Facebook for iOS has been updated to version 5.3.
Post your photos to albums and enjoy a speedier app.
• You can now choose an album when uploading photos
• News feed loads more quickly
• Completely rebuilt timeline opens faster on your iPhone
Google have just updated it’s Google+ app for iOS devices.
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– New feature: Google+ Communities
– Ability to subscribe to any circle for notifications
– Ability to indicate how many guests you’re bringing to an event
– Support for time zones in Events
– Basic profile editing
– New compose UI for easier sharing
– New visual stream design
– Discover people and topics more easily using ‘Find people’
Go get it now from the Apple App Store.
There is an update to the beta of Drive Bender for Windows Home Server 2011, taking it to version v1.4.5.5, also known as the Tomcat release.
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What do you think of Drive Bender? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
Kingston has updated their Wi Drive to 128GB. Read on for details.
Kingston has updated their Wi Drive to 128GB. Wi Drive is a storage device that can connect to your mobile device using Wi Fi, making it possible to access files on the Wi Drive on devices such as iPads, iPods, iPhones, Android devices, PC’s etc. I reviewed this product here, giving it 4/5.
Here is the press release:
Kingston Digital Ships 128GB Wi-Drive for More Sharing and Storage
December 13th 2012– Kingston Digital Europe Ltd, an affiliate of Kingston Technology Company Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced a new 128GB capacity addition for the Wi-Drive® product line. The 128GB Wi-Drive allows even more sharing on Wi-Fi enabled devices and is a perfect addition to the existing 32GB and 64GB capacities. With integrated Wi-Fi and four hours of battery life, Kingston Wi-Drive offers easy file sharing and pocket-sized portable storage for Wi-Fi enabled devices such as Apple iPad®, iPhone®, iPod touch®, Android devices, Kindle Fire and more.
The free Wi-Drive App* is available for Apple devices in the App StoreTM, for Android OS devices on Google Play App store and for Kindle Fire on the Amazon Appstore. The device allows simultaneous data access and file sharing for up to three users on their preferred mobile device. Thanks to a variety of Android-based devices and their versatile user experience, users can also access and share their files via web browser or the Wi-Drive App.
Check out a video of the Wi Drive below.
Product pictures are below.
Check out the product page for specifications here.
Current pricing on Amazon.Com for the 128GB version is $183.61, and $89.99 for the 64GB version.
Wi-Drive Product Page Wi Drive 128GB On Amazon.Com
A few weeks ago they released the beta, now DVBLogic has released the DVBLink v4.5.2 product suite.
The highlights of this release are:
- Introduction of DVBLink package center
- Support for NetGear and IOmega ARM-based NAS devices
- Official support for DVB-C including CI functionality for DVBLink NAS products
- Official support for HDHomeRun tuners for DVBLink NAS products
- Added DVBLink EPG Loader for EpgData.com and DVBLink for Dreambox to supported products for a NAS platform
- Sat>IP support
- Improved support for North American stadards – ATSC and ClearQAM – in DVBLink TVSource, also for NAS platforms!
