Assorted Tech News For The Weekend Before Christmas

Hi everyone, I’m running out of Friday! And since I am not working at the library this weekend (although we are open our regular hours on both Saturday and Sunday!) and the library is closed on Monday and Tuesday in observance of Christmas Eve & Christmas Day…I thought I should at least alert library tech fans to a few interesting tech news articles.

This first article is titled Streaming Forward: Where Streaming Content Industry is Headed in 2013 and Beyond and discusses how the streaming of TV shows and movies over the Internet to a variety of portable devices and also to large screen HDTVs – is increasing – which is cool! Here is the link:

http://allthingsd.com/20121221/streaming-forward-where-streaming-content-industry-is-headed-in-2013-and-beyond/

The second article is another streaming related article. This one, titled TV Everywhere, for Real, for Now: Nimble TV Start a New York Trial Run, discusses the new Nimble TV service. This new streaming video service will, theoretically, allow people to stream video content to all their streaming devices. And I say “theoretically” because this emerging way of accessing video, via the internet and on demand as compared to via cable companies, because more popular…Well…it rather upsets the status quo for cable TV companies so I wouldn’t be surprised to see a law suit launched against Nimble TV by one of the big cable or media companies. Here’s a link to an All Things D article on the subject:

http://allthingsd.com/20121221/tv-everywhere-for-real-for-now-nimbletv-starts-a-new-york-trial-run/

The third article, from 9To5Mac, is titled Redbox Instant by Verizon iOS app live on App Store as $8/month streaming service launches and it is about – just that! The new Redbox service which might just give Netflix and Amazon a run for the streaming video money! Here’s the link:

http://9to5mac.com/2012/12/19/redbox-instant-by-verizon-ios-app-live-on-app-store-as-8month-streaming-service-launches-in-private-beta/

And the fourth article is surprise! Yet again about streaming video! This time it is about the Hisense Pulse media streaming player with Google TV – and finally we are seeing some Google TV devices that are under $100. And even though the artilce states that the Hisense Pulse Google TV box is priced at $100 – as of right now (6:15 PM EST on Friday, December 21, 2012) the price on Amazon has gone down to $94.99. The artilce is from the Endgadget site and is called  Hisense Pulse With Google TV Priced At $100. Now Available From Amazon – here’s the link:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/20/hisense-pulse-google-tv-available-amazon/

Have a great holiday everyone!

And remember although the library is closed on 12/24, 12/25 and 1/1 – we are open our regular hours the rest of the time so if you’re in the mood to read some new books or watch some new DVDs this weekend or next stop on in! Linda R.

P.S. I found a review of the Hisense Pulse with Google TV on the Digital Trends site (they like it!)– here’s the link:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/with-the-hisense-pulse-set-top-box-an-ultra-affordable-price-point-belies-a/

References

Kafka, Peter. (2012, December 21). TV Everywhere, For Real, for Now: Nimble TV Starts a New York Trail Run. Wall Street Journal: All Things D. Online.

Kahn, Jordan. (2012, December 19). Redbox Instant by Verizon iOS app live on App Store as $8/month streaming service launches in private beta. 9To5Mac. Online.

Lee, Nicole. (2012, December 20). Hisense Pulse with Google TV priced at $100, now available from Amazon. Endgadget. Online.

McCollum, Brady. (2012, December 21.) Streaming Forward: Where the Streaming Content Industry Is Headed in 2013 and Beyond. Wall Street Journal: All Things D. Online.

Poltrack, Adam. (2102, October 18). Hands on with the Hisense Pulse, the most affordable Google TV box yet. Online.