UNEASYsilence has the scoop on the updated Mac Bandwagon iTunes backup utility. Unlike general file archive widgets like Mozy, Bandwagon is designed specifically for iTunes – including backing up media from multiple computers, syncing multiple computers, and obviously providing iTunes restore. Bandwagon is unique in that you can choose your storage location such as Amazon … Read more
Yesterday Apple announced that Apple TV is now available with a 160GB hard drive configuration (for $100 more than the 40GB config) and that YouTube integration is slated for this summer. While access to YouTube doesn’t do much for me, perhaps it’ll motivate a younger demographic to get onboard with Apple TV. (Wonder how that’s … Read more
Whether you like Apple TV or not, last100 (via AwkwardTV) reports it’s relatively easy now to create plug-in applications with the unofficial AppleTV software development kit (SDK). In a closed ecosystem like AppleTV, having a hacker’s SDK is probably crucial to acceptance and proliferation among the geek community. What will be interesting to me is … Read more
TUAW reports that refurbished Apple TV units have shown up online for $249 (list price is $299). While the Apple Store routinely offers refurb items, this seems pretty quick… though perhaps it’s just my perception. $299 to stream iTunes and podcasts to a television isn’t very economical — perhaps folks are realizing that and getting … Read more
After a month in beta, Skype 2.6 for Mac has been released. In addition to improvements and features, such as Call Transfer, introduced in the beta about two dozen bug fixes have been implemented. My beta version (.72) didn’t recognize an upgrade was available, but I manually downloaded and installed the updated client (.137).
Let me tell you what I won’t do. I will not purchase a digital movie, whether via Xbox 360, Amazon Unbox on TiVo, iTunes, or anything else. I’m hooked on the Netflix paradigm of unlimited rentals not to mention I have no guarantees that the movie I purchase today will work on the device I … Read more
I’ve gotten a lot of questions on how the Slingbox compliments Apple TV. Being a Sling Media employee, I helped put together a short video from one of our labs. We demonstrate using a Slingbox PRO and HD Connect to placeshift Apple TV iTunes content to a Sprint Motorola Q and Windows laptop. Our new … Read more
Roxio is putting out a pair of media manipulation applications this week. First up is Crunch, a Mac app design to convert video for iTunes, iPod, Apple TV, and (hopefully) iPhone playback. Crunch ($40) will handle DivX, AVI, MPEG and even DVDs… though it won’t remove encryption. Check out the AppleInsider pre-release review. In conjunction … Read more