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Netflix updates iOS app with controls to avoid excessive data usage

Cellular carriers are trending away from unlimited data offerings. As AT&T’s CEO recently put it, the trouble with unlimited data is that it causes non-unlimited users to pay for the excessive data needs of a smaller percentage of users. That’s why both AT&T and Verizon have moved away f ... Full Article »

June 1, 2012 7:44am

Why Apple is the true legacy of Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show

When Johnny Carson stepped down from hosting The Tonight Show 20 years ago this week, Apple was pushing a rudimentary tablet computer called the Messagepad, and analog televisions were the primary delivery system for electronic media, news and entertainment. Back then, most of us lived on a handful ... Full Article »

May 22, 2012 5:23pm

TiVo shows off set-top box for streaming to iOS devices

Television recording service TiVo has created a set-top digital video recording box specifically designed to make it possible to stream recorded TV shows to your iPad or iPhone. Called the TiVo Stream, the device connects to your local Wi-Fi Internet service and uses it to connect your TiVo DVR box ... Full Article »

May 22, 2012 7:46am

WatchESPN lets you...watch ESPN on your iPhone

WatchESPN is quite possibly the final frontier in ESPN being everywhere you need it to be. Already on your TV, Internet, radio, fantasy sports leagues and quite possibly your breakfast cereal, there wasn’t much ground left for the network to cover. But with WatchESPN, now you can get the full ESPN ... Full Article »

May 20, 2012 4:00pm

Video apps that are upfront and personal will ultimately dominate the television industry

As the four major broadcast television networks this week showcase upcoming programming lineups in their annual upfront pitches to advertisers, there continues to be a lot of handwringing over how DVRs and online video consumption are making mainstream entertainment and the old fashioned notion of â ... Full Article »

May 15, 2012 3:45pm

Report: Foxconn’s head says company is getting ready to make Apple TV sets

The chairman of Foxconn, one of the China-located electronics manufacture and assembly companies that builds Apple’s devices, may have just confirmed the rumored but unannounced Apple TV set. According to a report in the China Daily newspaper, discovered by How To Arena, Foxconn’s Terry Gau sai ... Full Article »

May 11, 2012 12:36pm

Monty Python is back, in app form!

Python Bytes is a true delight for fans of the legendary comic troupe. The video-on-demand app captures 22 of Monty Python’s best sketches from the show’s first series and then leaves it to the user to watch them in whatever order they please. The technological freedom fits perfectly with a bran ... Full Article »

May 10, 2012 4:00pm

Apple reportedly in talks to stream video to new Apple TV sets

Apple released a new Apple TV set-top box this year, but what it’s actually prepping is a branded, connected TV set, according to the rumors. And a new report from Reuters goes toward corroborating earlier reports, claiming that Apple is in talks to stream content to its new TVs. The report claim ... Full Article »

April 30, 2012 2:16pm

Get ready for Games of Thrones with these iPhone apps fit for a king

Kings and their struggle for power have been making for great gaming moments for longer than I can remember. Even back as a tyke I remember, very vaguely, checking out the old Intellivision Dungeons and Dragons game and being drawn to the game’s dungeon ruling premise. That battle for power has sp ... Full Article »

March 31, 2012 8:00am

Start stylin’ with these Mad Men-inspired iPhone apps

Mad Men, AMC's iconic look at advertising and culture in the 1960s, finally returns to TV this Sunday after a 15-month hiatus following the end of its fourth season back on October 17, 2010. As an admitted TV junkie, I am on the edge of my seat with anticipation, not just for the way the show's nume ... Full Article »

March 24, 2012 8:00am


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