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		<title>Google Needs an AirPlay Competitor, Whether It&#8217;s Building One or Not</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/11/20/google-needs-an-airplay-competitor-whether-its-building-one-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Google announced an update to Google TV last week, it was hard not to imagine something bigger: a full-blown competitor to Apple&#8216;s AirPlay. AirPlay allows iPhone, iPad or Mac users to beam audio and video to a television using an Apple TV box. So if you&#8217;re watching a video through Hulu Plus on an iPad, or looking through the camera roll on an iPhone, you can play that content on the big screen with the press of a button. The key is that there&#8217;s no setup process. You just press the AirPlay button, and it works. That simplicity is exactly what Google is aiming for with a new feature in Google TV, which lets users send a YouTube video from their Android phones or tablets to the big screen just by pushing a button. (Here&#8217;s an interactive website from Google that simulates the feature in action.) Although Google has dabbled with remote playback before, previously users had to pair their devices using a nine-digit code. Now, as long as both devices are on the same network, they&#8217;re paired automatically. The feature is rolling out to LG&#8217;s Google TVs now, and will come to other devices, such as the Vizio Co-Star, in the coming months The ability to fling YouTube videos onto a television represents just a fraction of what AirPlay can do, but it&#8217;s a start. Also, this isn&#8217;t the first sign that Google is trying bridge the gap between mobile devices and TVs. In July, GigaOM reported that Google was, in fact, planning a full-blown AirPlay competitor, starting with YouTube videos and eventually becoming available in third-party apps. That rumor, based on unnamed sources, appears to be coming to fruition. This week, GigaOM followed up on that story, with comments on the new YouTube feature from project manager Timbo Drayson: But it is not stopping there. Drayson told me that Google is “actively working with other companies” to turn this into an open standard, which could be used on other platforms and for other apps as well. &#8230; And it’s not just<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=151725&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google TV Gets Some Much-Needed Improvements, Still Needs More</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/11/15/google-tv-gets-some-much-needed-improvements-still-needs-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://techland.time.com/?p=151206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Slowly but surely, Google TV is starting to look like a legitimate connected TV platform. On Wednesday, Google announced a couple of improvements for its TV and set-top box software, including voice search and a better way to browse for movies and TV shows. The update is rolling out this week to LG&#8217;s Google TV hardware, such as the 47G2 television, and will come to other second-generation hardware such as Vizio&#8217;s Co-Star in the coming months. Voice search allows users to change channels by saying which channel they want to watch, or to find all available episodes of a TV show by speaking its name. For more general search terms, voice search brings up a results page that includes both cable and Internet content. (LG&#8217;s televisions include a remote with a microphone. It&#8217;s not clear how other devices will access voice search, though the Google TV Android app may do the trick.) The other big change is Primetime, which replaces the existing TV &#38; Movies app in Google TV. The previous app was supposed to be a universal TV guide for cable shows and Internet video, but it felt too much like a separate app that pulled you away from what you were already watching. Primetime appears as an overlay at the bottom of the screen, so you can browse for shows while continuing to watch the current channel. The guide splits up content by genre, and also lists favorites, recently-watched shows and suggested content. (It&#8217;s unclear whether my biggest gripe with the old TV &#38; Movies app, that it couldn&#8217;t reliably list the HD versions of cable shows, is fixed in Primetime.) Google has also added a way to send YouTube videos from an Android phone or tablet to Google TV. Mobile devices pair automatically with the television, and a small TV icon appears in the YouTube app that sends videos to the big screen. All of these changes help flesh out the original vision for Google TV, which was to have a single interface that combines traditional cable and<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=151206&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vizio Co-Star: Google TV for Cheap, but Not for Everyone</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/09/17/vizio-co-star-google-tv-for-cheap-but-not-for-everyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter the potential of Google TV, until now the hardware has just been too expensive compared to other set-top boxes such as Apple TV and Roku. The new Vizio Co-Star, priced at $100, is one of the cheapest Google TV devices yet, and has the best chance of introducing people to Google’s vision for the living room.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=146269&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hello, Nexus Q. Goodbye, Google TV?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/06/29/hello-nexus-q-goodbye-google-tv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though I wasn't expecting big news for Google TV at the Google I/O developers conference this week, I didn't think it'd be practically ignored.