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Lollapalooza comes to YouTube live this weekend

The Lollapalooza music festival has been around for quite some time, originating with Perry Ferrell and Jane's Addiction. The concert series persists, and will take place this weekend in Chicago -- in fact, starting today at 2:30pm CST, taking place from Grant Park and featuring more than 20 artists. The entire festival will be broadcast live on YouTube. The Google-owned

Hulu Plus doubles subscriptions

Hulu continues to surprise me -- the service never seems quite mainstream, but continues to thrive. This time the TV service is announcing record gains in subscriptions to its Plus service, the paid subscription plan that it introduced back in 2010. "Overall, Hulu continues to grow very quickly. In Q1 of this year, we set new records for revenue, and

Xbox gets new entertainment options

Microsoft may be planning to unveil its next Xbox console in the near future, but that has not stopped the company from continuing to update its current 360 version of the device. The Xbox 360 may sometimes be thought of as a gaming box, but it has long since exited that pigeon hole. Microsoft wants to use the console to

Roku unveils new box and interface

This morning Roku unveiled its brand new Roku 3 box. This is the first update to the Roku lineup in some time and there are quite a few changes with the Roku 3. The announcement calls it the "fastest, most powerful streaming player to-date". The new box, according to Roku's Jim Funk, is five times faster than previous versions. The

Skifta talks whole-home audio

Qualcomm's Skifta rep stopped by TPN  during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to talk a bit about its whole-home audio systems and its iOS launch. The new iOS app allows users to stream media to AirPlay devices. This includes images, music and video regardless of where it is stored -- phone, tablet, computer or NAS drive. You can

Vivitek front projectors for your home theater

Vivitek is likely a tech name you are familiar with. James Hsu stopped by the TPN table to show off some of the company's latest technology to Todd and Don. If you are thinking of upgrading your home theater to a front projector setup then this is something you will want to pay close attention to. Of course, these will

Active Video for Cloud TV

Active Video is a company that has become involved with cloud TV, an up-and-coming platform that aims to change how many of us consume content today. Doug Casselini stopped by to visit TPN and talk a bit about his company and what it can do and what it plans to pursue. Video is rendered in the cloud and then delivered to