The Amazon Kindle Fire is the first Android tablet to support Amazon’s Instant Video streaming service. Users can purchase or rent TV shows or movies from Amazon and stream them over the internet or download them to the tablet for offline viewing. But the service only works in the US and only on tablets that haven’t been rooted. Folks that…

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Amazon’s Instant Video service offers more than 100,000 movies and TV shows for purchase or rental. Amazon Prime subscribers can also stream a few thousand of those episodes over the internet as part of their $79 per year membership. Up until recently the Instant Video service was only available on a PC or a set-top-box such as a TiVo, Roku,…

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The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet doesn’t officially go on sale until tomorrow, but customers that pre-ordered the tablet for in-store pickup are already able to get them at B&N locations around the US today. In fact, some people got theirs last night. Home delivery should also start today. If you’re lucky, your local store may also have a few…

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Netflix has been offering a mobile app for Android phones and tablets for a while, but up until today Netflix looked exactly the same on a 10 inch tablet as it did on a 4 inch smartphone — just bigger. Today Netflix is introducing a revamped Android app with a new tablet-friendly user interface. The home screen now features several…

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Skype has pushed out a new version of its voice, video, and text chat app for iOS. Now anyone with a supported iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad can use a Bluetooth headset to make calls from the Skype app — but the most impressive new feature is image stabilization. Now when you’re shooting video through the rear-facing camera on an…

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Thanks to the ridiculous price drop on the HP TouchPad, it’s quickly become the most sought-after tablet around — and the hardest to find. As new owners settle in to see what their $99 purchase can do, there’s a good chance that they’re firing up the web browser and checking to see if their favorite streaming video services work on…

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Internet video provider Netflix (remember when they were best-described as a mail-order DVD rental service?) allows paying subscribers to stream thousands of TV shows and movies to a computer or mobile device. But there are a few catches: If you’re using a computer it needs to be a Mac or PC, and you need to be in the US or…

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Confusingly, when Google builds a new product the company doesn’t always make sure it plays nicely with the company’s existing (and often extremely popular) offerings. Take Google Chrome, for example. When the web browser was launched (and even to this day), frustrated users still want to know why they can’t access their Google Bookmarks out-of-the-box or install the Google Toolbar….

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It figures. Yesterday I boxed up my Samsung Series 5 Chromebook review unit and shipped it back. Today I discover that there’s a new plugin that adds support for Netflix Watch Instantly movies and TV shows. That means I can’t test the plugin at the moment, but users are reporting that the plugin is available on the development channel for…

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There’s a rumor floating around that Amazon could be preparing a line of Android powered tablets. The move would make a lot of sense for the company. Currently Amazon’s only consumer electronics offering is the Kindle, which allows customers to purchase and read Kindle eBooks. General purpose Android tablets would help the retailer push the Amazon Appstore as well as…

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The Participatory Culture Foundation has released Miro 4.0. While earlier versions of this open source media player were aimed at making it easier to find and download videos and watch internet video streams, Miro 4.0 aims to be a complete replacements for iTunes or Windows Media Player. It can handle audio and video podcasts, includes the ability to purchase media…

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You know how we reported last week that it looked like Google was testing a Netflix plugin for Chrome OS? Yep, it looks like that’s happening. Google has announced that the Acer and Samsung Chromebooks will both be able to stream video from Netflix and Hulu when they launch on June 15th. It’s still not clear how the Netflix plugin…

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