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The winners and losers from Spotify’s move into radio

Spotify just released a major update for its iPhone and iPad applications that features a fully-operational radio station. Upon first impression, this update rocks! While I’ve tested and flirted with countless music discovery apps and services, for at least the last four years Pandora is the one ... Full Article »

June 19, 2012 4:00pm

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

iPad App Video Review: Spotify

The first notable thing that some people will take issue with is that Facebook is required to access the app and create an account. Regardless of your feelings on that, the process itself is a real pain. It can freeze while an account is being created, and the Facebook page I was taken to was not ev ... Full Article »

May 4, 2012 7:17am

Netflix says HD video streaming for new iPad is in its ‘roadmap’

Apple’s brand new iPad seems like it was built with watching HD video in mind, but as of right now, there’s not a lot of it to go around. As Ars Technica reports, many streaming video apps available in Apple’s iTunes App Store are still only supporting standard definition streaming, even thou ... Full Article »

March 23, 2012 1:33pm

Sony wants to bring another streaming music service to iOS this winter

Just getting used to Spotify? Finally getting your Pandora channels in order? Comfortable with your Rdio playlists? Because you’re about to have yet another option for all your mobile music-streaming needs. Sony plans to bring its streaming music service, called Music Unlimited, to Apple’s iOS ... Full Article »

January 13, 2012 8:15am

Netflix rolls out version 2.0 of its iPad app with upgraded interface

Streaming video service Netflix has just rolled out a big update to its iOS apps, adding new features for different markets and sporting a revamped interface for its iPad version. The big user interface change requires Apple’s latest version of its iOS platform, iOS 5, to work correctly, but once ... Full Article »

December 15, 2011 8:13am

iPad apps to make your fall TV viewing less cable-centric

Every year, one or two of my friends “cuts the cord” and ditches their cable TV packages in lieu of a mix of Netflix and web-based alternatives. Admirable though it may be, I can never follow suit. Mostly because I’d miss the sports and premium TV that I wouldn’t want to wait to come out on ... Full Article »

September 12, 2011 5:00pm

Apple rolls out iTunes Match for developers, but it’s not really streaming

When iOS 5 finally hits the Internet this fall, it’ll include a number of cool new services from Apple. The biggest, clearly, is iTunes in the Cloud, which takes the entirety of Apple’s iTunes software and turns it into a cloud service. One portion of that – Apple’s cloud music service – i ... Full Article »

August 31, 2011 7:31am

Going dark on Netflix? Try entertaining these video streaming apps instead

If you are considering cutting the virtual chord to Netflix (NFLX)now that the company is raising its monthly subscription prices, there is no shortage of entertainment streaming alternatives to tap into. Here are the give best that also have iPhone apps and Android apps for your video enjoyment. ... Full Article »

July 15, 2011 2:08pm

Streaming Crackle's limited content doesn't pop

When I first heard about app Crackle — available universally for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad — I thought the Sony-developed service sounded promising. Offering full-length streaming movies and television series, Crackle is a viable option for users not paying for Netflix or Hulu access, but will ... Full Article »

April 26, 2011 12:30pm


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