Tag: Media

Tuesday Tips: Create Your Own Spotify With Plex Server

Ever since Apple purchased—and killed off—Lala, I’ve used Spotify and other streaming services to close the gap. But I’ve got quite a lot of music...
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How To Change The Default Apps For Certain File Extensions

Are you tired of your videos opening in QuickTime, or your photos opening in Preview? Well, luckily for you, Finder has a built-in option that...
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The state of Apple’s ecosystem lock-in, and where we’re at today

Every couple of months articles crop up on the Internet calling Apple’s ecosystem a “walled garden” or a “golden cage” (1, 2, 3). These articles...
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Rumor: Apple media event this month

New York, New York! Kara Swisher is reporting that Apple is planning an event to take place in New York later this month. Her sources...
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Apple’s TV could be using (more) Sharp LCD panels

According to Jeffries analyst Peter Misek, the relationship between Apple and Samsung has soured to a point where Apple is now considering using more Sharp...
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Apple’s new iPad 2 ad, “We’ll Always,” sneaks in a Lion

Hold everything. Apple has a new iPad 2 ad, called “We’ll Always.” The ad is typical Apple, waxing lyrical about how we will still do...
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Sony Pictures launches My Daily Clip iOS App

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment launched an iOS app today that allows users to view a different movie clip each day from its collection of thousands...
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Netflix use on Apple TV passes iPad

According to Netflix’s quarterly earnings report, more customers are using the service on an Apple TV than the iPad. This is despite the fact that Apple...
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Quick App: Salling Media Sync – for Mac to Android

I switched from my iPhone to an HTC Evo 4G on release day back in June. One of the first things I missed was a...
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Apple should buy Netflix, according to analyst

Analyst Brian Marshall of Gleacher & Co believes that Apple should buy Netflix. On Wednesday, he published an advisory note to clients. According to Marshall’s...
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Netflix launches streaming only plan and pricing changes

Netflix has launched a streaming only option in the US, just a few scant months after launching a similar service in Canada. This new option...
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Comcast Xfinity app to offer TV streaming, remote DVR programming

This week Comcast showed off their new Xfinity iPad application, which allows Comcast subscribers to check TV listings and program their DVRs remotely. Eventually Comcast’s...
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Plex Nine for the desktop and iPad: a review

Plex 9 has really changed my expectations for what a media center computer should be, and it’s done it in a way that Apple has...
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Seesmic Desktop 2: all your network are belong to us

Remember the good old days of Twitter? When it was just this website, you know, and we all had just one twitter account? Now we...
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Automatically Mount Network Drives

Have all your media on one computer, and you want to stream your media across the network to your laptop or media center Mac? Some...
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Disk Utility: Burning a CD at a slower speed

Working as an IT manager can be a fun job, and sometimes it can be rather annoying. A co-worker brought their PC in because it...
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The Apple tv is not dead yet

I am a huge fan of the apple tv. Though most people tend to dislike it for it being locked down. Sadly though, apple treats...
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Snow Leopard news from WWDC

It’s coming, and we’ve finally got an official word on a release… month. Apple has pegged a release in September, but they were far from...
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