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Spotify Preps For US Launch, US-based Users Can Now “Sign Up For An Invite” [Spotify Looks To Be Prepping For Arrival In The US, Launches Sign-Up Page Offering Invitations]

By on Wednesday, 6. July 2011

Spotify seems to be taking some of our attention recently, we saw the news of the deal with Universal Music as well as the partnership with Virgin Media over in the UK. And coming more for those in the US, it looks like a launch of the service may be [...]

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Oxford Researchers Develop Glasses With Cameras To Augment Poor Eyesight [Oxford-Developed Glasses Use Cameras To Capture Far Away Images, Display Them On Glasses As Near]

By on Wednesday, 6. July 2011

Speaking here as someone who is incredibly nearsighted (seriously, get me without my glasses and the world from about three feet out turns into a series of ill-defined pastel smears), reading something like this is downright heartwarming. We’ve heard about bionic eyes before, but now we’ve got a step up [...]

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Archos Rolls-Out Software Update For Gen8 Android Internet Tablets [Archos Releases Software Version 2.3.81 For The Gen8 Internet Tablet Device Lineup]

By on Wednesday, 6. July 2011

Archos may have recently announced their Generation 9 devices, but thankfully for those still sporting a Generation 8 device — they have not stopped offering support. Of course, with the Generation 9 devices not even available at the moment we are not all that surprised.

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Virgin Media Partners With Spotify, Means Discounted Music Streaming For Its Users [Spotify & Virgin Media Announce Partnership, Will Bring Streaming To The Home Television]

By on Wednesday, 6. July 2011

Spotify may have recently announced their partnership with Universal Music, but that does not change the fact that the service is not currently available in the US. That said, those in the UK do have the privilege of signing up for Spotify and thanks to a recently announced partnership with [...]

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Samsung Stage Competition Brings Prizes For YouTube Videos [Samsung's Samsung Stage Talent Show Lets The Creatives Out There Film Themselves Doing Something For A Shot At Big Prizes]

By on Tuesday, 5. July 2011

So while we were off enjoying the grand Fourth of July festivities (whether or not we actually celebrated the Fourth of July as anything other than “the day immediately following the Third of July but directly preceding the Fifth of July”), the folks out at Samsung got us word about [...]

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Netflix Details Latin America & Caribbean Roll-Out Plans [Netflix Announces Upcoming 43 Country Roll-Out Plan For "Later This Year"]

By on Tuesday, 5. July 2011

Netflix has been available for those in the US for some time now, and began offering streaming movies way back in 2007. Then, much more recently the Netflix streaming service landed in Canada. And while we have heard some chatter in terms of Netflix coming available in additional areas, it [...]

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Edge HD2 Mini Media PC Gives You Full Home Theater Function In A Tiny Package [Home Theater Gets An Extra Punch Thanks To The Ultra Small Edge HD2]

By on Friday, 1. July 2011

The home theater PC is a concept that doesn’t get a whole lot of air play these days. And on the surface, it should be a no-brainer: a device that was made for streaming that can also handle net surfing, games, video chat, and even more besides? Who wouldn’t want [...]

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Seamless For The Mac & iPhone Allows You To Take Your Audio With You [Seamless App Allows You To "Seamlessly" Transition The Audio From Your Mac To Your iPhone & Take It On The Go]

By on Friday, 1. July 2011

Sometimes the perfect app is not the one that is a new release. Sometimes the interesting one is the one that you just recently discovered. And while I have yet to use this app long enough to say its the perfect app, I will say that it has some potential [...]

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Samsung & Korea’s LG Telecom Introduce SIP & Wireless Phone via Galaxy Player [LG U+ Wireless "Phone" Works Anywhere With Wi-Fi Connectivity]

By on Thursday, 30. June 2011

Android devices are invading the home, and while they’re at it, why not have a wireless phone that runs Android? LG U+’s offering is a SIP-based VoIP phone that runs on a Samsung Galaxy Player.

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Xtreamer Prodigy Offers A Surprising New Update [Xtreamer Prodigy Gets A New Update That Offers A Surprising New Feature, Especially If You've Got A Higher-End Television]

By on Wednesday, 29. June 2011

It’s been a while since we heard anything out of Xtreamer; about the last thing we did hear was about the Xtreamer Prodigy, a nice little streaming box for your various media. But the Prodigy has taken on a bit of an upgrade in recent days, and if you’ve got [...]

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