to purchase for $4.99.
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NASA’s Morpheus lander skips the inferno, actually lands (video)
The last time NASA’s methane-fueled Morpheus lander took to the skies without training wheels (read: a tether), it didn’t go too well. Unless crashing and burning was the plan all along, that is. The Morpheus team have been beavering away since that incident over a year ago, and in a recent test at the Kennedy Space Center, have shown the craft is, in fact, capable of landing. While the video proof doesn’t feature much drama and spectacle as a result, we guess it means Morpheus can at least begin setting its sights on locations slightly more exotic than a Florida car park.
Filed under: Transportation
Via: Huffington Post
Source: NASA (YouTube)
Dell unveils education-focused Chromebook 11, arriving in January for under $300
As promised, Dell has taken the wraps off its first Chrome OS device, the Chromebook 11. The 11.6-inch, 2.9-pound laptop is built with the classroom in mind, and it should ship in tandem with a Wyse PocketCloud app that should make it easy for students and teachers to share their work online. Its 1.4GHz Celeron processor and 16GB solid-state drive are no great shakes, although the system could be the Chrome OS longevity champion — Dell estimates a 10-hour battery life that could beat out Acer’s long-lived C720. Educators who want the Chromebook 11 will have to be patient, though. A version of the portable with 4GB of RAM doesn’t ship to the US and UK until January; there will also be a 2GB model for cost-conscious schools, but it’s only arriving sometime in the first quarter of 2014. Dell expects to sell at least one model under $300.
Source: Dell
Microsoft has sold 2 million Xbox One consoles to date, maintains ‘record-setting’ pace
After crossing the one million mark in 24 hours, it took 18 days for Microsoft to sell another million of its shiny new console. The folks in Redmond have announced that the Xbox One has officially eclipsed sales of two million with an average of over 111,000 units being sold per day since its November 22nd luanch. Just over a week ago, Sony posted news of a 2.1 million dollar sales tally for the PS4 in November while Microsoft informed us of some zombie-killing stats. Even still, both consoles are pretty hard to come by this holiday season.
Filed under: Gaming, Microsoft
Source: Xbox Wire
Spotify tablet streaming goes free — if you don’t mind sitting through a few ads
We can’t say as we were particularly taken aback by today’s Spotify announcement, after all someone spilled the beans the other week (thanks a lot, The Wall Street Journal) – but we trekked through a cold New York City morning to Spotify headquarters all the same. As anticipated, the company used the occasion to announce a free version of its tablet streaming service. Of course, nothing in this life is truly free, right? As such, the streaming offering will be ad-supported, much like the non-premium version of its desktop offering.
Ek kicked things off by rattling off some impressive numbers, including 1.5 billion playlists created (with one and a half million made each day) and 4.5 billion hours of music streamed last year, before launching into the big news of the morning. The new version of the service will work with both Android and iOS tablets and plays along nicely with the company’s new Connect offering, so you can play that music through some of those high-end compatible speaker systems. You’ll be able to access your playlists through your tablet devices, but beyond that the exec didn’t break down the service too much, save for saying that it’s “the same as the desktop experience.”
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Software
Spotify goes free on mobile devices though the magic of shuffling
Today’s Spotify announcements are all about free – but it’s not only tablets that are getting some love from the company. CEO Daniel Ek took the stage to announce that there will be a free version for any device that can access the service. The caveat here is that this is a new version of the app based around shuffling. So, things aren’t quite so random as Pandora – you can actually listen to the artist you want, but you can only do so by shuffling through the artist’s catalog. There’s always a trick, right? The good news, however, is that you can skip through songs you don’t like and add songs you do to a playlist.
Filed under: Software
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