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Vudu Chromecast support 'coming soon' along with updated Android app and website

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 4 Mar 2014 12:50 am
Chromecast
Streaming control will be available for Android, iOS, Windows and Mac Although there hasn't exactly been a flood of new services supporting Chromecast after the official SDK was announced, Vudu is ready to throw its hat into the ring. Vudu, if you're not familiar, streams TV shows and videos just like its competitors such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant, and a whole grouping of others....

Spotify on mobile goes free, replaces a paywall with shuffle play

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 11 Dec 2013 2:29 pm
Spotify
Listen to artists or playlists at random for free With an update to its app, Spotify has dropped the paid subscription requirement for using its music service on mobile. Although a free component was previously available to desktop users, a subset of features is now available on mobile as well. What you'll find in the free version of Spotify is what it calls "shuffle play." That basically just...

Google Play Music for iPhone reviewed

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 18 Nov 2013 8:27 am
Google Play Music
Google's music streaming service arrives on iOS looking familiar, but missing a couple of features Google Play Music finally arrived on the iOS App Store late last week, giving iPhone owners the opportunity to access Google's library of streaming music on their devices. Over at our sister site iMore they've been putting Google Play Music for iPhone through its paces, and they've found it...

AT&T U-verse opens up over 100 live TV channels to Android users

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 21 Oct 2013 4:47 pm
AT&T U-verse TV
Just 20 channels available for streaming when outside your home network, however Building on the announcement earlier this month that it would be bringing live TV streaming to mobile devices, AT&T U-verse has just announced that Android users now have access to over 100 channels in its app. The service lets U-verse TV subscribers authenticate within its app on either a phone or tablet and...

Beats Music streaming service reportedly just months away

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 7 Oct 2013 11:55 am
Beats
U.S. launch on Android, iOS and the web 'within the next few months' It seems Beats Electronics' rumored music streaming service could become a reality sooner rather than later. Beats president and COO Luke Wood has told TheNextWeb that the Beats Music streaming service will be arriving for U.S. users "within the next few months" on the web, as well as in the form of mobile apps for Android...

Developer demos Phone-to-Chromecast video streaming

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 31 Jul 2013 6:11 am
Chromecast
Koushik Dutta shows streaming of video through the gallery app, but a public release isn't on the cards just yet ClockworkMod developer Koushik Dutta has stepped in to plug one significant feature gap in Google's Chromecast dongle. At the moment Chromecast allows content to be streamed directly through the web, or from a mirrored browser window. But there's been no easy way to view locally-...

Watch Lollapalooza 2013 as it streams live on your Chromecast

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Posted by Jerry Hildenbrand on 30 Jul 2013 5:46 pm
Lollapalooza
Experience all the sights and sounds direct from Grant Park through the magic of YouTube If you've got your hands on Google's newest gadget, the $35 Chromecast, this weekend you'll have a great way to put it to the test. Lollapalooza 2013 will begin streaming Friday, August 2 and carry through until Sunday August 4 on YouTube. Featured bands include Nine Inch Nails, Mumford and Sons,  Queens...

Verizon and NFL extend deal to offer streaming games to customers

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 4 Jun 2013 10:04 pm
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Live Sunday regional games, playoff games and Super Bowl added to the deal starting in 2014 Verizon and the NFL announced today that the companies are making a multi-year extension to their current agreement, which will continue to make Verizon the official mobile network streaming partner for NFL in the U.S. Starting this season, the NFL Mobile app from Verizon will receive a facelift, with...

iHeartRadio brings "Perfect For" and alarm clock features to Android

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 4 Apr 2013 5:35 pm
iHeartRadio
Find a radio station that's just right for the time of day or mood you're in Just a couple of months after new features of iHeartRadio were released, the Android app has been updated to integrate the new features of "Perfectly For" and alarm clock. Perfectly For is an interesting idea that aims to automatically select from a curated list of radio stations depending on the time of day or...

Deezer music app launches new beta for Android

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 4 Apr 2013 8:05 am
Deezer
New look, mini-player and predictive search added in new version of app Music subscription service Deezer has announced the launch of a new beta version of its Android app. The new Deezer beta includes a re-vamped, more modern-looking UI, and introduces predictive search capabilities to the search box. In addition, a mini player has been added, providing track controls throughout in the app....

