HBO will soon allow iCloud users access to Universal and Fox movies
With the introduction of the new Apple TV, alongside the new iPad’s introduction last week, we learned that iCloud users would now be able access purchased movies (which also extends to digital copies uploaded from DVDs). The feature was previously limited to music and TV shows. At the time, we unfortunately learned content from Comcast’s [...]
More Backpedaling: Netflix Brings Back the $7.99 DVD-Only Plan
Netflix is looking to make things right again. The company just reintroduced its DVD-only subscription plan. Consumers are finally able to sign up for this plan without also paying for (or trying) Netflix streaming. As Softpedia points out, this option briefly disappeared last fall as the company was trying to realign after the Qwikster disaster. [...]
American Airlines adding Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to select flights
American Airlines has announced that it has begun rolling out the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to select flights in place of current media devices available in the first-class section. These tablets will come preloaded with more than 70 movies, 30 of which will be new releases and three exclusives from Paramount, all in addition to some TV [...]
Get watching: Apple finally brings TV show downloads to Apple TVs in Canada (Australia and UK too)
While TV shows have been available through iTunes in Canada, the Apple TV has not been a source of TV show downloading. Now, Apple appears to have sent an over-the-air update to Apple TV boxes in Canada, and TV show downloading is now available. Episode downloads cost between free and $2.49 a pop and are [...]
Amazon Santa app for the Kindle Fire now available, make your wish list and check it twice
Believe it or not shopping for kids — even kids at heart — can be sometimes rather difficult. So to help make things easier, letting kids make a list of what they want for the holidays is often much better then guessing your way through it all.
Luckily, Amazon knows this and as such has now [...]
Hulu Plus Will Compete With Amazon Instant Video On The Kindle Fire
The Kindle Fire is shipping next week, and Amazon wants to ship it with as many mainstream apps as possible. There will be thousands of apps which will work on the customized Android tablet, including Facebook, Pandora, Netflix, Angry Birds, and Zynga games. You can now add Hulu Plus and ESPN ScoreCenter to [...]
Google TV update adds Android Market, improved UI and more
Google last week announced to release an update to Google TV. The update is expected to be released this week on Sony devices which will bring interesting improvements like the customizable, simpler user interface, improved search with TV & Movies app that allows easy browsing of 80,000 movies and TV shows, Google TV-optimized YouTube and [...]
Video: Murata Shows Robotic Walking Aid / Shopping Cart
Japan-based Murata caused quite a splash in the tech world with their awesome unicycle humanoids a while back, and now the company is applying the robot technology used in those machines for something that’s not just entertaining to watch. The advanced balancing system in particular is what makes their newly developed “assistance car” so special.
As [...]
Video: Watch Cute Healthcare Robot RIBA II In Action
RIBA II is the name of a cute caretaker robot from Japan, which we covered before but now have a professionally made video of. The two-armed robot was developed by Tokai Rubber Industries and RIKEN (a private research institute based out of Tokyo) and is supposed to make life easier for care facility personnel.
RIBA II is [...]
TCTV: Hands On With The Kindle Fire
The Kindle Fire is the device we were all waiting for and when it arrived it did not disappoint. The Fire is a 7-inch media device that plays well with all of Amazon’s media services including the book store, the video store, and the music store. It includes a web browser and supports Amazon’s own [...]