It's been a big year for the folks at Shazam. On top of receiving $32 million dollars during a mid-summer investment round, the mobile music lookup service just recently re-launched unlimited track-tagging for iOS users.
And it appears that the company is just getting started. Since January of this year, there has been a lot of talk about Shazam venturing into the TV business. How, might you ask? With interactive commercials of course...
iTunes customers have been able to use previously purchased tracks from their music collections to upgrade to a full album for a long time. The feature is called "Complete My Album," and has only been available for music... until now.
Hot on the heals of Apple's international iTunes Match rollout and update last week, the company has pushed out another enhancement to its media store. Users can now complete their TV show collections with a single click...
UK-based fans of the BBC can now get their fix of Dr. Who while out and about with the newly-updated BBC iPlayer app. The update adds support for the iPhone and iPod touch.
The new release offers some interesting features, including 3G streaming and live TV access to go with the expected on-demand video streaming.
Earlier this year, Apple seeded iOS 4.3 for Apple TV owners. Among the update's new features was the ability to stream previously-purchased TV shows from iTunes to the living room via Apple's new iCloud service.
For some reason though the feature has been limited to folks inside the US... until now. Reports are coming in that Apple has finally opened up pre-purchased TV show streaming to Apple TV owners in other countries...
We've covered many examples of the SiriProxy in action. We even interviewed the man behind the networking hackery that has allowed people to use Siri to unlock their cars, control their rooms, and talk to their Macs.
There's been a video example of Siri controlling a TV, but we've stumbled across a better video that integrates the TV experience with Siri in a more native way. With rumors circulating that Apple is looking to release a Siri-controlled TV set, we have a hard time figuring out how it could get much better than this setup by Todd Treece...
Analysts, investors, and tech pundits have been predicting an Apple-flavored TV set for quite some time now. It seems like everyone wants to see the company do for televisions, what it has for smartphones and tablets.
We've heard all kinds of gossip regarding the rumored television set — everything from integrated Siri voice control to built-in iCloud and App Store support. But this is the first time we've heard specific details on the hardware...
Ever since Pete Lamonica, a.k.a plamoni, unveiled his Siri proxy project last week, we've been excited to see what developers would come up with. The project allows knowledgable programmers to "teach" Siri new commands using a public proxy server.
We've seen Siri control a Wi-Fi thermostat, and we've even seen her start a car, but all of that is child's play compared to what this user taught the digital assistant to do. Using the proxyand a Plex command line interface, he uses Siri to control his TV...
It’s that time of the week! We frequently comb the far reaches of the App Store to bring you awesome apps for your downloading pleasure.
This week, we’ve got a super fun game for the iPhone and iPad, an app for rating things you like best, and a movie/TV discovery tool with a unique twist. We hope you enjoy this week’s picks!
Apple and Samsung have been involved in quite the court battle over the last 6 months. Apple accused Samsung of copying the trademarked design of its products, and since then, the two companies have been in and out of court.
Now it looks like the war is about to spill out into the advertising arena. Although companies have taken shots at Apple's popular smartphone in commercials before, none of them compare to the Korean manufacturer's latest TV spot...
Over the last few years there has been ongoing speculation that Apple was looking to start a TV subscription service. The content would be available on Apple's wide range of devices, and would rival that of Netflix and similar services.
Despite the rumors, we've never actually seen anything materialize. But CBS CEO Les Moonves rekindled the gossip yesterday afternoon with some comments he made on the company's quarterly earnings call regarding the Apple TV...
In case you didn't know, satellite provider DirecTV recently updated its iPad app with the ability to stream live TV. Customers can stream a selection of channels on the iPad when connected to the same home network as the DirecTV HD DVR.
Like Time Warner, DirecTV has blocked streaming access to users on jailbroken iDevices. A jailbreak patch has been released to fix the block...
Apple has launched a dedicated App Store page for "TV Time" apps for the iPhone and iPad. The listed apps let you watch, share, and do a host of other TV-related things on your iDevice.
Some of the App Store's greatest classics are listed in this new Spotlight page, and there are definitely plenty of apps there to help you take advantage of this Fall's TV season...