Tag Archives: integration

Boingo Wi-Finder for iOS update enables iTunes subscription billing

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Notice some fresh spring in Boingo’s step? It’s probably the new iTunes integration, bringing streamlined subscription billing to the company’s Wi-Finder app. Free WiFi is always our first pick, followed by LTE, then 3G, EDGE, GPRS, a short-term W…


Samsung acquires MOVL to bolster its multi-screen TV efforts

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Samsung’s desire for deep integration of TV services was painstakingly obvious when it unveiled the Galaxy S 4′s WatchON feature. However, that may prove to be just the tip of the televisual iceberg: it’s buying MOVL, the developer of Samsung’s ow…


NextGuide iPad app update adds second-screen content for USA Network

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If you’re constantly on the lookout for more second screen apps to enhance your television viewing experience and you happen to be a big fan of Psych, NextGuide’s newly minted integration with the USA Network might be right up your alley. In its l…


Sequoia supercomputer breaks simulation speed record, 41 times over

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While we’ve seen supercomputers break records before, rarely have we seen the barrier smashed quite so thoroughly as by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Sequoia supercomputer. Researchers at both LLNL and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute …


Tumblr for iOS gets new social sharing features, options to save to Instapaper and Pocket

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Ever since going native on iOS, the Tumblr app’s been on the receiving end of many, many new features and improvements. Now, continuing its ongoing efforts to make the application as good as can be, the microblogging site has released a new versio…


BBC America, Twitter reach first ‘in-tweet branded video’ deal for a TV series

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Now that Twitter Music has been revealed there will be more anticipation of potential TV integration, and it appears BBC America will be among the first to participate. The network, which is owned both by BBC Worldwide (the Beeb’s commercial arm) …


Yahoo Weather arrives on iPhone with Flickr integration, Mail comes to iPad and Android tablets

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This morning, Yahoo brought out a pair of new mobile apps to help broaden its mobile presence and fall in line with its recent redesign campaign. First up on the list is Mail, which currently is no stranger to smartphones but is now available in all …


Flixster is now on the Xbox 360, UltraViolet library in-hand

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Warner Bros.-owned social networking slash film service Flixster is now available on the Xbox 360, bringing with it the Rotten Tomatoes rating aggregation service and UltraViolet cloud integration. As Xbox 360 apps tend to be, Flixster costs nothing …


Twitter reportedly in talks to add video clips from Viacom, NBC

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Now that Twitter has very tentatively launched Music integration, Bloomberg is reporting its next media target is TV. According to unnamed sources, Twitter is “close” to cutting deals to integrate video clips into the timeline, and sell advertising n…


Beamz teams up with Virtual DJ on interactive music system, we go lasers-on (video)

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Beamz has been firing lasers in the name of gesture-based performance for a few years. Today, it’s announced it’s working with popular music-mixing software Virtual DJ to provide tighter integration between the device and the program. The controller …