Google Launches Photowall iOS And Android Apps For Beaming Collaborative Galleries To Chromecast

Google has launched a new iOS and Android app with Chromecast-specific features called Photowall. The app, as detailed by 9to5Mac, lets users send photos from their device to their Chromecast-connected TV, and works with either one iPhone user or a group on the same network. There are also photo editing features that let you doodle and make notes on images displayed on the big screen. Finally, the… Read More

Google Takes The Chromecast Beyond The U.S. — To 11 Markets In Europe & Canada

Google’s USB dongle, the Chromecast, which plugs into your TV so you can stream Google’s browser/OS over your Wi-Fi network to the big screen to watch terrible quality YouTube clips on your HDTV, has launched in 11 more markets. Read More

Twitter Is Public

Twitter Is Public

In light of certain arguments currently taking place on the internet, we would like to issue a gentle reminder of a fact: Twitter is public.

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Silicon Valley’s Journey From Reality To Scripted TV

Silicon Valley's Journey From Reality To Scripted TVEver since the award-winning film "Social Network" caused a stir about the digerati drawn to the Silicon
Valley like moths to a flame, other would-be producers have tried to
capture the zeitgeist of this lifestyle in various forms – books, movies
and TV.

Samsung Debuts Milk Music, A New Free (For Now) Streaming Radio Service For Galaxy Smartphones

Samsung is doing something unusual for the company – focusing on mobile software design, with a new product out today called Milk Music. It’s a streaming radio app, with free (and ad-free) streaming of tracks in the U.S. that’s available via Google Play to owners of Galaxy smartphones, including the Galaxy S4, Galaxy SIII, Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy Mega and Galaxy S4… Read More

HBO Go Lands On PlayStation 3, With PS4 On Deck

Sony has today announced that HBO Go will land on the PS3 later today, with PS4 integration in the pipeline.

This will allow PlayStation 3 owners to access all of HBO’s content, including TV series, movies, etc. as long as they already have an HBO subscription with their cable providers. Or a friend with an HBO subscription. Read More

Janus Friis’ Next Act Is A Hardware Startup Called Aether, And A “Thinking” Music Player Called Cone

Janus Friis made his name founding a series of disruptive software startups such as Skype, Rdio, Joost and (much earlier) KaZaA. Now the Danish entrepreneur is moving into new territory: a hardware startup called Aether, which today is debuting its first product, wireless music player called Cone. Read More

This 78-Fingered Robot Guitarist Is An Emotional Music Machine

Electronic Artist Squarepusher Composes A Song For An All-Robot BandRobots might not be capable of emotion, but they can certainly fake it. Take, for example, Z-Machines, a party-robot band based out of Japan. Recently, the group collaborated with an electronic artist by the name of Squarepusher. The result? A robots’ song lamenting their lot as entertainment machine.

Apple’s hobby snowballs: Apple TV fastest growing product

At a shareholder meeting this week, Apple made clear the current state of affairs with Apple TV, showing it to be the fastest growing product in their hardware line-up. As … Continue reading

Apple Made Over $1B On The Sale Of Around 10M Apple TV Units In 2013

Apple’s TV business still consists only of an over-the-top streaming media box, and not a proper TV set despite longstanding rumors that kind of hardware was on the way – but it’s showing impressive growth nonetheless. The company sold approximately 10 million Apple TV units last year, according to estimates based on figures Apple CEO Tim Cook offered up at the annual Apple… Read More