Mohu makes a popular line of antennas that you can plug into a TV to pick up over-the-air broadcast television channels. But the company’s new AirWave isn’t just for TVs. It lets you stream live TV to a range of devices including smartphones, tablets, computers and media streamers from Roku, Apple, and Amazon. The AirWave […]
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Lilbits (6-30-2014): Google’s first social network is shutting down
Before there was Google+ there was Google Buzz. And before Buzz, there was Orkut — Google’s first attempt at a social networking site. Orkut never really took off in the US, but it was big in Brazil…Â So good news for Brazil: Your country is in the international spotlight thanks to the World Cup. Bad news: […]
Mohu Channels box bridges internet, over-the-air TV
Mohu has the unusual distinction of being a company that’s actually kind of well known for making TV antennas. The Mohu Leaf is one of the more popular indoor HDTV antennas, and the company also has a few other indoor and outdoor antennas to its name. But Mohu is getting ready to move beyond the […]
DM918 Android TV stick with RK3188, dual antennae
What’s better than an Android TV stick with a speedy quad-core processor and an external antenna to help offer strong WiFi performance? How about a model with two external antennae? The DM918 is a new mini-computer that you can plug into a TV to run Android apps on the big screen. It has Rockchip RK3188 ARM […]
MK812 Android mini PC features webcam, Bluetooth, external antenna
The MK812 is basically a mini-computer with a dual core processor and Android operating system. It’s about the size of a USB thumb drive, but you can plug it into a TV to run Android apps on a big screen, or basically treat your TV like a computer. We’ve seen a lot of these devices […]
Improve WiFi performance on Android mini PCs with a DIY antenna
Over the past year we’ve seen dozens of cheap Android TV sticks hit the market. These little USB flash drive-sized devices basically feature the guts of a cheap Android phone including a low-power ARM-based processor, memory, storage, and Android software. Just plug in a TV and mouse or other input device and you can run […]
SkyCross introduces WiFi/Bluetooth combo antenna for netbooks
Netbooks are small. That’s part of what makes them netbooks. But it also means that there’s not a whole heck of a lot of room inside the case for doohickeys like WiFi, Bluetooth, and 3G modules. I mean, don’t get me wrong, plenty of laptops come with all three, or at least two of the […]
Eee PC Hack: adding an external WiFi antenna connector
Want to increase the range of your netbook antenna? PaulDotCom Security has put together a guide for hacking an RP-TNC antenna connector into the side of an Eee PC 701 4G. By performing a little surgery you should be able to find an external antenna that fits your needs with a different pickup pattern or […]
Dell is finally shipping antennae to Mini 10 owners with TV tuners
Dell began offering Inspiron Mini 10 customers a chance to configure their netbooks with internal TV tuners a while back. There’s just one problem: the tuner is useless without an external TV antenna, and apparently anyone who received a netbook with TV tuner before June 24th didn’t get an antenna. According to some folks at […]