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Analyst Reveals More Evidence of Apple Working on Networked Televisions

Despite Apple’s open disregard for the television market, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has expressed his belief that the Cupertino-based company will deliver a networked television within the next couple of years and issue an Apple TV update to provide DVR functionality by the end of 2009.
AppleInsider reveals that a recent research [...]

Boxee Officially Goes Public, Adds BBC iPlayer and Joost Content

Boxee, a service which lets users play and view their music, videos and photos on a connected laptop, HDTV or Apple TV, has officially stepped out of private alpha and into the public eye. Users can now sign up for Boxee on the company’s website, as they claim “you are now free to be entertained.”
Boxee [...]

Apple Sued Over Alleged Apple TV Patent Infringements

A lawsuit has been filed against Apple, accusing the company of infringing on certain patents pertaining to the Apple TV, Airport Express, and Macintosh personal computers.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday, by EZ4Media in Bannockburn, Illinois. The patents in question were obtained by EZ4Media (UEI) in March. They say that Apple hired three former UEI employees [...]

Apple Releases Software Update 2.3 for Apple TV

Apple has released an update for the Apple TV. The update is accessible through the Apple TV’s settings menu, and navigating to General then Software Update.
Apple has listed the new features and fixes found in Software Update 2.3:
AirTunes Streaming from Apple TV: Music can be streamed via AirTunes to Airport Express speakers or other Apple [...]

Video: Apple Debuts New iPhone Commercial “Game Changer”

Apple has recently debuted a new ad cleverly titeld “Game Changer” showcasing the iPhone 3G’s ability to run third party applications, and stream video content while you’re on the go.

Following recent commercials released by the company, Game Changer showcases the iPhone using the MLB application, which is available from the App Store. “The [...]

Apple iTube: Apple Is Working On HDTV Sets, Calacanis Claims

Jason Calacanis, previously the co-founder of Weblogs Inc, GM of Netscape and current CEO of Mahalo, claims to have direct sources at Apple, who are telling him that Apple has been, and currently is working on gorgeous HDTV sets.
Nate Lanxon, who writes for Cnet.co.uk, got a chance to sit down with Calacanis for a [...]

Apple Releases Apple TV Update 2.2, HD TV Shows and Genius Playlists

Apple has released Apple TV update 2.2. The update is available through your Apple TV by navigating to the “Update Software” section. With the update, users can now purchase HD TV shows directly on the device, as well as create Genius and on-the-go playlists.
Back on September 16th, MacBlogz reported that this update was indeed coming [...]

Apple Hosting “Webcast Kick Off”, New Product Launch on September 30th?

New anonymous information has come in claiming that Apple is hosting a “webcast kick off” on Tuesday September 30th, which might possibly relate to the Apple TV. Rumors that the Apple TV will be discontinued or “merged” with the Mac Mini have been around for a while. Many Apple TV owners and Mac Mini users [...]

NBC, Giving it away for free, And It’s Working Bigtime

I for one can say that Steve’s announcement last week that NBC would be showing its face once again on iTunes was a HUGE relief for me. Apparently, I am not the only one.

According to the Hollywood Reported, “Users of Apple’s popular digital storefront (iTunes) had no problem relocating NBC Uni’s TV [...]

Apple Working on Direct HD TV Show Downloads for Apple TV

On September 9th at a special media event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled iTunes 8. Alongside a slew of new features including the return of NBC, HD TV Shows were unveiled, and added to the ever-growing library of iTunes content. However, one group of users that were left out, were Apple TV users. Which have [...]