Oct 08
Google’s Chromecast wonder-dongle
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Oct 02
Earlier this year Google announced the Chromecast. For those unfamiliar, the Chromecast is essentially a HDMI dongle that allows users to mirror content that is played from a variety of devices, such as a smartphone, tablet, or a computer. Well the good news is that if you were hoping to get a bit more content added to the dongle, you’re in luck as Google has announced that they will be adding support for Hulu Plus, meaning that the Chromecast will be able to stream content from Hulu Plus which includes shows such as New Girl and Modern Family. This recent addition will see the “Cast” button added to Hulu’s iPad and Android app, with support for iPhone expected to come “very soon”. You will be required to have the latest update of the app on your device which should be rolling out today, so you can check out the iTunes App Store or Google Play to download the update and start streaming! For those who don’t own the Chromecast, you will be able to pick one up for yourself via the Google Play store for $35.
Chromecast Now Supports Hulu Plus App Streaming original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Oct 02
The Chromecast streaming device has been getting upgrades and improvements with new streaming services regularly since it launched. Last month, Google added support for YouTube to the streaming device. Today Chromecast users are getting another streaming service to take advantage of with Hulu announcing Hulu Plus is now available. The Hulu Plus app on Chromecast […]
Oct 02
Launching in July with Netflix and YouTube mirroring, Google’s $35 Chromecast streaming dongle now has another video streaming service adding supporting the platform to its apps: Hulu. From today, Hulu will provide Chromecast streaming inside its Hulu Plus app, mirroring shows like New Girl and Modern Family on the big screen. Unlike Netflix, which allows subscribers to stream video from Chrome and its official apps, Hulu originally supported Chromecast via its tab casting feature. Today’s extenstion will see a Cast button added to Hulu’s iPad and Android apps (with iPhone support “coming very soon”). While we’re still waiting for Google to open Chromecast to allow local media playback, the addition of Hulu Plus may tide us over until it does.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Software, HD, Mobile, Google
Source: Official Google Blog
Oct 02
Hulu has finally added Chromecast support to its Hulu Plus app, which means you can gorge on Modern
Posted in: Today's ChiliHulu has finally added Chromecast support to its Hulu Plus app, which means you can gorge on Modern Family and Parks and Recreation to your heart’s content.
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Sep 27
With the likes of Google’s Chromecast selling of shelves for lack of a reason not to drop a few bucks on the concept, iterations of the idea like Mozilla’s upcoming second-screen support for Firefox are popping up left and right. What we’re seeing here is a very small and early version of what may be […]
Sep 27
Maybe this is Mozilla’s retort to Google’s Chromecast, maybe it isn’t. Either way, the end result certainly looks similar. Details are scarce, but an enigmatic Google+ photo shared by insider Mark Finkle clearly reveals some sort of wireless tab mirroring between a Nexus 4 and a Roku box. We’re going to hazard a guess that it’s being orchestrated through the web, rather than merely being based on WiFi Direct or a similar device-to-device protocol. In the same manner as Chromecast or Apple’s AirPlay, this could allow the Firefox-running smartphone to be used independently from what’s shown in the display — so, for example, it could work as a keyboard or a remote control at the same time as feeding content. Anyway, there’s a limit to how much we can glean from a single pic (could that be a DVD-VHS combo player on the shelf?), so we’ve asked Mozilla for a bit more detail and will update this post if we hear back.
Update: Mozilla has confirmed that it is indeed at working on a second-screen solution for Firefox on a range of devices:
“We are conducting some experiments around second-screen support with a number of devices. But this is at investigation stage and we have nothing to announce at this time.”
Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio/Video, Internet, Mobile
Source: Mark Finkle (G+)
Sep 27
Sure, Google already has Chromecast for throwing websites and media to big screens. The company’s engineers believe they can go one better, however, with something called the Open Project framework. It’s an effort to find a standardized way of mirroring not only content, but also touch inputs on a suitably equipped touchscreen or connected TV. Setting it up is simple: open the Open Project server webpage running on the machine connected to your chosen display, scan a QR code with your smartphone camera, and boom, you’re ready to interact with your content and apps. It opens a world where people can collaborate on content or play multiplayer games without additional hardware or sensors. Open Project remains a proof-of-concept for now, or perhaps a plaything for UI-obsessed billionaires, but check out the video to see where the technology might take us in the future.
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Google
Via: Android Community
Sep 22
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Software, Mobile
Sep 17
With the release of the Chromecast came the second wave of Google’s vision for ultra-simple “flinging” of content from your Android device to a larger display. As the Nexus Q took a belly dive, the much smaller and simpler Chromecast took hold, it being small enough to fit in a person’s pocket and able to […]
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