Jinni’s TV search tools selected by Time Warner and Vudu to power intelligent search

Jinni teams up with TBA and Vudu

Whenever you ask a friend to suggest a good TV show, they often just bellow praise for The Wire, Breaking Bad or My Little Pony — not useful if your tastes are a little more diverse. That’s why major players Time Warner and Vudu have signed up Jinni’s taste engine to build into their platforms to help you find entertainment — no more boring grid-style guides, Jinni promises. We’re apparently entering, “a new era of intuitive, personalized user experience,” which sounds perfectly swell to us. A duo of European providers are also hopping on board — Bouygues Telecom and C More Entertainment — as well as Asia’s SingTel and Africa’s Multichoice.

Nobody’s talking specifics on when we’ll see these metadata-pulling suggestions appear in homes, but if your horizons suddenly start to broaden, you know who to blame.

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HBO Go 1.71 update adds support for Jelly Bean devices

HBO Go 1.71 update adds support for Jelly Bean devices

When it first landed on the Kindle Fire, HBO Go for Android tablets seemed like a dead cert. And, sure enough, it wasn’t long before the service found its way on to slates with version 4.x, with one minor exclusion — those running Jelly Bean. Well, version 1.7.1 puts that all in the past, and now means the full gamut of Android users (unless you never made it past Donut) can join in the fun. Reading this on your Nexus 7? Make haste toward the source link for the download.

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HBO Go 1.71 update adds support for Jelly Bean devices originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Time Warner Cable expanding fiber broadband coverage in NYC, only businesses to benefit

Time Warner Cable expanding fiber broadband coverage in NYC, only businesses to benefit

Google, we’re not in Kansas anymore, we’re in New York, where Time Warner Cable is planning to drop $25 million on expanding its (up to) 1Gbps fiber broadband infrastructure. Specifically, the additional network is hitting neglected areas in Brooklyn and Manhattan, but it’s not for general consumption — it’s strictly for businesses. Don’t feel too disheartened though — you might not be getting a slice of this particular fiber pie, but it’s all you can eat, all the time at the free WiFi buffet.

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Time Warner Cable expanding fiber broadband coverage in NYC, only businesses to benefit originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HBO Go update supports Android tablets up to ICS

HBO Go update support Android tablets up to ICS

When HBO Go launched for the Kindle Fire a few weeks ago it seemed odd that the app still didn’t officially support other Android tablets, but now that has changed. v1.5 is now available on Google Play, and the release notes indicate it supports Android tablets running software up to 4.04 Ice Cream Sandwich. That would appear to lock out the Nexus 7 for now but since it hasn’t been widely released yet, we’ll let it pass (although it is worth noting that Netflix was updated with Jelly Bean support last week.) Another recent change across the tablet apps is that Time Warner Cable is a supported provider. The usual caveats still apply (you’ll need HBO and of course, pay-TV to sign in) but the updated app is available now at the source link.

HBO Go update supports Android tablets up to ICS originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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