The trouble with the media Cloud: If we can have everything, does it mean anything?
Why did they call it "The Cloud"? Couldn't they have chosen a better metaphor? Clouds burst. Clouds darken. Clouds disappear.
Internet
Oct 21, 2011
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News tagged with streaming media
'Lifelogging' camera shrugs off privacy to seize the moment
When Martin Kaellstroem was a young adult, he lost both his parents to cancer. It became a spur for him to seize the day, as a person and an entrepreneur.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 2, 2013
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New approach to mobile video fuses streaming and downloading to dodge delays, improve quality
It's the bane of streaming media—the endlessly spinning cursor on a dark screen, or the final minutes of a favorite show freezing to a halt when the wireless signal weakens. A new technology developed by researchers at ...
Telecom
Jun 25, 2013
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Facebook to allow further music integration (Update)
Facebook is preparing to bolster the programming tools it offers to licensed music services like Rhapsody, Spotify, MOG and Rdio to make it easier for users of the social network to find out what songs their friends are digging.
Internet
Aug 31, 2011
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HP's new touch Tablet: Windows 7 ultimate remote?
Hewlett-Packard recently announced a new wireless, touchscreen tablet that's a cross between a wireless photo frame and a super duper remote control.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 15, 2009
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Helping developers create smarter online music-streaming services
If you ever use Spotify, or a similar music-streaming service, there's a good chance your song recommendations, and other personalized features, are powered by novel technology developed and marketed by two MIT alumni entrepreneurs.
Computer Sciences
Jul 10, 2013
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Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-one entertainment (Update 4)
Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies and other entertainment. It will go on sale later ...
Consumer & Gadgets
May 21, 2013
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With new leadership, online video site Hulu changes TV strategy
The online video site Hulu once had ambitions of ushering in the future of television by shaking up the status quo.
Telecom
Nov 20, 2013
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Periscope live streaming could turn the tables on the rise of video-on-demand
That live streaming app Periscope, which allows a real-time video broadcast from a phone to the internet, has been acquired by Twitter and represents the next logical step in the process that has seen social media integrated ...
Internet
May 4, 2015
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Review: Google's Chromecast is tops for inexpensive streaming
When it debuted two years ago, Google's Chromecast shook up the market for digital streaming devices. The company is hoping now to build on that success, releasing a new and improved version of the Chromecast.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 27, 2015
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