HBO has updated its streaming-video application to support a wide range of Android-based tablets. The update, which landed in the Google Play marketplace yesterday, now allows HBO customers to stream the company’s programming on tablets running Android versions up to 4.04 (Ice Cream Sandwich). In addition, HBO Go’s latest version includes some new performance enhancements and bug fixes. A report cropped up in May that HBO would update its streaming application to work with tablets. At that time, the company allowed Android-based smartphone users to access the program, but tablet owners were out of luck. Read the full story at CNET.
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Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.