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When I was as SXSW, I was excited to find that Roku was changing the interface to a Grid view. In interviewing Roku, I was told the interface would be rolled out to older players but had to wait. Well now the wait is over. Roku rolled out their new interface to certain older Roku boxes. If you own a
For some time now I’ve been using an iOS/Android app called “Heytell” to communicate with a number of friends and relatives. Heytell’s appeal is that it offers reliable asynchronous voice messages that are quick and easy to send to people when you don’t want to invest the time in a phone conversation. Heytell’s success as an app is that it
Roku is planning an early 2012 of their popular set top box to the UK and Canada.
Earlier in the week, Microsoft gave the Xbox a big push in the race for HDMI 1 with Steve Ballmer announcing Xbox TV and partnerships with over 40 content providers. Jeffrey Powers has already covered the main announcement on GNC but I wanted to add a little bit of UK spin. In the UK, additional programming boxes such as the
It’s been a while since dumping my $100-dollar-per-month Dish Network habit. Ominously for the existing broadcast/cable/satellite structure, I haven’t missed it – not even one little bit. Sorry guys, that money now goes for other discretionary things. Save Our Buggy Whips! I saw an article about the traditional broadcasters in Canada saying they needed to somehow “get ahead” of the
Ah, my once-beloved Dish Network account – the thing I once thought I could never do without; the budget monster that consumed $100 per month, month after month, year after year. I agonized for months over the idea of simply killing it before finally pulling the plug. It’s been the better part of a year since I put the budget-busting
Tom interviews Canadian firm, Sensio on their development of stereoscopic cinematic technologies - that's 3D to you and me - and the launch of three new products. The Sensio Hi-Fi 3D Codec for superior quality 3D video, which is being adopted by several content providers. The Sensio Autodetect, which analyses video and determines the 2D or 3D format (side-by-side or