Pandora update adds lockscreen controls and a few visual tweaks

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 1 Apr 2013 10:41 pm
Pandora Lockscreen controls
Startup times also improved, along with the requisite 'bugfixes' The latest update to Pandora brings a couple of new features that users have been wanting for some time now -- lockscreen controls and improved playback display. The former is a very simple (and standard by now) set of controls consisting of play/pause and next track buttons, along with a background of the current song's album...

TuneIn Radio adds new 'live' interface for music discovery

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 1 Apr 2013 6:44 pm
TuneIn Radio Live
"TuneIn Live", added in the latest update, aims to improve music discovery with a visually appealing interface. Popular music and radio streaming service TuneIn Radio is adding a new way to browse for interesting content via the "live" tab at the top of the interface. The so-called TuneIn Live area presents large tiles of album artwork for stations that are currently playing interesting things...

Team Coco app now supports phones, full episode streaming

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 5 Mar 2013 11:53 pm
Team Coco
The Conan O'Brien Team Coco app now supports phones as well as full episode streaming right inside the app. Previously, the app was only available for tablets, which didn't make a whole lot of sense. The new update opens things up to phones, and has a pretty solid UI to go along with it. You have access to videos, photos, articles and show schedule from a slide-in panel on the left, and a video...

eTrizzle: find movies from a variety of sources

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 3 Mar 2013 8:25 pm
eTrizzle
Unless you've used the eTrizzle service on the web before, the name won't give you any indication of what this app actually does. Confusing branding aside, the app provides a very useful service. In an age where people are looking to "cut the cord" and have multiple sources of content, it can be either confusing or time consuming to try and find where movies are available. eTrizzle hopes to...

Pocket Casts 4: more than just a fresh coat of paint

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 26 Feb 2013 7:11 pm
Pocket Casts 4
Pocket Casts has been around for some time, and is always part of the conversation when talking about podcast apps on Android. But like many other apps, it was long overdue for a redesign. This latest update, Pocket Casts version 4, has thrown the app back into the forefront of quality Android design. But the update is more than just skin deep -- underneath that design is a whole bucket of new...

Samsung details 'TV Discovery' service to be unveiled at MWC

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 20 Feb 2013 11:49 pm
Samsung
Samsung is setting up to launch a new service at MWC called "TV Discovery", which is supposed to help users find video and live TV content with their devices. Similarly to what HTC just announced with its own TV offerings on the One, Samsung will use its service to aggregate content from multiple sources to be streamed to your devices. The goal is to bring live TV, video on-demand and online...

CNN adds live streaming TV to its Android app, still requires a cable subscription

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Posted by Andrew Martonik on 20 Feb 2013 7:43 am
CNN Live TV
CNN has finally decided to add a live TV stream to its Android app, but there are still a few caveats associated with the new functionality. Alongside the normal set of clips and content available previously in its app, you can now watch a live stream of CNN or HLN directly from a menu marked as "watch live TV". The caveat, as we mentioned, is that you're still going to be required to authorize...

4oD on-demand UK TV app launches for Android

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 6 Feb 2013 7:18 am
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Long available on iOS, UK TV network Channel 4 has finally gotten around to releasing its 4oD streaming app on Android. Similar to rival offerings from the BBC and ITV, the 4oD app allows UK-based users to stream from Channel 4's back-catalog of TV content, and view shows aranged by recommendation, TV schedule or category. Like the 4oD web streaming service, you'll need to create a (free)...

Samsung reportedly planning wider device availability for Music Hub

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Posted by Richard Devine on 27 Jan 2013 4:38 pm
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Since Samsung first announced their Music Hub service, the global reach has been somewhat limited. Initially launching only in the UK, the U.S. soon followed, but one thing remained. Device exclusivity to Samsung devices, more specifically the Galaxy S3 and then the Galaxy Note 2. Now though, a new report suggests that Samsung is looking towards expanding the reach of its music service, and go...

Audiobooks.com launches new subscription plans starting at $14.95 a month

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Posted by Richard Devine on 14 Jan 2013 4:13 pm
Audiobooks.com
Audiobooks.com is today launching two new, affordable subscription plans for their customers to stream and download audiobooks from the service. The cheapest option starts at $14.95 a month, and for that you get to choose one of over 25,000 titles to listen to on your Android device as well as your computer. For $22.95 a month that gets upped to two audiobooks every month to listen to....

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