Steve Jobs didn’t want Apple to make TVs

A year before he died, Steve Jobs let it be known to Apple’s top 100 employees that the company should not release a TV as its next product. This revelation … Continue reading

The Saga of NiceBooby.Net and NBC's Hilarious Shadow-URL Empire

The Saga of NiceBooby.Net and NBC's Hilarious Shadow-URL Empire

Maybe one night, as you scuttled darkly across the fringes of the internet, you came across a site like CocoaJuggs.net. Or LuvInaBarnyard.org. Maybe even PrisonMate.net. But when you clicked, you were met not with the lurid promises of the URL, but rather by the smiling faces of SNL cast members. Had you discovered a wormhole in the web? Nah. Just another pervy-sounding NBC property.

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iOS-exclusive movie service coming to United Airlines flights

The folks at Patently Apple have acquired information on an upcoming onboard entertainment system coming to United Airlines flights starting next month. The service, upon launch, will be exclusive to … Continue reading

Bye Bye Second Screen? The InAIR Lets You Browse The Web And Watch TV All In One Place

Nowadays, many people browse the web at the same time that they’re watching TV — the phenomenon is called the “second screen.” But a new gadget called InAIR from a startup called SeeSpace wants to bring our attention back to just one screen by putting the best of the laptop, the smart phone, and the TV all together in one place. Read More

Verizon CEO: Internet TV talks with providers are taking place

We’ve seen a steady stream of official details and anonymous tips about Dish Network and DirecTV’s Internet TV ambitions since the original rumor surfaced on Monday. Yesterday, Verizon’s CEO Lowell … Continue reading

Report: Dish Is Working on a Web-Based TV Offering For $20-$30/Month

Report: Dish Is Working on a Web-Based TV Offering For $20-$30/Month

A day after Dish announced that it’ll carry Disney without skipping through ads, Bloomberg is reporting that Dish is cooking up a web-based TV offering that will only cost you 30 bucks a month, max.

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Roku Challenges Google’s Chromecast With Tiny New TV Streamer

Roku Challenges Google’s Chromecast With Tiny New TV Streamer

The new Roku Streaming Stick, like Google’s Chromecast, is a 1080p streaming stick that plugs directly into your TV’s HDMI port.

    



Couple Tries Saving Flat Screen TV While Apartment Burns

Couple Tries Saving Flat Screen TV While Apartment Burns

We often hear about fire related incidents when people throw caution to the wind and try to save their valuable possessions even if it may cost them their lives. While one would hardly hear about someone rushing back into a burning building just to save their favorite blanket, it often happens when modern consumer electronics are involved, no need to look further than the Kansas man who went back in his burning house to save his Xbox. A couple in St. Paul, Minnesota tried to save their flat screen TV even while their apartment was burning and the smart thing would have been to get outside as soon as possible.

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    TV Streaming Head-to-Head: Netflix vs Hulu vs Amazon Prime

    TV Streaming Head-to-Head: Netflix vs Hulu vs Amazon Prime

    One of the more annoying things about Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Amazon’s television streaming libraries is the vast difference between the selection available. It would be almost impossible to get a thorough idea of who has the better library without searching for hundreds of TV shows on each service and comparing them manually. So we did just that.

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    How to Find the Direction to Point Your TV Antenna

    This article was written on October 12, 2011 by CyberNet.

    Antenna direction

    A couple weeks ago I was trying to configure a TV antenna to get some of my local television stations in the over-the-air HD quality they broadcasted in. The problem was that in trying to figure out the best direction to point the antenna I realized that there had to be an easy way to get the optimal direction for the antenna to face. That’s when I came across AntennaPoint.com.

    This site lets you put in your city/state and it will tell you the exact number of degrees your antenna should be pointed at. It also provides a lot of other useful information including the band (UHF or VHF), channel (RF and virtual), and power output. All of this information is extremely useful, and thanks to the power output you could even get a pretty good idea as to whether a station may be able to reach your home. Plus you’ll be able to see which station are VHF which are notoriously harder for antennas to pickup.

    Hopefully this will have a chance to help you as much as it was able to help me.

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