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Boxee Continues To Innovate With API And New Alpha Version For Mac, Apple TV
TechCrunch —
... keeps on getting better and better. A couple of hours ago, the venture-backed startup released a full API that allows developers to build applications for the open-source platform using a set of API calls in Python and writing the GUI using XML. At the same time, the company is laying the groundwork for a richer App Box, which it refers to as an open application store where they are not the gatekeeper (like Apple for its iPhone App Store) but rather a facilitator. ...
Boxee continues to innovate with API and new Alpha version for Mac, Apple TV
CrunchGear —
... keeps on getting better and better. A couple of hours ago, the venture-backed startup released a full API that allows developers to build applications for the open-source platform using a set of API calls in Python and writing the GUI using XML. At the same time, the company is laying the groundwork for a richer App Box, which it refers to as an open application store where they are not the gatekeeper (like Apple for its iPhone App Store) but rather a facilitator.
Heck, they're even prepared to ...
Latest Boxee Fixes Bugs, Opens App Box for Macs, Apple TVs [Downloads]
Lifehacker —
... officially rolled out its API last night , offering anyone the opportunity to develop Boxee plug-ins using its Python-based API, and promising not to be a "gate keeper (or bottleneck) in deciding which applications are published." And, as Boxee's founder notes in a press release, you can pretty much add any video you see on the web to your menu, because the latest release uses a Firefox-like XULRunner browser to play video (which is why Hulu RSS feeds have been working more consistently of late): to try out the new browser you can add RSS feeds in the App Box or go to Video > ...
Boxee API Goes Live
AppScout —
... "The new boxee API enables developers to build sophisticated applications (such as Pandora and RadioTime apps) using a set of API calls in Python and writing the GUI using XML," boxee CEO Avner Ronen wrote in a blog post. ...
Boxee adds its own App Box
Gadgetell —
... date on them, and it’s been a while since I’ve booted up Boxee, but the options are there. There’s even an NBA feed to watch video clips from NBA.com, which gives me hope to see an MLB feed now that the season’s started. Maybe somebody will even get on making an TiVo or Slingbox app, which would make Boxee the hands down choice for media on a Mac or laptop right now, with the App Box coming soon to the Ubuntu and Windows versions.
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Boxee media center announces full open API
Obsessable News Feed —
Popular entertainment hub opens access to third parties to develop applications.
This is, quite simply, awesome. The little media center startup that could and did, Boxee, announced late last night the release of a full application programming interface third party developers can use to build applications for Boxee, similarly to the way Apple provides access to non-Apple programmers to build iPhone apps. Unlike the App Store, however, Boxee has no plans to act as "gatekeepers" for their planned application ...
Boxee: The Firefox of Streaming Video Adds a new API
Webmonkey —
... you’ve never used Boxee before, think of it as the Firefox of video — a way to grab all your movies and tv shows, as well as tons of of web-based video, and play it all on your television.
The latest Boxee alpha restores content from Hulu.com — which rather noisily blocked Boxee users earlier this year — adds PBS videos and can now stream music through Pandora.
But the really big news in this release is what’s under the hood: a new Boxee API.
The API will allow developers to build Boxee add-ons, much like Firefox ...
Boxee Brings Back Hulu by Adding a New Browser, Launches API
Webmonkey —
... But the really big news in this release is what’s under the hood: a new Boxee API and a new system for downloading content based on Mozilla browser code. ...
boxee's App Box and API go live, could come to other hardware soon
Engadget —
... Not that there should be any shock surrounding the formal introduction of boxee's App Box and API -- after all, both were teased sufficiently during last month's bleeding edge alpha release -- but we're still thrilled to see things moving along nicely. ...
boxee's App Box and API go live, could come to other hardware soon
Engadget HD —
... Not that there should be any shock surrounding the formal introduction of boxee's App Box and API -- after all, both were teased sufficiently during last month's bleeding edge alpha release -- but we're still thrilled to see things moving along nicely. ...
Boxee Taking Lead As Internet TV Platform
Podcasting News —
Your living room television is the next new platform for developers.
And, while Apple is squandering its Apple TV lead by treating Internet television as a “hobby”, Boxee is opening the platform up to developers, offering an API and kicking off a developer challenge.
Boxee’s move is resulting in an explosion of content on the platform, including:
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UK’s Open University ...
