Hell has frozen over for Comcast customers: Subscribers to the company’s Xfinity cable TV service can now watch their favorite HBO shows via HBO Go on Roku streaming devices. Re/code was first… Read more »
Google has officially started to roll out guest mode for Chromecast, making it possible to connect to a nearby Chromecast without being on the same Wifi network as long as the… Read more »
I love the idea of the internet of things, I really do. But as a renter I don’t want to buy a Nest or any other device that I would need to… Read more »
In the market for a Chromecast these holidays? Google has some perks for you: Consumers who buy a new Chromecast streaming stick between December 7 and December 21 and then set… Read more »
Google’s Chromecast streaming stick comes without a remote control, opting instead to rely on a user’s mobile device to launch and control media streams. But Jeff Bower felt like something was… Read more »
When designers stray too far from a product’s original purpose, it doesn’t work. Ammunition founder Robert Brunner offered up a checklist at Gigaom Roadmap that companies should check every time they… Read more »
Connected devices are all the rage at hardware accelerators in San Francisco. HAX’s fifth batch of startups debuted a circuit printer, modern answer to a Polaroid camera and lots of robots. Read more »
Fan TV wanted to replace the cable box with its own device, but it needed the help from cable operators for that. Now it sold to Rovi, which may white-label Fan… Read more »