Below is the detailed list with fixes and additions per platform/product:
General
- (all) Fixed: Server settings are not applied until server is restarted
- (all) Fixed: Server settings are not saved after server restart
- (all) Fixed: incorrect season/episode information is read from xmltv file (should be incremented by one)
- (win) Fixed: server log has incorrect new line characters on windows platform
- (win) Fixed: incorrect urls for image file://… items in MCE database
- (all) Added: new DVBLink Package Center
- (iomega) Support for IOmega ix2 and ix4 devices
- (netgear) Support for NetGear ReadyNAS Duo v2 and ReadyNAS NV+ v2 devices (both are ARM-based)
- (nas) Added EpgData.com EPG loader
- (nas) Added DVBLink for Dreambox TV signal source
DVBLink Connect! Server
- (all) Added: DLNA audio track and network adapter selection interface
- (all) Fixed: Setting program to record from the program search results in web interface does not work
- (all) Added: Show date for recorded TV programs in web interface
- (win) Fixed: iOS streaming does not work on Win8
- (all) Aded: Current program is refreshed every 2 minutes on channel/current program screen of web interface
- (all) Added: season/episode information in web interface and XBMC addin
- (all) Added: child lock functionality for XBMC addin
- (all) Added: smart (based on name/episode information) filtering duplicates for internal DVBLink recordings
- (all) Fixed: slow loading and refresh of EPG information in channel EPG view of web interface
DVBLink TVSource
- (all) Fixed: Transponders in TVSource config interface are sorted as strings and not as numbers
- (win) Fixed: Tuning failure for dvb-t/c TBS tuners
- (all) Added: Sat > IP support
- (all) Fixed: Pid filtering does not work for HDHomeRun tuners (fixed by introduction of a new HDHR-specific device driver)
- (all) Added: Digital Cable (ClearQAM) support
- (all) Added: ATSC in-band EPG scanner
- (all) Fixed: memory leaks in in-band EIT DVB scanner
- (nas) Added support for TBS5680CI tuner (DVB-C)
- (nas) Added support for TBS5980CI tuner (DVB-S/S2)
- (nas) Added support for PCTV 801e and Hauppauge 950Q tuners (ATSC/QAM)
- (nas) Added support for HDHomeRun tuner (DVB-C/T and ATSC/QAM)
The platform-specific installation instructions, downloads and additional information is described in beta-topics on our forum:
Windows DVBLink products (v4.5.2 beta)
DVBLink TV Server for Synology NAS (v4.5.2 beta)
DVBLink TV Server for NetGear NAS (v4.5.2 beta)
DVBLink TV Server for IOmega NAS (v4.5.2 beta)
A usual word of warning. The beta DVBLink products are tested and verified by us, but still may contain bugs. Be sure to make backup of your current DVBLink installation before renoving it and installing beta software.
Have you tried version 4.5.2 yet? Let us know what you think of it by leaving a comment below.
PacketVideo has brought TonkyBeam to the Roku and XBOX 360, bringing an open-platform second screen solution to your living room. Read on for details.
PacketVideo has brought TonkyBeam to the Roku and XBOX 360, bringing an open-platform second screen solution to your living room. TwonkyBeam is an app designed to allow you to stream online content from your phone or tablet to your connected TV device, and in addition to the Apple TV, it now works with Roku boxes, XBOX 360 consoles and other DLNA compliant devices and TV’s. Here is the press release:
Twonky Beam Now Compatible with Xbox 360 and Roku, Offering a Seamless Multi-Device Video Experience for Both iOS and Android users
Free App Lets Users Stream Online Videos from Smartphones and Tablets to
Virtually Any Connected Living Room Device
December 12, 2012—London, UK—PacketVideo today announced that the company’s Twonky Beam product, a free app that lets users discover and transfer online video content from a tablet or mobile device to a television with the touch of a button, now works with the Xbox 360 game console and Roku streaming players. With the addition of these popular products to the existing lineup of devices that support Twonky Beam, including Apple TV, AT&T U-verse, multiple models of connected televisions, and legacy DLNA devices, Twonky Beam now works with well over 90% of connected living room media devices.
Twonky Beam enables users to easily “beam” online and personal video content from a PC, Android or iOS device to the living room with the simple press of a button. Unlike proprietary solutions that only work within a closed environment, Twonky technology is an open solution that works across brands, operating systems and industry standards to bridge the gap between mobile devices and the living room.
“Twonky Beam offers the best of both worlds for today’s connected consumer. Tablet and mobile devices have become enormously popular for the discovery and consumption of video content, and that trend shows no sign of slowing down,” said Jerome Rota, Senior Vice President of Consumer Products and Services at Packet Video. “We believe that the so-called “second screen” will soon become the hub of the consumer media experience, but we also know that video content is best enjoyed in the living room on the big screen. With Twonky Beam, anyone can discover and access content on a tablet or smartphone and then seamlessly enjoy that content on the television through great products like the Xbox 360, Roku and Apple TV. ”
Twonky Beam is part of Packet Video’s full suite of connected home products, which includes the flagship Twonky Server software. Twonky Beam is available as a free download from the Apple App Store or Google Play. For more information on Packet Video products and solutions, visit www.packetvideo.com.
