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Love your iPhone, but hate all of the PC-based tethering it entails? Apple has some good news: the company is taking its “post-PC” stance a step further, letting you activate your smartphone straight out of the box without syncing it to a computer. Also big news is the addition of over-the-air updates, which will let you receive changes without plugging the handset in. And some big news for music fans: users will be able to sync their iTunes libraries over WiFi connections with the update.

Apple turns iOS ‘PC Free’ with OTA updates and wireless sync originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft confirmed the recent rumors and announced a new streaming TV implementation for the Xbox 360 today at its pre-E3 2011 keynote. The Kinect and Bing-powered voice search that can pull in content from online sources like Hulu, Netflix and Xbox Live Marketplace, will also work with live TV from IPTV partners. So far that list only includes Sky in the UK, Foxtel in Australia and Canal+ in France, but users there will be able to search across all the services and view them directly through the console itself. There’s no word on any US-based partners but if we had to guess AT&T’s U-verse will probably be first in line again. One thing you will be able to watch in the US — PPV UFC fights, streamed directly to the Xbox 360.

Update: The official press release is out (and included after the break) where Microsoft mentions its “commitment to expand access to live television programming on Xbox 360 to more providers in the United States and around the world during the upcoming year”. While U-verse’s Mediaroom underpinnings certainly put it in the lead, we can see others like FiOS or Comcast potentially swooping in as well. Finally, would it be too much to ask for some of this universal search magic to extend to the Media Center extender software as well?

Continue reading Microsoft integrates live TV from Sky TV, Foxtel and Canal on Xbox 360 — more providers coming

Microsoft integrates live TV from Sky TV, Foxtel and Canal on Xbox 360 — more providers coming originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Can you handle one more? Seriously? We’re planted here in SoCal for the final day of D9, and we’ve got one more liveblog comin’ your way. This go ’round, it’s AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega, and while we’ve no evidence whatsoever that it’ll be talked about, we’re guessing the proposed (and highly conversed) T-Mobile USA merger will be the primary topic of discussion. Join us after the break for the blow by blow, won’t you?

Continue reading Live from D9: AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega takes the stage

Live from D9: AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega takes the stage originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Eager for more? We’re settled in (again) at D9 here in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and with HP’s boss headed for stage right, it’s Steven Sinofsky finding a comfortable spot in the hot seat. For those needing a refresher, he’s the president of Windows and Windows Live, and with rampant talk of Windows 8 dominating the news this week, we’re clearly hoping to catch a few quips about how the outfit’s next major OS release will be (prayerfully) tailored for tablets. Join us for the blow by blow just after the break!

Continue reading Live from D9: Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky talks Windows and more

Live from D9: Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky talks Windows and more originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re settled in here at D9, and while it’s probably past your bedtime back east, a couple of bigwigs are about to say quite a few interesting things at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. According to our schedule here, we’ve got Robert Thomson (Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal) and Eric Schmidt (Executive Chairman, Google) on deck, and we’ll be bringing you the blow by blow as the unscripted interviews unfold.

Continue reading Live from D9: Google’s Eric Schmidt takes the stage

Live from D9: Google’s Eric Schmidt takes the stage originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 May 2011 21:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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