Amazon Fire TV detailed: set-top box of simplicity
Today Amazon’s Peter Limp stood on stage to speak about why Amazon’s services need revamping on the variety of streaming devices they’re already pushed to today. Instead of focusing on Amazon’s...
View ArticleAmazon Fire TV apps include Netflix, Hulu, ESPN
In Amazon Fire TV is the company’s first look at a real dedicated piece of hardware for the living room. Using a quad-core processor with "dedicated GPU", this device is said by Amazon to be "3x as...
View ArticleAmazon shows gaming prowess with Fire TV
In rolling out their Fire TV today, Amazon had an opportunity to take on some incumbent devices. Whether you think their media offerings are adequate or not, one thing is certain: they want to make a...
View ArticleFrequency brings social-curated video to Amazon Fire TV
Frequency has announced support for the Fire TV, Amazon's new streaming dongle, bringing socially-curated movies and TV to the set-top box. Already supported on iPhone and iPad, as well as certain...
View ArticleAmazon Fire TV: everything you need to know
The living room market has earned itself another contender this April with Amazon Fire TV. This device is a 4.5" x 4.5" x 0.7" (115 mm x 115 mm x 17.5 mm) box with several outputs on its back and its...
View ArticleAmazon hires Portal, Far Cry 2 game designers
Hinting to deeper forays into the gaming scene, Amazon has quietly added two high-profile game designers to its employee roster. Kim Swift of Portal fame and Far Cry 2's Clint Hocking was reported to...
View ArticleFire TV teardown reveals potent guts and secret RFID
Amazon's Fire TV surprised some with quite how much power the retailer had packed inside its set-top streamer, but it turns out a quadcore processor isn't the only unusual component inside. A swift...
View ArticleAmazon Fire TV Review
Does the world need another streaming box? Amazon Fire TV argues “yes” and says speed, voice search that actually works, and proper gaming set it apart from the Apple TV, Roku 3, and Google Chromecast....
View ArticleI bought the Amazon Fire TV, and I love it
I’m a weak person. I know it. Every time a new gadget comes out, I find a way to justify buying it and I do just that – without even thinking. On April 2, when Amazon unveiled the Fire TV, I fell into...
View ArticleAmazon reveals new Instant Video pilots for 2014
After the launch of the Fire TV, Amazon is ramping up on its content drive with two new pilots, including a dramatic comedy The Cosmopolitans, and a drama called Hand of God. The new shows, expected to...
View ArticleAmazon Fire TV sold out: low supply, high demand, or both
It would appear that the biggest competitor to Google’s Chromecast has "pulled a Chromecast" and sold out no more than a week after being put on sale. Here we’re seeing the $99 USD Amazon Fire TV sold...
View ArticleAmazon Fire TV adding Hulu Plus, Crackle and Showtime voice search
Amazon has announced an update for Fire TV, with voice search support incoming for Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Showtime Anytime, as well as a fresh batch of games, Amazon MP3 support, and more. The update...
View ArticleAllCast Receiver App for Amazon Fire TV is now available
Koushik Dutta has added Amazon Fire TV support to his AllCast, a popular app that lets you mirror your Android screen or streams content from Android devices to your TV. Users will need to install the...
View ArticleNetflix voice search for Amazon Fire TV “later this year”
Netflix will enable voice search on Amazon's Fire TV later this year if all goes to plan, the company has quietly confirmed today. Revealed as part of the firm's financial results for Q1 2014, the news...
View ArticleAmazon inks HBO deal for Prime Instant Video and Fire TV app
Amazon has inked a deal with HBO which will see Fire TV gain an HBO GO app, and Prime Instant Video the home for select back-catalog access to shows like The Wire, True Blood, and The Sopranos, as well...
View ArticleAmazon Fire TV brings in Grand Theft Auto franchise, Twitch
Amazon’s Fire TV has a very strong gaming angle, which is evident by their in-house game development studio. With a proprietary controller, Fire TV makes a case for itself as a gaming platform along...
View ArticleHBO shows hit Amazon Prime Instant Video (but no GoT)
HBO shows have turned up on Amazon Prime Instant Video for the first time, with titles like The Sopranos, The Wire, Band of Brothers, and more all available for those subscribing to the retailer's...
View ArticleRoku, Kindle and Fire TV get NFL Now access
Access to sports content of various sorts has always been a sticky subject for cord-cutters -- those who eschew traditional cable for set-top boxes and video streaming services. For NFL fans, that...
View ArticleLiving with Amazon Fire TV: Two Months On
Amazon's Fire TV set-top box arrived to shake up an increasingly crowded home entertainment segment, but does it have what it takes to set the living room alight? The squared-off streamer has been...
View ArticleChromecast use declining in US, research reveals
Chromecast, the tiny dongle that was supposed to do big things, may not be on track for dominance. According to a new report, usage of the Chromecast has declined overall. Though 6% of households in...
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