I’ll have to try this with the Apple TV and the XBOX! I use Twonky’s DLNA server every day to play back video on my TV, but will have to try this new capability with AirPlay devices and the XBOX 360.
Yesterday, Ubisoft released news that Assassin’s Creed 3 had sold 7 million units so far. Read on for details.
Ubisoft announced that Assassin’s Creed 3 is the fastest-selling game in company history, with 7 million units moved worldwide since release. Here is the press release from Ubisoft:
ASSASSIN’S CREED® 3 HITS THE 7 MILLION SALES MARK WORLDWIDE
London, UK — December 12, 2012 —Today, Ubisoft® announced that Assassin’s Creed® 3 is the fastest-selling game in the company’s history, with total sell-through topping the 7 million mark worldwide just one month after its release.
Fans have wasted no time exploring the game’s open world, and getting involved in the action-packed story. In solo missions alone, players have accumulated more than 82 centuries of gaming time and committed more than 3 billion assassinations. The deadly action continues in the multiplayer, where more than twice as many players have joined the multiplayer mode compared to Assassin’s Creed® Revelations. To date, more than 250 million assassinations have been performed in more than 5 billion multiplayer sessions.
“We are delighted with the performance of Assassin’s Creed III this Christmas,” said Rob Cooper, UK managing director, Ubisoft. “This is a beautiful and epic game of exceptional quality and we’re pleased that our fans have responded so well to the brand new universe, storyline and game experience.”
Customers still can benefit from a special offer on the game in the run up to Christmas. A special edition of the game is currently available at Game stores nationwide and includes the game and the additional unlockable content “A Dangerous Secret”.
Great news for UbiSoft! Have you purchased one of these 7 million units yourself?
Amazon issued updates to its Cloud Player and Instant Video apps today. Read on for details!
Amazon issued updates to its Cloud Player and Instant Video apps today. First up, the Roku streaming boxes get access to the Cloud Player app.
Amazon Cloud Player Now Available on Roku Streaming Players
“Your Music, Everywhere” –Cloud Player customers can now listen to their entire music library on their TVs
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 13, 2012– (NASDAQ:AMZN)–Amazon.com, Inc. and Roku, Inc. today announced that Amazon Cloud Player is now available on Roku streaming players, making it even easier for Cloud Player customers to enjoy their music anywhere they are. Amazon Cloud Player on Roku provides customers with the ability to play their music from the cloud directly on their TV or through a stereo system connected to their TV. Cloud Player is already available on Kindle Fire, Sonos Music Players, Android mobile devices, iPhone and iPod Touch, and now with Roku, customers have even more ways to enjoy their music anytime, anywhere.
“We’re excited to bring Cloud Player to Roku, one of the most popular and best-selling streaming entertainment platforms. Cloud Player music customers can now use Roku to listen to their music through their home entertainment systems,” said Steve Boom, Vice President of Music at Amazon. “Our goal is to make it easy for everyone to enjoy their entire music library anywhere they are–whether on the go or in the comfort of their homes – and Cloud Player on Roku does just that.”
“With Amazon Cloud Player, Roku customers have the ability to directly access their music collection, including any music purchased from Amazon’s library of more than 22 million audio tracks, on their TVs,” said Ed Lee, Vice President of Content Acquisition at Roku. “Just as Amazon Instant Video is extremely popular on the Roku platform, we expect Amazon Cloud Player to be an instant hit among our music listeners.”
Roku customers can download the Amazon Cloud Player channel from the Featured or Music category in the Roku Channel Store, for free. For more information on how to start listening to Cloud Player on Roku, visit http://www.amazon.com/cloudplayerforroku.
About Amazon Cloud Player
Cloud Player is a service that enables customers to securely store their personal music in the cloud and play it on a wide range of devices. Amazon Cloud Player is automatically integrated into Kindle Fire, so when a customer turns on their device, they can enjoy all the benefits of Cloud Player right out of the box. Customers can visit www.amazon.com/cloudplayer or download the app on iOS or Android.
