Apple is slashing $30 from the price of its internet TV box. The price of an Apple TV is now $69. Apple TV devices let you stream videos from iTunes, Netflix, Hulu Plus. ESPN, and other service as well as music, radio, and photos. Today Apple and HBO also announced that the new HBO NOW […]
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HBO NOW coming in April for $14.99 per month (exclusively on Apple at launch)
HBO is launching a new subscription-based service that lets you stream movies, TV shows, and other content over the internet without a cable or satellite subscription. HBO NOW launches in April and a subscription will cost $14.99 per month. There’s just one catch: at launch HBO Now will only be available for Apple devices. Customers […]
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CyanogenMod to let you mirror your phone on a TV with Apple TV AirPlay support
Google may have thwarted CyanogenMod developer Koushik Dutta’s efforts to make the Chromecast more useful by letting you stream all sorts of content from your phone to a Chromecast. But he’s shifted his efforts to the Apple TV. Koush is showing off an upcoming CyanogenMod feature that lets you mirror your phone’s display on a […]
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Lilbits (9-20-2013): A little taste of KitKat (or Key Lime Pie)
Someone at Google uploaded a few new screenshots of the Korean IME keyboard input app to the Google Play Store… and accidentally gave us a first look at Android 4.4. The images have since been removed, but in the left corner where you’d normally find a Jelly Bean debug icon when running Android 4.1 or […]
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Lilbits (5-29-2013): The Windows Start Button returns (probably)
One of the more controversial moves Microsoft made with the launch of Windows 8 was the removal of a dedicated Start Button. It’s still sort of there… but it only pops up when you hover your mouse over the lower left edge of the screen in desktop mode. Some folks have been unhappy about that […]
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Now you can jailbreak an Apple TV running software version 5.2
Jailbreaking: It’s not just for the latest iPhone, iPod touch and iPad models anymore. A little over a week after the first untethered jailbreadk for iOS 6.1 hit the streets, there’s now a way to jailbreak Apple TV 5.2. The Apple TV is a small box that lets you access internet audio and video channels […]
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Next-gen Apple TV gets a minor spec bump
Apple appears to be prepping a next-generation Apple TV box. This week the company pushed a software update for existing Apple TV set-top-boxes which includes support for new hardware. And a new Apple TV showed up at the FCC website this week as well, showing a device that’s a tiny bit smaller than the third-generation […]
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Apple unveils new Apple TV with 1080p HD video support
Apple has unveiled a new version of the Apple TV set-top-box. The key new feature is support for 1080p HD video, and Apple is announcing that 1080p TV shows and movies will now be available for purchase from the iTunes Store. The new Apple TV will be available next week for $99. Apple says TV […]
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Apple introduces the new Apple TV
Apple has introduced a new version of the Apple TV. CEO Steve Jobs admits that the first generation never really took off, but after talking to some of happy customers who did pick up Apple TV units, the company thinks it’s come up with a better product in its second generation Apple TV. The new […]
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Next-gen Apple TV still won’t do 1080p video, but it runs apps
The Apple TV is a set top box designed to let you play iTunes music, movies, and other content on a television without running cables from a full-blown computer to your TV. The original Apple TV hit the streets in early 2007, and at the time people were already knocking it for only supporting video […]