The fight for dominance in the living room continues apace, with a large number of contenders and no clear cut leader at the moment. Everybody wants their device to be the central hub for delivering content, both local and Internet-based to the masses on their couches. The major players remain: Cable Set-Top-Boxes Gaming systems (PS3, … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: The Gadget Show Live: mobile phone watches This is a product category that has me far from convinced but it’s intriguing nonetheless. I’m talking about mobile phone watches, which are about as Star Trek or Knight Rider as they come. I got to see … Read more
Being many, many timezones away from Stockholm (and having been woefully behind in blogging in general) makes anything I have to say about the guilty verdict for the Piratebay admins rather old news, but I will just reiterate my previous prediction that nothing substantive will change in the P2P or filesharing world. Most likely appeals … Read more
Adobe’s announcement to bring Flash to the living room is undoubtedly the biggest news out of this year’s NAB show. While much of the focus of the annual event put on by the National Association of Broadcasters goes to the business of producing content, there are always a few flashy tech demos in the mix … Read more
Two years after launching “Unbox” on TiVo (~$250), Amazon (AMZN) has finally rolled out HD video on demand. I’ve been on the road for work, so while my Roku box ($99) has had the high def Amazon service about 10 days, I haven’t yet actually taken a test drive. Early reports from various sources indicate … Read more
Next to my ongoing desire for a podcast delete function, the next-most glaring problem I have had with the iPhone and iPod Touch’s iPod playback functionality is its janky fast-forwarding and rewinding (also known as ‘scrubbing’). The two most common scrubbing issues I have with my iPhone are when I want: (i) to skip back … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Netflix prepping PlayStation 3 and Wii support suggests job ad Proof that Netflix is serious about widening support beyond the XBox 360 emerged after a recent job advertisement on Monster.com was spotted seeking a lead engineer responsible for the company’s “gaming platforms” – plural. … Read more
I was away on a business trip when Zeevee launched their re-branded “Zinc” multimedia front-end for Windows. However, CEO Vic Odryna was kind enough to still pass me a pre-release Mac OS X build to play with. But first a little backstory… ZeeVee launched the clever but overpriced and perhaps overly complex ZvBox last summer … Read more