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=137853&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google I/O Conference: Five Questions I&#8217;d Like to See Answered</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/06/27/google-io-conference-5-questions-id-like-to-see-answered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google kicks off its annual Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco today. I'll be at the conference along with Harry McCracken, and though I'm looking forward to the big announcements, I'm also hoping to hear answers to the following questions.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=137293&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Looming Cloud-Streaming Game Wars: OnLive Partners with Google TV</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/12/the-looming-cloud-streaming-game-wars-onlive-partners-with-google-tv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget "what's in your wallet," what's in your TV? If you're looking to pick up one of these newfangled Google TV-based televisions, make that OnLive, the cloud-streaming game service that lets you play high-end video games over the Internet without worrying about platforms, downloads, installs, or system specs.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=113593&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LG Teases Google TV-Powered Television as CES Looms</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2012/01/06/lg-teases-google-tv-powered-television-as-ces-looms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Peckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LG, meet Google TV, and the rest of us, meet LG's Google Android-powered high-definition television a couple days before the company rolls it out  in full regalia at CES 2012. That's a shot of it up top, and yes, I think the interface looks a little unwieldy, too.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=112865&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google to Get into the Cable Biz?</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/04/google-to-get-into-the-cable-biz/</link>
		<comments>http://techland.time.com/2011/11/04/google-to-get-into-the-cable-biz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve read many stories by now about Google TV, but none like this. The internet giant is apparently weighing the idea of offering cable TV services directly to customers in Kansas City as an experiment that could radically change the future of the company. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is considering offering video and phone services in addition to a planned high-speed internet service already announced for Kansas City, and has gone so far as to discuss the idea with representatives from Time Warner, Walt Disney Corp. and Discovery Communications, each of which may be a possible partner in the venture should it move forward. (MORE: Google TV May Soon Be Able to Sidestep Blocked Content) This isn&#8217;t the first time Google has considered adding a more traditional cable package to its offerings; the WSJ quotes former Google product director Keval Desai as saying that the company has been thinking about such a move for years, in part in preparation for the convergence between television and the web. In addition to the Kansas City location, a similar plan in Palo Alto, CA, was apparently also under consideration. According to the report, the Kansas City project could be up and running by early 2012, although price points and availability are still undecided. Google declined to comment when contacted on the subject. MORE: Google TV to Launch in Europe &#8216;Early 2012&#8242; Graeme McMillan is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @Graemem or on Facebook at Facebook/Graeme.McMillan. You can also continue the discussion on TIME’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=101939&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google TV May Soon Be Able to Sidestep Blocked Content</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/10/28/google-tv-may-soon-be-able-to-sidestep-blocked-content/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has finally brought apps to Google TV, along with a revamped interface that makes it easier to search for shows and movies. YouTube playback has been updated as well, with HD videos being played by default and automatic playlist creation based on the types of videos you&#8217;re watching. Perhaps the biggest news here is the inclusion of third-party apps downloadable from the Android Market. You&#8217;ll only see apps specifically created for Google TV—Google says that 50 developers will have new apps ready at launch—but Rishi Chandra, director of product management for Google TV told me, &#8220;It&#8217;s actually not that much work to take an existing app and bring it to TV. A lot of it is enabling D-pad functionality&#8221; for apps that normally respond to touch input. And then there&#8217;s the elephant in the room: certain big TV networks&#8217; and websites&#8217; insistence on blocking streaming video from being played on Google TV. This update in and of itself doesn&#8217;t bring about any new deals with the likes of CBS and Hulu, but the inclusion of apps may make that a moot point anyway. I asked Chandra what would stop a developer from making a Google TV web browser that would present itself as a normal web browser, effectively enabling the playback of content that&#8217;s normally blocked. My question: &#8220;If I&#8217;m a developer, can I create a web browser—since the browser&#8217;s based on Chrome anyway—that spoofs itself as a normal desktop Chrome browser, or is that something that you guys would have to weed out of the Android Market?