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Check Out Megaupload Founder Kim Dotcom’s Next Project: Megabox

We’ve sort of known that Kim Dotcom was launching Megabox from the remains of Megaupload but we didn’t know exactly what it was. Now that Dotcom has leaked a video about the service, we have an idea: a music service that wants to destroy labels and put the artist in charge. https://gizmodo.com/is-megaupload-relaunching-this-year-5934132 This ain’t piracy.…

iOS 5.1 for Apple TV Enhances AirPlay Capabilities and Suggests Apps Might Arrive Soon

The Apple TV software has been updated in a very quiet manner, but the new functionality contained in that update—AirPlay broadcasting, support multiple iTunes account, shared photo streams—is more substantial than it first seems. And the fact that you can now rearrange icons on the home screen suggest that proper support for iOS apps could…

Maybe The Internet Only Wants One of Everything

In the early days of the web, the technology space was flush with not only money, but a specific type of optimism: that this new medium would allow anybody to make whatever they wanted, and have the world see it (assuming it was any good). This was before Facebook, of course. If you wanted to…

Roku’s New Streaming Stick Costs $100

The new Roku stick—which was announced earlier this year—has finally got a price: $100. It’s going to be available on Amazon and Roku in October and other retailers during the Fall. https://gizmodo.com/roku-is-now-a-stick-5872912 Remember, in order to use the new Roku Stick, you’ll need a special HDMI port called ‘MHL’. Roku has a few TVs that…

Google Play Finally Starts to Catch Up With 600 New Fox Titles

Google and Fox are teaming up to make the movie selection on Google Play much better. That is to say, better in the way of 600 new titles added to the storefront. In the next few weeks, new shows and movies like Family Guy, New Girl, Black Swan, X-Men, and hundreds of others will arrive…

Starting tomorrow, all TV news since 2009 will be available, for free, on the Internet Archive. Literally all. [NYT]

Is Streaming Media Bad For the Planet?

Streaming is fast becoming the way most of us consume media, whether it’s music, TV of film. But caught up by the sheer convenience of it all, it’s easy to forget to question its environmental impacts. Could streaming actually be bad for the planet? That’s just what a study by Music Tank set out to…

You can now stream 458 archived John Peel radio shows, recorded between 1967 and 2004, online. Rock on. [SevenStreets]

5 Reasons Why Spotify in Your Browser Is a Good Idea

A Saturday TechCrunch report about a browser-based version of Spotify led to thousands of posts over the weekend. https://gizmodo.com/spotify-could-finally-be-coming-to-a-browser-near-you-5941639 The odd thing about Spotify’s reported makeover as a web app: Its status as a desktop client is responsible for at least some degree of its success. Being a desktop app allows Spotify to gobble upstream…

Spotify Could Finally Be Coming to a Browser Near You

If you’ve wished you could just load Spotify up in a browser of your choice instead of messing with a dedicated player, you’re in luck. TechCrunch has gotten word that Spotify is working on a brower-based player to augment the one it has now, or even replace it. Coming to browsers isn’t the only change…

NextGuide for iPad: Because Finding Stuff to Watch Should Be Easier

Once upon a time when you weren’t sure what to watch, you’d just channel surf. At most it required cycling through dozens of channels. Now we have hundreds of channels, and thousands of streaming options. It can be overwhelming, and that’s where Dijit’s NextGuide wants to help. NextGuide is an app that will—in theory—allow you…

Michelle Obama’s speech was blocked by democrat streaming partner YouTube over copyright last night. Oops. [WIRED]

Coming Soon to Amazon Prime: Hunger Games and the Avengers

Thanks to a deal struck with Epix, Amazon Prime is now home to a crop of new releases available now (and in the near future), including The Hunger Games, Thor, The Avengers, and Super 8, along with Iron Man 2 and True Grit. That brings Amazon Prime’s catalog up to 25,000 streaming selections in all…

HBO Streams Online to Non-Cable Subscribers For the First Time But Sadly Only In Europe (Updated)

In October, citizens of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark will be able to get on-demand HBO content even if they don’t have cable. Oh those lucky Europeans. First health care, and now streaming Game of Thrones whenever they want it. HBO Nordic will offer customers the 24-hour movie channel US customers are used to, but…

Amidst lawsuits from the major labels, Grooveshark’s streaming music app is again available on Google Play. Huh. https://gizmodo.com/grooveshark-will-soon-be-destroyed-5862026

Audioengine D1 Review: An Easy Way to Make AirPlay Sound Great

The rise of streaming audio over AirPlay has made it possible to wirelessly play music from your iPhone over your home speakers. But that data comes through as a raw stream of 0s and 1s, and the sound quality isn’t that great. A digital-to-analog (DAC) audio converter can clean up the stream, but it can…

Amazon Prime Snags Friday Night Lights, Battlestar Galactica, and More for Unlimited Streaming

There is some really good TV coming to Amazon Prime thanks to a new partnership between Amazon and NBCUniversal. Among the new shows you’ll be able to stream are Parks and Recreation, The Starter Wife, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, and Friday Night Lights. Texas Forever. Amazon Prime is really beefing up its library. Last month it…

I Will Stream Something I’ve Watched Like 300 Times Already Before I Download a Movie

I barely have the patience to download a movie from a legal source like the Playstation Store, let alone torrent it. I cannot be the only one.

Feast Your Eyes On Hulu’s Gorgeous New Design

Hulu has a fresh new layout that’s rolling out to users today. Say goodbye to the streaming service’s old, cluttered design. Say hello to big, beautiful images and improved navigation. Yes, the first thing you’re going to notice when you land on Hulu’s homepage is the huge, widescreen image at the top of your browser.…

What Would It Take to Get You to Re-Subscribe to Netflix?

Sometimes when we subscribe to something and it starts to suck, we choose to unsubscribe. Many of us did that with Netflix last summer after its price hike. But sometimes things change, and like that ex-girlfriend who promises everything will be different this time, you come crawling back. So what movie or TV show would…