Amazon is bringing new features to its smart TV box. You can now use an Amazon Fire TV to stream music to your TV. The feature will let you access any MP3 songs or albums you’ve purchased from Amazon as well as Amazon AutoRip content (which provides you with an MP3 version of physical albums […]
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Fedora Linux running on the Amazon Fire TV (video)
Now that it’s possible to root the Amazon Fire TV, it’s possible to do some pretty funky things with Amazon’s $99 TV box… like replace the operating system with Fedora 20 Linux. That’s what developer Rob Clark figured out how to do shortly after the Fire TV launched… but up until recently it would have […]
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Now you can root the Amazon Fire TV
The Amazon Fire TV is a $99 media streaming box that lets you watch content from Netflix, Amazon Instant Video and many other sources… and it can also let you play games, surf the web, and do much more. But if all that’s still not enough for you… now you can root the Fire TV […]
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Deals of the Day (6-05-2014)
Father’s Day is on the way, and Amazon and B&N figure odds are that your dad likes to read and/or watch videos… so both retailers are running Father’s Day promotions. Amazon is also giving just about anyone who wants it $5 off their next purchase of $25 or more if you just install a Chrome […]
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Lilbits (5-29-2014): Say hello to the LG G Watch (video)
LG’s G Watch will be one of the first smartwatches to ship with Google’s Android Wear software. While Google has given us a pretty good idea of how the software will work with your phone to display notifications on your wrist, up until now we’ve only had glimpses of Android Wear in action on a […]
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LG Connect SDK lets devs stream to Chromecast, Roku, Apple TV (and LG Smart TVs)
There are a number of ways to stream photos, video, or music to your television. You can use a Roku, a Chromecast, an Amazon Fire TV, or television with built-in smart TV capabilities. Typically app developers that want to let you stream content from your phone or tablet to a TV have to use separate […]
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Lilbits (4-11-2014): Amazon Fire TV sales are on fire… maybe
Amazon launched the Fire TV about a week ago, and already it looks like the company’s having a hard time keeping its TV box in stock. As of April 11th, the Fire TV page on Amazon says the online video streaming, game playing device will be “in stock on April 18th.” Amazon says it’s building […]
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Koush shows phone to Amazon Fire TV screen mirroring
Android app developer (and member of the Cyanogen team) Koushik Dutta offers a series of apps designed to let you stream content from an Android phone or tablet to a TV using an Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku, or other device. Not only can you stream photos, videos, or music from your phone with his […]
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Lilbits (4-04-2014): Inside the Fire TV, Cyanogen’s new image
Amazon already told us that it’s new TV box has a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and 8GB of storage along with the ability to stream music and videos, play games, and run other apps. But that’s not good enough for the folks at repair shop iFixit — they want to see all those […]
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Amazon Fire TV is like a $99 Kindle for your TV
Amazon’s new box designed to bring the internet to your TV is called the Amazon Fire TV. It’s designed to compete with the Apple TV, Google Chromecast, and Roku, among other things, and Amazon thinks it has a solution that offers better performance, a better ecosystem, and easier navigation. The Fire TV also offers more […]