Facebook, Google Maps Come to Samsung TV Apps
If you were the type of person to spend countless hours in front of a TV as it is, how much time do you kill now with the added video streaming and web access that today’s connected TVs deliver?
Or maybe you just plug away hours in front of your computer instead?
We keep getting closer and closer to a glorious combination of the two, so soon we’ll have no reason to leave the couch. Toward that end, Samsung wants to make sure you stay planted by bringing more cool services to its Samsung Apps platform, which was announced at CES this year.
Its latest two additions to the Apps lineup are a couple of cool time wasters you may have heard about—Facebook and Google Maps.
You can download the apps directly from all 2010 Samsung Blu-ray players, Blu-ray Home Theater Systems (HTIBs) and the majority of Samsung TVs with screen sizes 40 inches and bigger, the company announced.
We’re sure you’ll have a blast hosting guests for dinner parties, too, when you can pull up everyone’s Facebook pictures and then show them the aerial and street views of their houses on a big-screen TV.
And you thought staying up to date with Facebook on your tiny smartphone screen was cool.
by Arlen Schweiger
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Boxee Opens Wolfgang’s Vault to Music Fans
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The website Wolfgang’s Vault has always been a beacon for live music fans—and now you can incorporate all of it’s live music goodies on your main entertainment system if you use Boxee.
We’ve been big fans of both for a while now. Wolfgang’s Vault has an incredible amount of music—thousands of concerts—from classic artists like the Allman Brothers, Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen to newer bands like Grizzly Bear and Fleet Foxes that you can stream. Boxee has always made it easier for you to stream web videos and music to your computer, Apple TV and flat-panels
Getting the mobile version of the Vault for your iPhone/iPod was one big step, but being able to tap into it simply from Boxee is even better for many folks.
Boxee users of the app will be able to tap into the concerts, make customized playlists and listen to Vault radio. If there’s a catch, it’s that listening to music on the app is free for up to 10 hours a month, and $4 a month thereafter. Still not a bad price to pay for such a wealth of tunes, which if you’ve ever streamed some of the site’s music you know to be much better quality than whatever impression you may have of bootleg concert recordings (not that these are true bootlegs, but they certainly haven’t been released officially elsewhere).
If you’re a fan of Pandora or Rhapsody, chances are you’d dig Wolfgang’s Vault, and this is just another reason to give Boxee a try, too.
by Arlen Schweiger
http://www.electronichouse.com/article/boxee_opens_wolfgangs_vault_to_music_fans/
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DirecTV Whole-Home DVR Goes Live Nationwide
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The DVR wars have been pretty fierce lately. Comcast has been targeting AT&T, DISH has been going after DirecTV on price, and DirecTV’s ads have been taking shots at just about everyone.
As of today, DirecTV has one more feather to place in their hat with the full release of Whole Home DVR.
The Whole-Home DVR feature allows programs from an HD DVR to be streamed to other non-DVR HD Receivers throughout your home. Up to 15 TVs, including the display the HD DVR is connected to, can take place in the streaming fun.
The best part is no new hardware is required. The slightly worse news is the service will tack $3/month onto your monthly bill, but I don’t foresee any natural disasters or magnetic poles shifting over that minor fee.
Not to miss a chance to get a few jabs in, the DirecTV Whole-Home DVR site takes shots at DISH Network’s Sling-enabled DVRs and cable company DVRs’ capacity and connectivity. I just wish someone would start throwing some punches TiVo’s way. Maybe then they would bring some more appealing features to their TiVo Premiere.
Other features DirecTV makes note of include: manage your DVR playlist from any room; record two shows while watching two others; and set separate parental controls for each TV.
Check out the YouTube video below for more on Whole-Home DVR:
by Stephen Hopkins
http://www.electronichouse.com/article/directv_whole_home_dvr_goes_live_nationwide/
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