Jul 30

Xbox brings laughter to all ages with Comedy Central and Nickelodeon apps

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Xbox brings laughter for all ages with Comedy Central and Nickelodeon apps

Xbox Live Gold customers, get ready for a chucklefest in your living room. Two new apps to tickle the funny bone have just arrived for Microsoft’s console courtesy of Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. We heard rumblings about the latter being added to the roster a while ago, but it looks like that has finally come to fruition. Your kids can enjoy full episodes of their favorite Nick shows, short videos and special animated shorts. The Comedy Central app is a touch more adult-oriented of course, with a focus on the channel’s stand-up offerings. Dubbed “CC: Stand-up,” the app boasts more than 6,000 videos of routines from around 700 comedians. So whether you’re into Aziz Ansari or Spongebob Squarepants, you’ll be able to get your fix via Xbox Live starting today.

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Jul 30

Yahoo and NBC Sports launch ‘Fantasy Football Live’ and ‘SportsDash with Yahoo Sports’ shows for TV and the web

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Yahoo! and NBC Sports launch Fantasy Football Live Thursday Night! and SportsDash with Yahoo! Sports shows for TV and the web

ESPN may well be the biggest name in both online and television sports coverage, but Yahoo and NBC Sports are doing their best usurp the worldwide leader on both fronts. The latest assault on ESPN’s hegemony comes in the form of two new shows that bridge the gap between TV and online video: Fantasy Football Live – Thursday Night! and SportsDash with Yahoo Sports. Just in time for the start of the NFL season, FF Live – Thursday Night! airs weekly starting August 1st on the NBC Sports channel from 6:30-7PM ET, then continues as a web broadcast on Yahoo! Sports from 7-7:30. Naturally, the show will feature talent from both NBC and Yahoo delivering fantasy football-related info and analysis.

Meanwhile, SportsDash, a SportsCenter-style highlights and analysis program launches on August 19th and will air daily on NBC Sports from noon-1PM ET. SportsDash is taking a page from the Daily Show playbook, as extended interviews and stories will be streamed online from 1-1:15PM after the TV broadcast. Perfect. Two more sources of info we can use to dominate the annual Engadget HD podcast fantasy football pick-em.

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Jul 24

Kaleidescape revamps Cinema One movie player with easier setup in mind

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Kaleidescape intros revamped Cinema One movie player

Kaleidescape’s Cinema One player has been many things to movie buffs, but “accessible” isn’t one of them — limited distribution and an emphasis on custom installs has kept it out of reach. The company is widening that scope with a redesigned Cinema One that’s almost as easy to install as an off-the-shelf Blu-ray player. It’s a tad more advanced than that, of course. The Cinema One integrates with most home automation systems, and it stores up to 100 Blu-ray quality movies (including Kaleidescape Store downloads). Viewers who need more storage can attach a second player or the older DV700 Disc Vault. The revamped Cinema One is still expensive at $3,995, but it’s at least easier to buy than its predecessor — Kaleidescape is selling the new media server as a walk-in purchase at Magnolia and other retail stores.

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Jul 24

Sony reportedly planning Gran Turismo movie with producers of The Social Network

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Sony reportedly planning Gran Turismo movie with producers of The Social Network

While it’s not the Mario Kart movie we’d all been hoping for (c’mon, right?,) it’s arguably the next best thing. Sony is reportedly developing a film about that other petrol head game — Gran Turismo. It’s claimed that Mike de Luca and Dana Brunetti (The Social Network / Fifty Shades of Grey) are onboard with the project, which no doubt hopes to capitalize on the PlayStation title’s solid following. That or Sony got sick of waiting for a certain other series to end before pursuing the idea. While we’re not suggesting that our plot expectations are low, there’s still hope other game crossovers might give us some faith in the format first.

