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We’ve seen web portals that let you search for TV and movies on the internet across different services, but a new update for Roku is bringing that capability directly to its set-top boxes. Whether you’re searching by movie, TV show, actor or director it will sniff out related content across some of the higher profile Continue Reading →

Most of us remember where we were the moment the world learned about the billion-dollar sale of Instagram, but amidst the pursuing flurry of tweets (“it’s too high!,”It’s too low!”, “We need to integrate filters right now!”), if you happened to browse the AppStore that day you might have noticed that the now-infamous app was Continue Reading →

When we originally reviewed the TiVo Premiere DVR back in 2010, one of our laments was that its revamped HD guide style didn’t cover all of the screens in its menu system, and the issue still existed when we reviewed the XL4 earlier this year. Finally, that’s being addressed, as TiVo VP Margret Schmidt has Continue Reading →

Google has launched a new tool for its YouTube Nonprofit Program users called Campaigns. This acts as a progress bar that takes on the role of the ‘thermometer’ that nonprofits raising money have used for years to represent their progress toward a goal. This digital version can be used on videos and in channels, showing Continue Reading →

Netflix wants to give users the ability to control their apps on TVs and connected devices with their mobile phones, and the company is looking to roll out second-screen control features for a number of devices soon. The company quietly rolled out second-screen control for the PS3 a few weeks ago, allowing users to start Continue Reading →

Boxee, the New York-based start-up that introduced the irregular-shaped Boxee Box for streaming Web video to TV sets, is betting with its new box that users are going to want to DVR a lot of basic TV — that’s right, real TV. The company’s new device — simply called Boxee TV, not Boxee Box 2 Continue Reading →

According to a conversation on Twitter between Danny Sullivan and a member of YouTube staff, Google considered sending Felix Baumgartner to space for his jump with a pair of Google Glass. That would have been awesome… again. Can you imagine seeing what Felix’s eyes were seeing as he was falling? And then, you know…answering questions Continue Reading →

Daredevil Felix Baumgartner is currently headed to the outer edge of the Earth’s atmosphere in a balloon-powered space capsule. When he gets to 120,000 feet, he’ll jump out and attempt to parachute back to the planet and set a new world’s record. Meantime, I believe that Baumgartner, his sponsor Red Bull and YouTube have already Continue Reading →

The Windows 8 Store could sure use a few good apps before the official Windows 8 launch later this month, but at least we’re seeing a slow trickle of interesting apps from known brands now. One of these is Netflix, which just launched its previously announced Windows 8 app. According to a Netflix press release Continue Reading →

In an agreement that the National Association for the Deaf calls “a model for the streaming video industry,” Netflix has agreed to caption all of its shows by the year 2014. The online-streaming giant is already captioning 82 percent of its videos, according to the consent decree [PDF] filed in court yesterday. Now, it’s bound Continue Reading →