Netflix, the massive US-based media-streaming service, has said that the PlayStation 3 is the number one platform for anyone watching Netflix in the lounge room. (Credit: CNET) In Australia, gaming consoles are adding catch-up TV and video-on-demand services like they’re going out of style, but in the US it’s all been established for a little …
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December, 2012
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4 December
BBC reveals online red button for Virgin Media, but not Sky
Press red to get connected: the BBC has reinvented the red button, unveiling the new connected red button for smart TVs. Developed with Virgin Media, the new Web-powered red button will add extras to Internet-connected TVs — unless you’re a Sky viewer, that is. The new red button launches today on Virgin Media TiVo, and shows up on other Web-connected …
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3 December
Tim Cook TV interview airs same day as Samsung ban decision
How’s this for timing: Apple CEO Tim Cook’s first TV interview will air on the same day as he finds out if a host of Samsung devices have been banned because of his company’s court case, CNET reports. Sadly, we won’t get any reaction shots to the news, as it’s pre-recorded. Don’t expect to see Cook punching the air or …
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3 December
Become a ghost hunter with your iPhone
(Credit: Aaron Rasmussen) Meet Mr Ghost, the antenna that turns your iDevice into a tool for exploring the supernatural. There are more things in heaven and earth than we can perceive with our senses; this much we do know. Are any of those things supernatural? Well, ghosts have never been scientifically proven, but here at CNET Australia, we’re deeply fascinated …
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3 December
Nokia not planning Android switch despite Android dev job ad
Nokia’s planning an Android phone? “Oh no it isn’t!” says a Nokia boss, in true panto-season style. A Nokia job posting calling for Android expertise has set the rumour mill twirling faster than a fairy godmother’s wand. But Doug Dawson, Nokia’s boss of talking to the press, has squashed claims the Finnish phone-flingers are planning to switch from Window Phone …
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3 December
Audiobooks HQ for iOS: 5,000+ audiobooks for under $2
I love audiobooks. Nothing makes a car ride faster or more pleasant than a good spoken-word book piping through the speakers. That’s why I’ve routinely championed smartphone-powered services like Audible, Audiobooks.com, Simply Audiobooks, and Tales2Go. Now there’s another app worth adding to your audiobook arsenal: Audiobooks HQ, which gives you access to more than 5,000 public-domain titles — all for …
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3 December
iPhone 5 sales even better than earlier thought, Canaccord says
The iPhone 5 is selling at a brisk pace, analysts at investment bank Canaccord Genuity say, and supply for Apple’s newest smartphone has “dramatically improved.” Based on channel checks in November, the company has found “very strong sales” of the iPhone 5 at AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint, as well as in international markets. Given the checks, as well as Apple’s …
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3 December
Asus ME172V budget 7
Could an even cheaper Nexus 7 be in the works? A device known as the Asus ME172V has shown up over at GLBenchmark, and it seems to back up previous rumours we’ve heard about a £62 ($99) 7-inch Android tablet. That particular rumour gave the product name as the Asus ME-172V, so we could very well be looking at the …
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3 December
iOS, Android, and Web traffic: Same old, same old
Apple and Google are very nearly in the same spot as they were six months ago when it comes to Web traffic, a new study says. Advertising and analytics company Chitika today put out new numbers from a six-month study of U.S. and Canadian Web traffic collected from ad impressions by iOS and Android devices. The main finding is that …
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3 December
iPhone saves your Virgin Atlantic boarding pass in Passbook
Let’s fly, let’s fly away… and without having to print anything first. Virgin Atlantic is the first UK airline to be added to Apple’s Passbook app, which stores tickets, vouchers and other bumf on your iPhone or iPod touch. Virgin Atlantic offers a booking service and the option to save your boarding card on your Apple device. By checking in online and …
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