Apple’s modest foray into the living room could get a lot more serious if the company expands its AirPlay service to televisions.
Currently, AirPlay only supports streaming audio for third-party devices. This allows users to play their iTunes libraries through stereo systems from partnering companies, such as Bowers & Wilkins and …
The newest battleground for malware attacks? Facebook and Twitter. And, according to the experts, it’s one of the most productive for the attackers. Why? Well, people can’t help but click social links.
Last December, the anti-virus firm Sophos discovered that 40% of social network users had encountered malicious attacks. Despite …
Does Netflix know too much? The video provider is facing a class action lawsuit that claims that the company is violating user privacy by keeping viewing and payment records after customers cancel their service.
The action, filed last week by attorneys acting on behalf of former customer Peter Comstock and others, alleges that Netflix …
Not content with partnering with Warner Bros. to stream movie rentals through the site, Facebook is continuing to build its web video offerings by teaming with Major League Baseball to offer free pre-season games live until the end of the month.
According to MLB.com’s CEO, Bob Bowman, the partnership is actually less about Facebook’s …
It’s good news for streaming video enthusiasts, and even better news for Netflix: Digital video now makes up a quarter of all video watched in the home in the US, and 60% of that market belongs to Netflix. The new figures come from research firm NPD Group, and the Netflix flattery doesn’t stop there; according to NPD, Netflix topped the …
You know you want to watch live TV on your iPad, because what else are you going to watch live on your iPad, right?
Well now you can, courtesy an app from Time Warner Cable Inc. — full disclosure, Time Warner Cable was divested from our parent company, Time Warner, in 2009 — that’ll allow your totable Apple slate with its glossy …
Good news everyone: For those of you that hate the fact that each brand of 3D TV comes with its own set of glasses, the Consumer Electronic Association (CEA) is trying to standardize frames among all brands.
According to TG Daily, the U.S. trade organization that oversees the electronic industry is trying to get companies to allow …
The future of magazines may be digital – but that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s a good thing for magazines. A new study suggests that iPad magazines have one major drawback when compared to their print editions: The iPad itself.
A study carried out by Bonnier, publisher of Popular Science, Parenting and other special interest …
This week we learned that cable and satellite TV companies are beginning to show targeted advertisements to viewers. That is, they can beam custom-tailored commercials to individual households even if they’re tuned to the same program.
For example, a 17-year-old male watching Watson on Jeopardy! might get a commercial for the Xbox, …
Time for Boxee and Roku to worry. Apple TV now streams live sports from MLB.TV and NBA League Pass. The new video sources are part of a software upgrade, released today alongside iOS 4.3.
Apple launched its revamped Apple TV in September after dismissing earlier models as a “hobby.” In addition to playing content from iTunes, the new …
Apparently, it’s no longer in stereotype Russia that television watches you. Ever searching for new and better ways to target commercials at the right audiences, television companies and advertisers have managed to create a new way of making sure that you see – or fast-forward through – exactly the kinds of commercials that appeal to you …
What’s that? You haven’t seen that movie that all of your Facebook friends have “liked”? Well, Warner Bros. has become the first movie studio to offer an immediate fix for such social network faux pas, by launching a test program allowing users to rent and watch movies on Facebook itself.
Facebook users in the US will be able to rent …
