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Will Apple Launch iOS TV?
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 27, 2011  | 
When Apple extended iOS from the iPhone and iPod touch to the iPad, skeptics scoffed at the idea of porting the operating system for handheld devices to a tablet computer. Now Apple practically owns the tablet market. Rumor has it that the next step will be an iOS-powered TV.

Granted, this is only the latest prediction among many that Apple would move into the TV set market.

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AppRadio: Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the touchscreen
Michael Berk  |  Jun 23, 2011  | 

Pioneer launched its AppRadio yesterday at the CE Week, with the long-awaited iOS-integrated device coming in at an intriguingly low price of $399.99.

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Best Buy Offers Music Cloud
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 23, 2011  | 
Cloud-based storage is clearly the trend of the year. Best Buy is the latest company to offer a cloud music player, joining Amazon, Apple, and Google.

The Best Buy Music Cloud uses a PC or Mac application which scans your iTunes library (though this is not specifically an Apple-related service). Then it accepts music uploads and streams them to computers or mobile devices, the latter including iOS, Android, or BlackBerry. You can upload playlists as well as music files.

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Near Field Communication: payment- and party-enabling
Michael Berk  |  Jun 22, 2011  | 

While we have yet to see an explosion of NFC-enabled products, Nokia's brought the near-field communications protocol to a new range of home entertaiment products launching along with its much-lauded new

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Forecast continues to be Cloudy
SV Staff  |  Jun 22, 2011  | 
Everybody's heading to the cloud these days, of course (even Best Buy is launching a service), but various little glitches along the way have made some of us reconsider trusting our data to somebody else's distributed network. We told you a few...
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ReplayTV EPG to Cease
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 22, 2011  | 
The ReplayTV DVR platform is about to lose its electronic program guide updates. It's another nail in the coffin for what was once TiVo's major rival.

The ReplayTV website reports that the EPG will be "permanently discontinued" on July 31, 2011. Users will still be able to program their units or software manually, but will no longer be able to use the EPG to record.

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The Big Man Joins the Band in the Sky
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 21, 2011  | 

The Big Man has left the building.

Clarence Clemons, the powerful tenor saxophonist of the E Street Band and onstage foil for Bruce Springsteen for 40 years, died Saturday at age 69 due to complications from a recent stroke.

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Facebook May Stream Music
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 21, 2011  | 
Facebook has nearly 700 million users. Think about that. It's close to a hundred New York Cities. So it's big news that the social networking site may be about to launch music streaming.

Rumor has it that Facebook users will soon have access to a Music Dashboard page. In addition to telling you what your friends are listening to, it may also allow streaming.

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Decide aims to eliminate buyer's remorse
Michael Berk  |  Jun 20, 2011  | 

The mysterious Decide launches today. The service, founded by MetaCrawler and Farecast vet Oren Etzioni, aims (like Farecast) to use historical pricing and product release schedule data, rumours, and predictive algorithms to take the sting out of shopping.

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Meet Sony's PlayStation TV
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 20, 2011  | 
Sony makes TVs. Sony makes PlayStations. So why shouldn't Sony make a PlayStation TV?

Announced at the recent E3 gaming show, the 24-inch 1080p set will be 3D capable and packaged with 3D glasses, HDMI cable, and a Blu-ray copy of the game Resistance 3.

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Cutting (most of) the cords
Michael Berk  |  Jun 17, 2011  | 

Seems like everybody's trying to cut down on your desktop clutter these days, paring down the collection of cables it takes to run all of your gear - and introducing new standards in the process.

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Comedian to Do Streaming-Only Show
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 17, 2011  | 
Dave Chappelle intends to launch a new comedy show that won't appear on broadcast, cable, or satellite TV. If you want to see it, you'll have to stream it. The show would mark Chappelle's return to TV after his highly rated Comedy Central show crashed and burned.

From whom you'd be streaming was still up for grabs at presstime. Some observers said Netflix would be the obvious choice. But Hulu or some other streaming service could turn out to be the lucky winner.

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Happy Bloomsday, rock and rollers
Michael Berk  |  Jun 16, 2011  | 

It's Bloomsday today, everyone, and time to celebrate the life and works of James Joyce (June 16th is the day on which Leopold Bloom's wanderings through Dublin are described in obsessive detail by Joyce in his Ulysses).

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Free Audiobook: "Go the F--- to Sleep"
Ken Richardson  |  Jun 15, 2011  | 

 

"A children's book for grown-ups! I really did laugh out loud. Hilarious!"

That's none other than David Byrne singing the praises of Go the F--- to Sleep, which was published yesterday by Akashic Books.

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TiVo Aims at Cable Ops
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 15, 2011  | 
TiVo aims to capture the attention of the cable TV industry with two new cable compatible products as well as an update of its iPad app.

The TiVo Premiere Q boasts four tuners for recording and viewing multiple streams, while the TiVo Preview is the first TiVo HD product not to have a DVR.

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