Tag: Apple TV
Amazon video on demand store to launch today
A report in the New York Times – so, fairly likely then – is saying that Amazon will be launching their video on demand service this very day.
“Big whoop,” you may be saying and I hear where you’re coming from. It’s almost a surprise to hear that they don’t have one already. But the interesting part of this tale is that it makes Amazon a serious player in the world of online films, the reason being because you don’t have to wait to download the entire film before you start watching it. It’s all streamed…
Blockbuster developing set top box to "kill" Apple TV
Poor old Apple. Everyone wants to invent a “killer” to take out its products – and the next cold-blooded assassin is video rental chain Blockbuster.
Blockbuster is developing a video-streaming set-top-box to rival (KILL!) Apple’s Apple TV system, according to The News.
Rumoured to be announced some time this month…
Third generation Apple TV to include DVR functionality, analyst suggests
Apple may well add digital video recorder functionality to its third generation of the Apple TV, according to the analyst Shaw Wu from American Technology Research.
This would turn the product offering into a “real business” rather than just a “hobby”, and could be a real money-spinner for Apple…
Apple TV 2.0 upgrade features 'Cops & Robberts' typo
When upgrading my Apple TV last night to the new 2.0 version, I happened across this rather nice typo in the TV shows categories – ‘Cops & Robberts’. Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo, but luckily the chaps at iLounge didn’t.
When I fired it up this morning to take a photo, it had already been corrected, as you can see below.
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Macworld 2008: Apple relaunches Apple TV with HD movie rentals, cheaper price
Apple TV hasn’t been a roaring success for Apple, but that hasn’t stopped the company announcing a second-generation version at Macworld 2008. Apple TV ‘Take 2’ will let you rent HD movies for $4.99 a pop, with 100 available immediately.
AppleTV may go high-def with new version ofiTunes
AppleTV, the much maligned video streaming box which seems even less use in the UK than it is in the US, could be getting better high definition support very soon, if rumours are to be believed. A major update to…
Today on Tech Digest: Bill Gates meets Steve Jobs, iTunes Plus controversy, Palm Foleo and more…
THE BIG THREE
What happened when Bill Gates pow-wowed with Steve Jobs
iTunes Plus slated for sneaky user ID feature
Palm Foleo: a smartphone’s best friend?
THE NEXT FIFTEEN
Paul McCartney’s new album being sold DRM-free online… for $1.56
Video review: Panasonic Toughbook CF-19 laptop
YouTube hooks up with Apple TV
Lose weight using your iPod or PSP
Guess what smartphone Paris Hilton is holding and win a Bluetooth headset
eBay buys StumbleUpon social bookmarking site
How Ustream.tv and BlogTV will turn us all into broadcasters
Top 10 albums worth buying as iTunes Plus DRM-free downloads
LG launches Green Banana Phone in South Korea
PSP firmware update means Remote Play is GO GO GO!
Jela Skype mouse phone with LCD screen
DXG’s new seven-megapixel digital camera
New study suggests digital gadgets are going to waste
Google Gears untethers online applications
What devices can play iTunes Plus downloads?
THE SILLY ONE
The student common-room that’s a recycled Boeing 747 plane
Apple aiming for 10 million iPhone sales in 2008
So, Apple announced its 'fiscal first quarter' results yesterday for the last three months of 2006. The key news was that the company shifted over 21 million iPods, which is 50% up on the same period in 2005. In the…
Apple TV specifications: Intel (Pentium M) inside
Amidst the excitement of an Apple keynote speech, details tend to get lost. Of course, a glittering speech isn't the place for detailed specifications that not everyone is even interested in, but both the iPhone and Apple TV are noticeably…
Macworld 2007 roundup: Back seat Macs; new markets; Apple's "killer app"
As Macworld closes for another year, here are my reflections on a show of surprises and omissions. iPhone The star of the show has to be the iPhone, yet it's the first Expo I can remember where a product has…