Amazon Cloud Player eliminates the need to download files before playing them. MP3 songs and albums customers purchase from Amazon – even those purchased in the past – can be automatically saved to Cloud Player, so customers have a secure backup copy of the music they buy at Amazon, free of charge. Customers can also import the rest of their music, including music purchased from iTunes or ripped from CDs. All Amazon purchases and the first 250 imported songs are stored for free, or customers can import up to 250,000 songs for $24.99 per year.
About Amazon MP3
The Amazon MP3 Store offers customers more than 22 million songs in the U.S. and hundreds of thousands of albums with everyday low prices on bestselling albums. All Amazon MP3s are DRM-free, and work on virtually any device that plays MP3s, including Kindle Fire, Android phones and tablets, iPhones, iPads, and iPods, Sonos Music Players, Roku and Macs and PCs.
Next, the Cloud Player app comes to Samsung TV’s.
Amazon Cloud Player App Comes to Samsung Smart TVs
App lets customers enjoy their entire music library through their Samsung Smart TV
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 13, 2012– (NASDAQ: AMZN) – Amazon.com, Inc. today announced a Cloud Player application for Samsung Smart TVs. The new app gives Cloud Player customers access to their entire music library in the cloud, making it even easier to enjoy their music anywhere they are. The app is available on 2012 Samsung Smart TVs in the United States. For more information visit www.amazon.com/samsungmusic.
The Amazon Cloud Player app, which can be found in the Samsung Smart Hub, provides customers with the ability to browse, search or playback music from their library directly on their TVs. Cloud Player is already available on Mac, PC, Kindle Fire, Sonos Music Players, Android mobile devices, iPhone, iPod Touch and Roku.
“We want to give customers the choice to enjoy music anywhere they are, whether that is on the go with a mobile device, or in the comfort of their own living room,” said Steve Boom, VP of Amazon Digital Music. “We think that customers will love how easy it is to enjoy their music from Amazon Cloud Player directly on their Samsung TV, and we will continue to add even more Cloud Player compatible devices to the list in the future.”
“We think our customers are going to love having access to Amazon Cloud Player through their Samsung TVs. Music is one of the most popular apps on our TVs today,” said Eric Anderson, Vice President of Content and Product Solutions, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. “Customers typically have the best speakers in the home connected to the TV, delivering the very best sound experience.”
Getting the Amazon Cloud Player app on a Samsung TV is easy. For more information on how to start listening to Cloud Player on Samsung Smart Hub, visit www.amazon.com/samsungmusic.
IO Interactive A/S, a Square Enix studio today announced HITMAN: HD TRILOGY.
Experience for the first time ever the classic and critically acclaimed games: HITMAN 2: SILENT ASSASSIN, HITMAN: CONTRACTS and HITMAN: BLOOD MONEY, unified in one deadly HD-Collection for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
For the very first time experience over forty incredible missions across three classic Hitman Games, all presented in glorious HD. Whether you’re a long-time fan or new to the franchise, this is the opportunity to take on the contracts that defined the series and fully established Agent 47 not only as a pop culture icon, but also as the World’s Ultimate Assassin.
The HITMAN: HD TRILOGY is scheduled for release in Europe and across PAL territories on February 1 and in North America on January 29, 2013 for the PlayStation and Xbox 360.
If you are a Call of Duty: Black Ops II Xbox 360 DLC Season Pass holder then the Nuketown Zombies bonus map is available to you now.
Today’s the day Zombies fans! Call of Duty: Black Ops II Xbox 360 DLC Season Pass holders now have immediate access to the game’s fan favourite Nuketown Zombies bonus map! Call of Duty: Black Ops II DLC Season Pass holders not only get four epic DLC Map Packs for the discounted suggested retail price of 4000 MSFT points, but they also get the Nuketown Zombies bonus map – available for Xbox 360 today with other platforms to follow, plus an exclusive in-game calling card.
Here is trailer:
Ubisoft have released a trailer for their forthcoming Tyranny of King Washington DLC for Assassin’s Creed III.
