The evidence that Apple has something to do with a massive cloud-based push keeps mounting to the point that it's nearly impossible to not think that something big is coming from Cupertino. I reported earlier in the week that Apple was rumored to be getting a new cloud video service and a TV or set top box ready for the big time. A day later another analyst came out and noted that his research had led to the same conclusion that Apple was getting a TV product ready.
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Motorola launches VAP2400 video bridge for streaming HD content to TVs
Motorola has been making hardware for TV fans for a long time. Many cable companies use DVRs from Motorola and Motorola also makes a bunch of the cable modems and other hardware you might use in your home. The company has announced a new HD video bridge called the VAP2400 that streams HD video wirelessly to any TV in the home.
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Patriot Memory updates Patriot Box Office media player
There are so many streaming media boxes on the market that it can be hard to keep up with all of them today. Patriot Memory, the company famous for computer RAM and storage, has announced that it has updated its own streaming media box called the Patriot Box Office. The changes to the device are intended to increase the functionality and the name of the device was changed as well. The Patriot Box Office is now known as the PBO Core.
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Billionaire launches internet-based FilmOn HDTV service in US
Billionaire David Alki has announced the launch of the first internet-based HD TV service in the US called FilmOn. The FilmOn service is an internet based streaming service that can stream 30 free to air networks and is based in LA. I would assume that means that the network shows and other content are from LA affiliates.
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The Daily Slash: May 12th 2010
Is it already Wednesday? Apparently that old saying about time flying is true, after all. Glad we could independently confirm that for you. In any event, welcome to the Wednesday edition of the Daily Slash. Tonight, in the Best of R3, we've got another mysterious Motorola handset, Apple shows off a new ad, and Microsoft Mobile Office slips out of Beta. And then in the Dredge 'Net, one man believes Africa (all of it) should have WiFi, Comcast has a new iPad app, and Netflix has finally given PCs and Macs something to live for.
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Vudu online movie service acquired by Wal-Mart
The word’s out today from the NY Times that that Wal-Mart is set to acquire Vudu, the online movie streaming service in an acquisition set to be worth approximately $100 million. Additional information and the full press release can be found after the break.
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Vudu brings hundreds of apps to HDTVs and Blu-Ray Players
Vudu (of Vudu Box fame) introduced Vudu Apps today, a platform delivering hundreds of internet applications and services to HDTVs by Mitsubishi, Sanyo, Sharp, and Toshiba. Toshiba will also integrate Vudu Apps in to their line of internet-capable Blu-Ray players.
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Sling Receiver 300 and Slingbox 700U add placeshifting to EchoStar and DISH Network
Slightly less eye-catching than a touchscreen remote and a portable HDTV with integrated WiFi, Sling Media's two remaining products could be no less useful if your cable or satellite provider does the decent thing and decides to offer them. The Sling Receiver 300 is a slip of a box designed to hook up wirelessly to EchoStar's SlingLoaded 922 HD DVR and funnel 1080i content to a distant HDTV, similar in principle to the Sling Monitor 150 only without the integrated display. Meanwhile the Slingbox 700U hopes to add place-shifting functionality to existing internet-connected DVRs.
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Alereon NoWire Laptop to HDTV Extender Kit unveiled at CES
I bet here are lots of you out there like me who have often wished they could peruse those YouTube videos or shows from Hulu on the big screen in the living room rather than on a smaller laptop or desktop computer screen. Alereon has announced a new device at CES that will let you do that without needing wires called the Alereon Laptop to HDTV Extender.
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