&#8221; Chandra&#8217;s response: &#8220;The Android Market&#8217;s an open market so unless you&#8217;re breaking the terms of service, we don&#8217;t weed you out. So I think there will be a whole bunch of innovation from developers. For me, the more interesting innovation will be content that you don&#8217;t get on TV and the new experiences. You may find developers doing exactly what you&#8217;re suggesting but my feeling is that if it&#8217;s not hitting the real user problem, which is, in my mind, how<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=101281&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google TV to Launch in Europe &#8216;Early 2012&#8242;</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/08/29/google-tv-to-launch-in-europe-early-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American networks might not want to play ball in the U.S., but that isn&#8217;t stopping Google from pursuing its television dreams—it just means that other countries may experience the ideal Google TV dream even as the U.S. version languishes in the background, unloved. Speaking at the prestigious MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International TV Festival last week, Google chairman Eric Schmidt—the first non-television industry insider to give the lecture—revealed that Google TV will be launching in Europe early next year, with the U.K. market as &#8220;among the top priorities&#8221; for the venture. (MORE: How Google TV Can Be Saved) During a speech in which Schmidt talked about the convergence of Internet and television as an inevitability, he discussed Google TV&#8217;s failure to date in the U.S. as a misunderstanding of its intent: When it launched, some in the US feared we aimed to compete with broadcasters or content creators. Actually our intent is the opposite. We seek to support the content industry by providing an open platform for the next generation of TV to evolve, the same way Android is an open platform for the next generation of mobile. Just as smartphones sparked a whole new era of innovation for the Internet, we hope Google TV can help do the same for Television, creating more value for all. Additionally, he defended the company from the belief that Google TV exists in part to shape TV content: Some have suggested Google should invest directly in TV content. To argue that misunderstands a key point: Google is a technology company. We provide platforms for people to engage with content and, through automated software, we show ads next to content that owners have chosen to put up. But we have neither the ambition nor the know-how to actually produce content on a large scale. Trust me, if you gave people at Google free rein to produce TV you’d end up with a lot of bad sci-fi! But of course we are helping to fund content. Last year we shared more than $6 billion<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=95217&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Google TV Can Be Saved</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/07/29/google-tv-flop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Newman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Logitech is taking a beating for throwing early support behind Google TV. The company announced that it will cut the price of its Logitech Revue Google TV box to $99, which means each unit will be sold at a loss. And just in case there was any question of whether Google TV was a flop, Logitech offered an embarrassing statistic: The Revue saw more returns than sales last quarter. (MORE: Logitech Revue with Google TV Review) This isn&#8217;t the end of Google TV. Google plans to revamp the software this summer with an interface based on Android Honeycomb, with access to the Android Market. But to make Google TV a living room powerhouse, Google and its hardware partners need to learn a few lessons from the first generation&#8217;s flop: Google TV set-top boxes must be $100 or less Google can argue all it wants that the services Google TV offers are worth a premium price, but the reality is that Apple TV costs $99 and Roku starts at $59. A $99 Google TV box may be unsustainable for Logitech, but anything significantly costlier will have a hard time proving its worth to consumers who want to augment their existing TV experience. Google TV software needs to be complete Tech companies, and especially Google, have a tendency to ship incomplete hardware these days. While that may fly on the new frontiers of phones and tablets, TV watchers are accustomed to getting their content without much trouble. At launch, Google TV was buggy, it lacked support for Android remote controls and its Netflix app could only stream from users&#8217; instant queues. Whatever features Google promises next time around need to be available right away without serious hiccups. Google needs to make nice with TV networks Soon after Google TV launched, one of its big value propositions—access to the full web in all of its streaming video glory—fell apart. All the major networks blocked Google TV, as did Viacom, for obvious reasons: Google TV circumvented paid television while threatening to become a presence in<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=92161&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google TV Jailbroken For $500 Reward</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/01/11/google-tv-jailbroken-for-500-reward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google may not have opened up software development tools for its Google TV platform yet, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that others haven&#8217;t decided to take the matter into their own hands. A group calling itself GTVHacker Dev Team has already cracked the code &#8211; in part through physically cracking the TV itself and soldering wires together &#8211; in response to a $1000 bounty being offered to the first person to jailbreak the system. The bounty was offered by Android developer Howard Harte back in November last year, but it took until last Wednesday for the team to successfully hack the system and provide video proof. The jailbreak gives developers a headstart on working on software for the platform, as well as giving Google some food for thought about how secure their systems should be in future. Sadly, for all their hard work, GTVHacker Dev Team didn&#8217;t win $1000, as Harte explained: The actual bounty paid was $500, since the rooting process involved a hardware hack. The $1000 bounty was for a software-only hack, which unfortunately did not happen. The original terms of the bounty stated that &#8216;a partial consideration of $500 will be given for a hardware hack&#8217; and that a hardware hack is defined as any hack which involves opening the Google TV device. The remaining $500 couldn&#8217;t have been given for showing initiative? More On Techland: Google TV Updated with Better Netflix App, Android Remote Apple&#8217;s Latest iPhone Operating System Already Jailbroken Apple Plans To Kill Your iPhone If It&#8217;s Jailbroken<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=62857&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CES: 3D TV Overshadowed By Connected TV This Year</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2011/01/08/ces-3d-tv-overshadowed-by-connected-tv-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask anyone who covered last year’s Consumer Electronics Show what its overarching theme was and most will tell you that 3D TV stole the spotlight. A year later, and consumers have been slow to adopt 3D TV. There was plenty of 3D technology on display at this year’s show, ranging from TVs to computers to handheld devices, but most of the attention regarding TVs has shifted towards connected TV. Most major manufacturers showed off some flavor of connected TV sets; several ran the new Google TV software, some ran the previously-established Yahoo Connected TV software, and others ran their own proprietary interfaces. While not all connected TV sets featured full web browsers like the one found on Google TV, most at least offered a pipeline to popular online video streaming services and onscreen widgets. (More on TIME.com: New Remotes Will Make Netflix One Click Away) When it comes to online video content, Netflix is king for now. Just about every connected TV device, whether they be auxiliary boxes, Blu-ray players, or TV sets with the connection hardware built in, featured access to Netflix’ popular streaming service and touted it as one of the main selling points. While connected TV may not be for everyone just yet, it’ll likely eventually come standard on television sets similar to how any TV set purchased nowadays handles high definition. 3D TV will likely become a similarly-included feature as well, though I’d almost argue that widespread connected TV technology may make it to market sooner than widespread 3D TV. (More on TIME.com: Sony Sticking By Google TV, 3D TVs) For now, connected TV sets and related hardware devices command somewhat of a price premium (between $50 and $300 depending on the product) but the technology is relatively trivial to add and component prices will continue to drop over the coming years. The biggest challenge for connected TV isn’t the hardware implementation or consumer adoption, it’s getting the TV and movie studios on board with the idea of connected TV. The most glaring example of how<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=62390&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sony Sticking By Google TV, 3D TVs</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/12/20/sony-sticking-by-google-tv-3d-tvs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Castillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sony says they are optimistic about Google TV and 3D TVs despite negative reviews, according to the New York Times. The company projected that Google TV and the 3D TV models would make them profitable in the TV manufacturing sector after six years of straight losses,  but it looks like they are going to have to wait a bit longer. “It might take a little longer for users to really start having fun [with Google TVs],&#8221; Sony’s executive deputy president and head of Sony’s TV business Hiroshi Yoshioka said to reporters in Tokyo. He did admit that the electronics manufacturer is having a hard time making their TV division profitable this year and would not reach their target of 25 million TVs sold by the end of the fiscal year. Even though Google has asked companies not to unveil their Google TV models until they improve the technology, Sony says they see the potential of the product and are banking on it to be a big seller in the future. The company helped develop the technology with the search engine so they are especially invested in the future of the product. Though Yoshioka didn&#8217;t give numbers, he said Google TV sales were as expected and the companies expect the device to increase in sales when more services, including the Android Market where users will be able to download applications onto their TVs, will be added in 2011. The company is still hoping they will at least make 10 percent of their sales by the end of the year from 3D TVs, which analysts have said are unpopular due to the cumbersome glasses required to watch the shows, lack of content in 3D and false rumor that 3D TVs can&#8217;t show 2D programs. More on TIME.com: YouTube Offers Free TVs To Get People Excited About Google TV Google TV Updated with Better Netflix App, Android Remote CBS Boss To Google TV: Pay Up<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=59834&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube Offers Free TVs To Get People Excited About Google TV</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/12/15/youtube-offers-free-tvs-to-get-people-excited-about-google-tv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What will it take to get people onboard the Google TV train? Well, if a software update to fix early bugs and annoying habits isn&#8217;t enough, what about a free television? Google-owned YouTube has launched what it&#8217;s calling the &#8220;I Want My Google TV! contest,&#8221; in which users have until December 22nd to submit videos demonstrating how excited they are for the internet/television hybrid in order to be eligible to win one of 100 