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Jul 24

Slingbox update lets you invite Facebook friends to watch your cable in a browser

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Slingbox update lets you invite friends to watch your cable via Facebook

If you’re an inveterate place-shifter and have the internet bandwidth to spare, there’s no longer any reason to keep your cable TV feeds all to yourself. A Watch update has arrived for the Slingbox 350 and 500 media streamers that includes Facebook integration, letting you invite your friends to view your Slingbox streams on a browser when you’re not (only one connection is allowed at a time). Along with no doubt more “likes,” the update also brings improved zoom controls to handle aspect ratios like anamorphic and letter box, a relocated pause button and advanced device search during setup. You can start inviting your pals on the social network now, but you may want to warn them: you can interrupt their viewing, but they can’t interrupt yours. Check the More Coverage link to see which browsers are supported.

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Jul 23

Engadget HD Podcast 359 – 07.23.13

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Engadget HD Podcast 347 - 04.30.13

Richard saw Pacific Rim again — shocker — and this episode he gets Ben to contemplate a very rare visit to his local cinema to see it, period. As usual, we’ll go over HD tech that’s way over our budgets and wonder how others still don’t live up to their potential. Still undeterred? This week’s installment is ready for your ears below.

Hosts: Ben Drawbaugh (@bjdraw), Richard Lawler (@rjcc)

Producer: Joe Pollicino (@akaTRENT)

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Jul 23

Sonos for Android now streams on-device music

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Sonos for Android now streams on-device music

To date, Sonos owners have had to use iOS to stream music directly from a mobile device. They’ll have a little more choice as of today: Sonos has updated its Android app to support direct streaming. If a device has a local audio library, the controller software can send tracks, albums, playlists and podcasts to any Sonos-equipped speaker in the home. Listeners with the most recent Sonos firmware just need to grab the updated Android app from the source link to start playing.

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Jul 19

Verizon deal brings Watch ABC, Watch Disney to FiOS TV subscribers

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Verizon deal brings Watch ABC, Watch Disney to FiOS TV subscribers

Got FiOS TV? Then you can stream ABC and Disney TV shows. Verizon has reached a deal with Disney that offers authenticated access to the full slate of Watch ABC and Watch Disney online services, including Disney Junior, Disney XD and the yet-to-launch ABC Family. There are no quirks or catches involved, and Verizon has also agreed to carry Fusion, a Hispanic-oriented news and lifestyle TV channel launching later this year. FiOS TV subscribers wanting to catch up on their Motive episodes can start streaming today.

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Jul 19

Zeebox update adds ‘replay tweets’ feature, brings time-delayed social commentary

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Zeebox update adds 'replay tweets' feature, brings time-delayed social commentary

Twitter already put forward the idea of a social media “DVR,” that might let you “playback” tweets, and see what was being talked about at a certain time. It seems Zeebox wasn’t about to wait around for that to happen and took the initiative, bundling a similar feature into its latest update. The second-screen app will now recognise when you’re watching something after the fact, and resurrect the tweets that went along with it, as if it were live. Great for seeing what your tweeple were thinking at the time. Still won’t protect you from any Downton-eque spoiler debacles, sadly.

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Jul 18

Opera SDK to be the basis of TCL’s upcoming line of Smart TVs

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It looks like China’s TCL isn’t just working with Google to grace its line of flat-screen TVs. The TV maker has just announced that its next line of Smart TVs will be powered by yet another well-known web brand — Opera. Indeed, TCL’s E5691, E5510, F3250 and F3500 series of HDTVs will be built on top of Opera’s devices SDK for Linux-based devices, and will feature Opera’s TV browser and TV Store. Aside from apps and the usual online entertainment options, Opera’s TV platform also seeks to offer an enhanced TV experience, so that you can check your Twitter stream while watching your favorite episode of Game of Thrones, for example. Other features of the new line of TCL sets include 3D viewing, multi-screen interaction and the ability to use your phone as a remote control. They’re slated to debut in Australia, Europe and Latin America later this year for a yet to be determined price, with no word on their North American presence. This is not the first time Opera has entered the Smart TV space, but TCL’s adoption does lend additional legitimacy to the company’s silver screen venture.

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