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Apple AirPlay And Thunderbolt Priced Too High For Widespread Support

, Jun 24th 2011 Discuss [12]

It seems like Apple may be pricing itself into a corner, at least with its proprietary AirPlay and Thunderbolt technologies. Reports today revealed that Apple's licensing fees for the two technologies are prohibitively expensive. The prices are said to be too high for either technology to see mainstream adoption in the near future. Read The Full Story

Real Racing 2 HD will support AirPlay full screen gaming

, Jun 9th 2011 Discuss [1]

One of the cooler things that came out of WWDC 2011 is the Airplay mirroring of gaming content from iOS devices like the iPad 2. This will allow gamers that have games they really like on the iPad 2 to shoot those games out to the big screen in the living room for some serious gaming enjoyment. That is assuming the app in question supports full screen gaming. Otherwise, you will end up with black bars and frames on your TV screen. Read The Full Story

Pioneer Elite VSX receivers pack AirPlay, DLNA streaming, more

, Jun 8th 2011 Discuss [1]

Pioneer has revealed its latest batch of Elite receivers, throwing in Apple AirPlay support along with the company's own Air Jam collaborative playlist system, which allows multiple devices to contribute tracks to a single playlist. The Pioneer VSX-40, VSX-50, VSX-51, VSX-52 and VSX-53 offer seven channels of up to 110W each, have DLNA streaming media support (on all but the VSX-40), and support external zones for multi-room playback. Read The Full Story

Sonos Controller for Android released; Sonos v3.4 adds AirPlay

, Apr 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

Sonos has released its Sonos Controller for Android app, allowing users of Android 2.1 or higher smartphones or tablets to remotely control their multi-room audio systems without paying for a separate remote. Meanwhile, the company has also added Apple AirPlay support in Sonos firmware v3.4, allowing an AirPort Express to be plugged into a Sonos device's aux-in input and stream from it around the home. Read The Full Story

Philips Fidelio SoundSphere hands-on

, Apr 15th 2011 Discuss [3]

As oddly-shaped speaker systems go, the Philips Fidelio SoundSphere pair should still stand out even in the most avant garde living room. In fact, unless your lounge looks like the egg room from the first Alien film, expect plenty of questions about the bulbous AirPlay-compatible set. On show at IFA 2011 today, the SoundSpheres dragged us in like a Facehugger’s tail around the neck.

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Harman Unveils JBL On Air, New AirPlay Ready Speaker Dock

, Apr 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

Harman just announced this morning a new Airplay-ready speaker dock called JBL On Air. This latest addition to their JBL lineup takes full advantage of integrated Apple AirPlay technology to let you wirelessly stream music from your iTunes library on a Mac or PC as well as from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch via your existing WiFi network to the JBL On Air. Read The Full Story

Apple’s AirPlay private key crack opens door to unofficial streaming

, Apr 11th 2011 Discuss [0]

Apple's AirPlay system is supposed to be another example of the company charging manufacturers for access to its exclusive club, but some recent hacking has opened the streaming system for anybody interested. Developer James Laird reverse-engineered the private key Apple uses in the AirPort Express, and used it to cook up an emulator app called SharePort. Read The Full Story

Apple Considers AirPlay Licensing To Expand Video Streaming

, Mar 23rd 2011 Discuss [2]

Apple is considering plans to expand its video streaming beyond Apple TVs. According to Bloomberg, sources familiar with the situation, say that the company may license AirPlay for video streaming to TV makers. Read The Full Story

Pioneer VSX-1021 AV Receiver supports Apple AirPlay

, Mar 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

Pioneer has unveiled the first in a new series of AV receivers that will support Apple AirPlay. The new receiver is the VSX-1021 and it sells for a surprisingly low price of $549.99. The receiver supports 7.1-channel sound and the big feature is certainly the support for Air Play. The receiver can receive music streamed from iTunes and play it on you home theater system and it can connect too your network with integrated Ethernet support. Read The Full Story

Philips WiFi Multiroom HiFi, Harmony iPod/DVD HiFi and Fidelio SoundSphere AirPlay speakers debut

, Mar 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

Philips has outed a three-strong lineup of new music entertainment systems, including a multiroom audio HiFi, a component HiFi system, and an AirPlay-compatible wireless speaker system that looks like the eggs from Alien. The Philips WiFi Multiroom HiFi kicks things off, with wireless support, USB access for digital tracks on a hard-drive, and a choice of the integrated color LCD touchscreen or iOS/Android remote apps for controlling it all. Read The Full Story

iOS 4.3 due March 11 for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch

, Mar 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Apple has officially announced iOS 4.3, which will ship pre-loaded on the iPad 2 and be available as a free download for existing iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (GSM) and 3rd/4th-Gen iPod touch owners from Friday, March 11. The new version includes the Nitro Javascript engine from the OS X version of Safari for faster web-browsing, along with an updated version of iTunes Home Sharing that allows you to stream music from iTunes on the desktop to your iOS device. Read The Full Story

Apple Remote gets AirPlay video streaming support

, Dec 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

Apple has updated its free Apple Remote app for iOS devices, adding in AirPlay video support. The app [iTunes link] now allows you to choose from video media stored on your computer and control its streaming to an Apple TV. Meanwhile, there's also control over internet radio playback, along with access to rented TV shows and movies on iTunes on your desktop. Read The Full Story
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