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Welcome to Assassin’s Creed III’s Tyranny of King Washington – a three-part DLC series exploring an alternate reality in which George Washington goes mad with unlimited power, foregoing Presidency to rule as tyrannical King. In this alternate world, Connor is and remains Ratonhnhaké:ton. Having never become an Assassin, he must endure new trials, acquiring the skills he’ll need to take down a possessed Washington and win freedom for his land once and for all.
The Assassin’s Creed III Season Pass grants access to all five upcoming downloadable content packs and is currently available for purchase for 2400 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE or $29.99 on the PlayStation Network. It can be pre-ordered at GameStop and Best Buy.
Here is the trailer:
After a few months of having no Google Maps on the iPhone, Google have finally released a standalone Google Maps app, and you can get it now from the Apple App Store.
Navigate your world with Google Maps, now available for iPhone. Get comprehensive, accurate and easy-to-use maps with built-in Google local search, voice guided turn-by-turn navigation, public transport directions, Street View and more. Use Google Maps to discover great places to eat, drink, shop and play, with ratings and reviews from people you trust. Sign in to save your favourite places and quickly access all your past searches and directions from your computer, right on your phone.
Search
* Find addresses, places and businesses around the world with Google local search.
* Discover places to eat, drink, shop and play, with ratings and local reviews.
* Sign in to sync your searches, directions and favourite places between your computer and your phone.
Directions
* Get voice guided, turn-by-turn driving directions.
* Find your way with train, bus, underground or walking directions.
* Access live traffic information in cities across the world.
Street View and imagery
* View 360-degree panoramas of places around the globe with Street View.
* See inside more than 100,000 businesses worldwide.
* View high-resolution satellite imagery of locations around the world.
Simple and easy to use
* An entirely new Google Maps experience on your iPhone.
* Newly designed and streamlined interface for even easier navigation of your world.
* Use gestures to explore the map and browse results.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id585027354?mt=8&affId=1736887
Brian has just released version 1.91 of My Movies for Android.
My Movies for Android is the fastest, easiest and most impressive way you have ever kept track of your movie collection. Using our high quality movie database of more than 350,000 titles on DVD and Blu-ray, you quickly get access to a large quantity of details of the titles in your movie collection, including movie trailers, high resolution covers and much, much more.
NOTICE! This update contains new data on your titles, and therefore needs to upgrade the collection from our online service. Your data is safe on our servers, and should you have any problems, contact us on support@mymovies.dk.
1.91:
This update contains too many new functionalities, changes and fixes for us to post the changes here.
See complete changelog here:
http://www.mymovies.dk/products/my-movies-for-android/change-log.aspx
You can find My Movies for Android in Android Market in two editions, My Movies for Android Free and My Movies for Android Pro – the applications are identical with the exception that the free version is limited to maximum 50 titles, and only 10 items in trailers and title release lists.
The Pro version is available for DKK28 (~$5) + VAT in Europe. The free version allows you to fully evaluate the software before buying the pro version – if your collection already contains more than 50 titles, the free version simply only lets you synchronize the first 50.
Hot on the heels of Xtreamer Mobile Aiki, Xtreamer today launched Xtreamer TV Coming out early 2013 priced at €119. The Specs and Videos are below for you all to watch based on Android 2.2 Froyo.
MKV, .mpg, .avi, .wmv, .divx, .vob, .tp, .ts, .trp, .dat, .iso, .ifo, .m2t, .m2ts, .mov, .flv, etc.Codec:MPEG 1/2/4, AVI, XVID, WMV9 (MP@HL), H.264 (MP@HL4.1), VC-1 (AP@L3), etc.
Subtitle:
smi, sub/idx, srt, ssa, ass, etc.
Audio PlaybackFormat:
FLAC, MP3, WMA, AAC, Ogg, Dolby Digital, WAV, etc.
Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD, DTS Digital, DTS MA, (Down mixing and pass through)
Photo Playback JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, etc.
Package Contents XtreamerTV (HDD&WiFi 802.11n Antenna are not included) 5v 3A Power Adapter Audio & Video Cables Infra-Red Remote Control with 1 mercury cell battery USB Slave cable Quick start guide
Xtreamer TV Setup Wizard
XtreamerTV Quick Launcher and kids Mode
XtreamerTV Multilingual Support and Localised Online Channels
