TiVo Mini launches for $99.99, pulls content from the living room for a …
Have a TiVo in your living room but don’t want to pay for one in every room in your house? The TiVo Mini extender box is now on sale for $99.99, letting you stream pre-recorded shows from your main TiVo or borrow one of its tuners to watch live TV….
Foursquare for Android now greets newcomers, says what’s fresh for locals
Foursquare gave more adventurous iOS users an updated Explore section at the start of the month that, among many other things, better highlighted either just-opened locations or the hottest places to be. It’s the Android crowd’s turn to check out new scenes: their updated Foursquare app will tell a traveler…
Philips unveils DesignLine HDTV with ‘sheet of glass’ design that leans …
At first glance, the new Philips DesignLine TV is without question among the most striking televisions we’ve seen of late. In building the new set available in 46- and 55-inch configurations manufacturer TP Vision decided to craft the living room centerpiece out of a seamless, single sheet of glass. That…
Copying Twitter Hashtags Gives Facebook Yet Another Way to Sell Ads
Say what you will about Facebook, but the social network is not too proud to copy. Facebook is reportedly considering co-opting the hashtags that first emerged on Twitter, following its previous aping of the Twitter model of following strangers and sharing content publicly. Facebook is testing the idea of supporting…
CBS Primetime and Ad Revenue Coming to iOS
CBS wants you watching its shows and, of course, the ads appear with those shows anywhere, which is why it’s putting its programming on the iPhone. It’s like a network exclusive version of Hulu for your iPhone and iPad. The network released the CBS iOS app on Thursday so you…
YouTube Capture Comes To iPad
YouTube Capture is now available for iPad and iPad mini. The app, which originally launched for iPhone in December of last year, lets you record videos and instantly upload them to YouTube. If your video needs a little sprucing up, the app has color correction and stabilization options built in….
BlackBerry Unveils Security Solution for Android and iOS
BlackBerry (BBRY) announced on Thursday a new security offering to separate work and personal data on mobile devices that use Google’s (GOOG) Android operating system and Apple’s (AAPL) iOS. The company said the security solution, called Secure Work Space, will be managed through BlackBerry Enterprise and available by the end…
BlackBerry plans security feature for Android, iPhone platforms
TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry will offer technology to separate and secure work and personal data on mobile devices powered by Google Inc’s Android platform and Apple Inc’s iOS operating system, the company said on Thursday. The new Secure Work Space feature will be available before the end of June will…
Broadband and local wifi
I have a situation of two computers that both have broadband their own air cards in them to access the internet. I’ve set up a netgear router with wifi (no internet connectivity) so that the pc’s can share files and an external hard drive. There is no default gateway on…
TiVo Goes Wandering, on the Road and at Home
You always remember the days that changed your life forever. Your first kiss. The birth of a child. The day you got a TiVo. I do, anyway. TiVo made me a cultist. “I don’t know or care when a TV show will be broadcast or on what channel,” I’d explain…
