Media & Entertainment

Last week, when I wrote How to decide: should you buy a big Kindle Fire HD or an iPad?, I mentioned that I wasn’t sure what happens to the price of 4G after the end of the first year of the $49 4G deal that Amazon is offering. Well, it turns that out reader Bruce Continue Reading →

YouTube videos may soon be getting a little more interactive. There’s now a page on the YouTube website describing a feature called “Video Questions Editor Beta,” which was spotted by the Dutch tech site WebSonic.nl. The page itself is pretty bare-bones, but it describes the feature as a way for “multiple questions to be displayed Continue Reading →

Since its announcement, journalists and the public alike have been trying to wrap their heads around the Wii U controller. It’s a touch-screen tablet, plus it’s a gamepad that’s fitted with sticks, buttons, and triggers. It’s also a perfectly adept motion controller, like the Wiimote, that can either be aimed at the television a la Continue Reading →

In a new twist over the controversy surrounding an anti-Islam movie trailer on YouTube, an actress shown in the trailer has filed a lawsuit demanding that YouTube and its owner Google take down the video. Google has maintained so far that the video, which sparked off protests in many countries, is clearly within its guidelines Continue Reading →

Enormous retail chain Walmart will cease selling all Amazon Kindle products, reports Reuters. The initial report is a brief that is based on an internal company memo. Reuters on the memo: “We have recently made the business decision to not carry Amazon tablets and eReaders beyond our existing inventory and purchase commitments,” Wal-Mart said in Continue Reading →

App discoverability is a constant thorn in the side of developers. It’s also an obvious annoyance for consumers who have to spent time sifting through app store chaff to find the bits of software really worth downloading. Amazon looks to be considering both sides of this problem with a new feature — called Billboards — Continue Reading →

Now that iOS 6 has officially landed, Apple has pulled back the veil revealing the first wave of apps to support its new Passbook feature. The initial group of companies to jump on the bandwagon include: Ticketmaster, Live Nation, Lufthansa, MLB.com At Bat, Sephora to Go, Walgreens and Fandango Movies. While this list is a Continue Reading →

Fans of Roku’s streaming hardware will have another device to choose from soon, as it has set a price and shipping date for its new USB-shaped Streaming Stick. It’s also garnered some more content for its streaming devices, with the addition of a new Vudu app for purchasing and renting Hollywood movies. And it’s launching Continue Reading →

Apple’s iOS 6 literally just dropped, but ticketing purveyors including Major League Baseball are already taking advantage of Passbook, the operating system’s digital ticket storing system. MLB Advanced Media on Wednesday announced that Passbook is immediately available for the remainder of the 2012 season for the remaining regular season home games of four pro ball Continue Reading →

ESPN debuted a web app called the SportsCenter Feed on Wednesday, and the tool bears a striking resemblance to the service where many sports fans consume news and information these days: Twitter. Instead of presenting ESPN.com visitors with the traditional format of splashy images and a small handful of clickable headlines, the SportsCenter Feed offers Continue Reading →