Google has launched a new and vastly improved mobile web site for YouTube. The new version uses HTML5 to offer high quality video streams as well as an improved user interface that’s easier to navigate on a device with a touchscreen display and HTML5 capable web browser (which includes most Apple and Android mobile phones). … Read more
After three months on the market, the iPad has started to build up a decent range of games designed specifically for the tablet’s ten-inch screen. While I still think most of the apps have only scratched the surface of what the iPad can do, some of the top-played games in our household hint at the … Read more
While the Roku channels keep flowing, the company has launched a competition to stimulate and reward the developer community. The winner of each category (above, click to enlarge) wins a cool $5,000. Plus, the grand champion will receive an additional $5k. Potential entrants have about two months to produce their app(s), followed by a period … Read more
Android consumers are cheap. Or at least that appears to be the implication of a new report out by analytics company Distimo. According to Distimo (via jkOnTheRun), 57% of the Android apps consumers install are downloaded for free. That compares to only 25% of apps installed across other smartphone platforms. I don’t know what causes … Read more
Prior to the Barnes & Noble and Amazon Kindle price drops, Sony had actually been testing lower Reader “sale” price points at both their physical and online outposts. And it now looks as if those numbers have been made permanent… perhaps in light of their competitors. The Sony Reader Pocket Edition (5″) clocks in at … Read more
Western Digital has refreshed their DVR Expander line with a more aerodynamic enclosure and broader marketing… Not only will WD’s new Expander (of same 1TB capacity) meet your external DVR storage needs (DISH, DirecTV, TiVo, SA 8300HD, etc), but they’d like you to also feel free to use their external storage solution with other media-capable devices … Read more
After a few months of delays used to tighten up their software and experience, the Sysbas folks have christened July 23rd as Popbox Launch Day. Syabas is no stranger to this space, having produced the powerful Popcorn Hour boxes (and as the guy behind the guy prior)… And the Popbox miniaturizes most of those local media playback … Read more
The TiVo Premiere is primed for its third software update since launch, according to tweets from the VP of User experience (here and here). TiVo PR confirmed that a new release is on tap, and as with the prior two pushes, the focus is on enhancing Premiere “stability and performance.” I also asked where the … Read more