Apple TV

Time Warner Cable customers, if you’ve ever dreamed of chucking your set-top box, that vision is on track to becoming reality soon. Chief Operating Officer Robert Marcus, who will become the cable company’s chief executive next year, said at a conference Wednesday that Time Warner Cable should, within about a year, be able to let Continue Reading →

Nope, Apple didn’t show off new Apple TV hardware on Tuesday. And Apple didn’t talk about new software for its Web video box, either. But it’s still coming. People familiar with the company’s plans say that Apple TV is scheduled for an internal overhaul on Sept. 18, the same day Apple releases its iOS 7 Continue Reading →

Google’s new Chromecast HDMI stick is a lot of things: it’s a simple new way to bring internet video to your living room after the company stumbled with Google TV, it’s a new platform for content creators like Netflix, and it’s an interesting extension of Chrome as a platform beyond the browser itself. That’s a Continue Reading →

As we’ve heard for the past month, Apple and Time Warner Cable are close to inking a deal that would bring a TWC app to the Apple TV’s homescreen — for the first time bringing live TV broadcasts to the device. But some recent reports are bringing things into sharper focus, giving us some more Continue Reading →

Apple has introduced a new feature for existing Apple TV second and third generation hardware in its latest beta software for those devices, according to 9t05Mac. Specifically, the beta for Apple TV being tested by registered developers right now adds Bluetooth support to Apple’s set top streamer, making it possible to pair keyboards to the Continue Reading →

Let’s face it — TV is boring. Not the 57 Channels and Nothin’ On kind of boring, the kind of boring you experience when you’ve been using the same old technology for far too long. It’s always the same story: a flat panel on a wall or table, a viewer on a couch and a Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121123_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] We’ve officially begun the holiday season, which means food, fun and family for the next several weeks. But after the food has been eaten, the gifts have been opened and the family wants to watch a movie or show on Netflix or Hulu, how do you make Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming console has given the company a good foothold in the living room, but the company apparently isn’t content with that and wants to increase traction with a new lower-cost device, the Verge reports. According to “multiple sources,” the blog says Microsoft will offer a streamlined media device that provides access to Continue Reading →

This week finds me in Chicago visiting my family. Go Bears! I’m not a huge Bears fan, but I’m from the West Coast, where football is a religion like it is in other places in America. Plus, when in Rome… I’ve roped my family into helping with the column this week. My family is more Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121030_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] After Hurricane Sandy canceled Monday’s Android event in New York, Google took to its blog to announce its new tech. Apple’s iPad finally has a true challenger in Google’s Nexus 10, which packs a whopping 300 pixels per inch into its screen, nearly 20 percent more than Continue Reading →