46” Sony Internet TVs. Winners will apparently &#8220;be selected based on originality, creativity, entertainment factor, technical execution, and how well you explain why you are excited about Google TV and watching YouTube on Google TV,&#8221; although somehow, I think that the emphasis may be on the Google-centric parts of that equation. Winners will be announced next month, at which point they&#8217;ll likely realize that most advertising costs more than the price of a large television. More On Techland: Earth to Google TV: The Big Networks Aren&#8217;t Coming Around TV Networks Blocking Shows From Google TV&#8217;s Web Browser Sony Unveils Internet Connected Google TV Products<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=59303&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google TV Updated with Better Netflix App, Android Remote</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/12/15/google-tv-updated-with-better-netflix-app-android-remote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google is in the midst of pushing out the first major software update for its Google TV service. Along with some bug fixes, Google TV users now have access to an updated Netflix app that allows direct streaming of any available movie or show, along with the ability to add disc-based movies directly to your queue if you subscribe to Netflix&#8217; mail service. The picture-in-picture window that lets you watch TV while surfing the web is now finally resizable and movable, which has been a much-needed feature for a while now. Google has also developed a Google TV-specific Android app that can be used to navigate the interface and features integrated voice search functionality for TV shows and movies. You can also remotely whisk a website that you&#8217;re viewing on your Android handset right up to Google TV&#8217;s web browser. Here&#8217;s a video showing some of the app&#8217;s features: And finally, search results for movies are now presented alongside related titles within the same series, with quick links to available sources you can use to watch the movie (TV, Netflix, Amazon, etc.). The updates will hit Google TV boxes and television sets this week. More on TIME.com: Logitech Revue with Google TV Review: A Bridge to the Future TV Networks Blocking Shows From Google TV&#8217;s Web Browser Earth to Google TV: The Big Networks Aren&#8217;t Coming Around<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=59283&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comcast Testing &#8216;Xcalibur&#8217; Web Connected Cable Boxes</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/12/14/comcast-testing-xcalibur-web-connected-cable-boxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comcast has apparently started testing its own web-connected cable boxes in an Augusta, Georgia pilot program, according to the Wall Street Journal. The project is referred to as &#8220;Xcalibur&#8221; internally, though participating customers reportedly know of it as &#8220;Spectrum.&#8221; This project is not new. Job postings for it sprung up over a year ago, but this appears to be the first time the connected cable boxes have found their way into consumers&#8217; hands. And while some tech publications are likening Xcalibur to a Google TV killer, it&#8217;s really only similar to Google TV as far as certain basic features are concerned. Xcalibur boxes don&#8217;t have full web access—just &#8220;a smattering&#8221; of online videos are available, according to the Journal. But users can apparently tap into certain social networks and there&#8217;s a universal search feature that finds shows whether they&#8217;re available in real time, on demand, or as recordings. This project sounds more like where Comcast cable boxes, in general, should have been already. Even though Comcast touts the largest subscriber base in the country, its cable boxes still lack several features found elsewhere. (More on TIME.com: Comcast Customers Now Get TV and Movies on the Web) Most notably, Comcast boxes don&#8217;t even feature basic network connections. While not being able to get full internet access through a Comcast box isn&#8217;t a huge surprise, you can&#8217;t even connect two boxes in your house together in order to share shows across your home network. Assuming these Xcalibur boxes support basic networking features (start watching a recorded show in one room and finish it in another room, for instance) it&#8217;ll be interesting to see if Comcast has built support in for third-party services such as Netflix. That doesn&#8217;t seem too likely given that Comcast wants people to buy movies and TV shows from its own On Demand service, but the company might be thinking that it&#8217;s better to get people to subscribe to cable in order to get the Xcalibur box than for people to just buy a box that handles Netflix and<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=59173&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CBS Boss To Google TV: Pay Up</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/12/08/cbs-boss-to-google-tv-pay-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graeme McMillan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CBS isn&#8217;t saying no to Google TV &#8211; It&#8217;s just saying &#8220;Tell us how much you&#8217;re offering&#8221; before making a decision. Or, at least, that&#8217;s the message to take away from CBS CEO Les Moonves&#8217; speech at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference yesterday, where he described Google TV as &#8220;very interesting,&#8221; before adding &#8220;I’m not sure what it is. I’m not sure what it will do to our business.