As with Battlestar Galactica, I wanted to stop watching Lost over the years but just couldn’t pull myself entirely away and (mostly) stuck it out until the unsatisfying end. And these two journeys have reinforced my preference for movies over episodic TV. With the former, they’ve generally got the entire story arc nailed down before filming … Read more
I’ve dabbled in various desktop Twitter clients but, when not mobile, I still prefer Twitter in a browser tab. (The browser is the OS?) The last few months, I’ve been mostly satisfied with Seesmic Web‘s presentation over Brizzly and Twitter.com. It’s a bit slower than I’d like and the promised Facebook integration has yet to … Read more
It’s not every day I recommend a deal on last years product line. However, $99 for a TiVo HD (with free shipping) is certainly worth considering as someone new to the TiVo experience. Because, as it stands and for most, the Premiere isn’t yet $200 better than the HD. Whichever route you go (Premiere or HD), … Read more
Sure, Twitter just launched an official iPhone client a few days ago, so you might think there’s not much room for yet-another-Twitter-client for the iPhone. But today Seesmic introduced an app that makes a pretty strong case that there is still room for competition. That’s because Seesmic for iPhone isn’t just a Twitter app. It’s … Read more
OK, so maybe we can’t ascribe hatred to Hulu, an emotionless corporate entity and online pawn of the studio system. Let’s just say Hulu exhibits something akin to disrespect or disdain and clearly calls the shots as they reach into our homes and devices to decide what web browsing technologies are permissible. They talk about content licensing … Read more
Funny. TiVo wants to be the Google of television… but so does Google. What Google did for the Internet, TiVo is now doing for the TV, bringing people a combination of excellent search results and innovative discovery that can’t be found anywhere else. -Tom Rogers, TiVo CEO At Google’s annual developer conference yesterday, they elaborated on … Read more
Google has officially unveiled the next generation of its Android operating system for mobile devices today at the Google I/O developer conference. The SDK is available for developers today, and Google says Android 2.2 Froyo will be available to OEMs in the next few weeks. There are a ton of changes in Froyo, but here are some of … Read more
Since January from CES, we knew a new SageTV version was coming which would include a new UI. I’ve had the opportunity to preview this significant update and will run through the new features, changes and improvements – which are now available in beta form. Probably on the most-requested list for SageTV developers is a re-write … Read more