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The SlingPlayer application will come to the iPhone after Sling Media worked with AT&T to adjust the way the application uses bandwidth. The news marks a turning point in the mobile application world, whereby developers and carriers work closely to adapt their apps for mobile. Read More »

How Smallness Is Changing Hardware

Few design trends for electronic devices have had such a seismic impact as the revolution of smallness. It’s not just that the sizes of devices have shrunk; the mindsets of designers and the whole culture of design have shifted toward all things Lilliputian. Read More »

Ever since Blake Krikorian left Sling Media, the place shifting startup that he sold to Echostar for $380 million in September 2007, he’s been lying low. Instead of trying to build yet another startup, he has been spending time trying to put together a killer home… Read More »

Major League Baseball has added live video streams of baseball games to its $9.99 iPhone app, starting today. The games can be viewed over Wi-Fi or via the iPhone’s 3G connection — unlike the Sling video-streaming app, which only works over Wi-Fi because of a clause… Read More »

Sling Media is developing a version of its SlingPlayer application, which allows users to access TV content from their mobile phones, for the Palm Pre that would work on both on Wi-Fi and 3G. But Sling’s hopes for 3G support could be dashed by the Pre’s… Read More »

Earlier this week my colleague Kevin Tofel asked what would happen if Cloud Engines, the company behind Pogoplug, went out of business. To address such concerns, Cloud Engines has done two things: it promised to put its software in open source in case of bankruptcy and… Read More »

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Is the iPhone a Phone, a Computer? Or Both?

In explaining why SlingPlayer for the iPhone won’t include 3G support, AT&T broke new ground, equating the Apple device with PCs. “We consider smartphones like the iPhone to be personal computers in that they have the same hardware and software attributes as PCs,” the carrier told… Read More »

Can Internet Free Agents Rescue MySpace?

When the New York Yankees spent more than $400 million signing up free agent pitchers C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, along with first baseman Mark Texiara, the team was betting that it would not only make it to the World Series, but win. After this weekend’s… Read More »

Carriers Aim to Keep Rural Broadband Under Their Thumb

As the Federal Communications Commission tries to formulate a National Broadband plan, wireless carriers are seeking to classify their networks as an acceptable alternative to wired broadband, especially in rural areas. At the same time, those wireless carriers are also trying to convince the FCC that… Read More »

BlackBerry Gets Sling Player, More Video

RIM desperately wants its BlackBerry devices to become more than just email. It wants them to become multimedia hubs, thanks to a bit of iPhone envy. And video is getting some serious attention. Yesterday, Liz had the scoop about their new TV show streaming service. And… Read More »

iPod, Kindle, Facebook — and a Nomad Called Me

These days, we want to carry the contents of our homes with us wherever we go. Books, music, videos…they all represent the proverbial hearth. Of course, thanks to the availability of cheap wireless connections, we are getting rid of another fixture in our homes: the landline… Read More »

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