&#8221; Moonves went on to say that the central issue of streaming CBS content online for him is one of control &#8211; not only control over the distribution method, but over the monetization of its product. But he went on to make it clear that anyone &#8211; be it Google TV, Hulu or whatever third party seeks to license CBS shows for streaming &#8211; should be clear that it&#8217;ll take more than a little green (&#8220;We are a primary provider of premium content. We are going to get paid for it,&#8221; he&#8217;s quoted as saying). And why? Because, in Moonves&#8217; eyes, content is still king: People want our content. We are going to take our time making the right decision. Caution is a not a bad thing here. Of course, I&#8217;m sure there are ways to convince caution to be thrown to the wind. They&#8217;ll simply involve a few large trucks willed with money, is all. More On Techland: Earth to Google TV: The Big Networks Aren&#8217;t Coming Around FOX Joins Other Networks in Blocking Google TV TV Networks Blocking Shows From Google TV&#8217;s Web Browser<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=58218&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Earth to Google TV: The Big Networks Aren&#8217;t Coming Around</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/11/22/earth-to-google-tv-the-big-networks-arent-coming-around/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you there Google? It&#8217;s me, Doug. Whether it&#8217;s right or not, you&#8217;re getting worked left and right with this Google TV thing. Being blocked by all the major networks was bad enough, but now Viacom&#8217;s blocking you too. Sure, Viacom is only a handful of basic cable stations but most of those stations represent the key demographic of people who actively watch shows online. I can&#8217;t get CBS&#8217; Two and a Half Men? BFD. I&#8217;m not 70 years old and into recycled punch lines telegraphed from two towns over. I can&#8217;t get Comedy Central&#8217;s The Daily Show? That&#8217;s actually a BFD. (More: FOX Joins Other Networks in Blocking Google TV) Your CEO recently said that he thinks this whole debacle will &#8220;work itself out.&#8221; That may be true but by the time it happens, we&#8217;ll all have forgotten about Google TV. &#8220;Oh, you mean that $300+ thing where you could sort of watch online shows on your TV set except the networks blocked most of the content for no reason? And Google just stood there with its hands in its pants throughout the entire 2010 holiday season?&#8221; That&#8217;s how we&#8217;ll remember it. In your defense, the TV networks are being run by some of the most technologically-backward, internet-fearing, money-hungry people on the planet. But it&#8217;s becoming painfully obvious to everyone that none of these networks are going to come around any time soon. The problem has already worked itself out. They blocked Google TV. (More: Dish Thinks Streaming TV Sites Should Delay Shows 30 Days) And in your defense again, your competitors—Roku, Boxee, Apple TV, Netflix, and others—have been enabling the networks&#8217; behavior since long before you got here. You&#8217;re not used to letting someone else dictate the rules, so the fact that the networks want you to pay for ad-supported content that&#8217;s already available for free inside standard web browsers seems crazy. It is crazy. But networks are made of crazy people who want to get paid multiple times over for the same product. (More: TV Networks Blocking<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=55861&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google Shows Off Secret New Android Phone</title>
		<link>http://techland.time.com/2010/11/16/google-shows-off-new-android-phone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Aamoth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google CEO Eric Schmidt took the hot seat at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday, and wasted little time showing off his company&#8217;s next-generation &#8220;Nexus S&#8221; Android phone. On the surface it appears to be a Samsung Galaxy S phone (which would explain the &#8220;S&#8221; moniker), while Schmidt demonstrated a built-in near field communications (NFC) chip. (More on Techland: Samsung Launches Impressive ‘Galaxy S’ Smartphone) NFC chips are found in everything from tap-to-pay credit and debit cards to corporate key fobs used to gain access to certain buildings. With support for NFC in the next generation of Android software, version 2.3 (Gingerbread), users will be able to use their phones in lieu of credit cards. You&#8217;ll be able to &#8220;bump for everything,&#8221; as Schmidt put it. We&#8217;ll see Android 2.3, also known as Gingerbread, in &#8220;the next few weeks,&#8221; according to Schmidt. Schmidt also addressed the big networks&#8217; blocking of Google TV&#8217;s web browser, saying that he&#8217;s confident it&#8217;ll work itself out: &#8220;A whole bunch of people have announced quite publicly that they&#8217;re happy with what we&#8217;re doing. And the ones that have reservations, we&#8217;re trying to address those with data. It makes sense to me that if you have an industry that hasn&#8217;t had this kind of innovation at scale in a very long time, people would be concerned. This is their livelihood, they do depend on this for revenue for funding and so forth. It&#8217;s very real. We don&#8217;t want a repeat, where revenue somehow goes to zero. We want to make the revenue larger. So far, the conversations have been friendly. It&#8217;ll work itself out. I&#8217;m quite confident that we will get through this one simply because the technology&#8217;s just so powerful.&#8221; (More on Techland: Logitech Revue with Google TV Review: A Bridge to the Future) And on the difference between Google&#8217;s upcoming Chrome operating system and Android, Schmidt offered the following: &#8220;So far the model seems to be that the Android solution is particularly optimized for things that involve touch in some form, and Chrome OS appears<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=techland.time.com&#038;blog=5290478&#038;post=55189&#038;subd=timenerdworld&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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