venturebeat.com - 11/10/2008
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I’ve had an Apple TV for a few days now; the user interface, speed and content are all amazing. It’s all great except for one part: The Apple remote, which quite frankly, sucks.
Rumors have circulated before that Apple was working on a new version that would be far more useful. In ...
techcrunch.com - 11/13/2008
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techcrunch.com —
We’ve received multiple (if thin) reports that Apple
is working on a search engine of some sort....
At first glance, the rumors make sense. Apple’s Safari browser has 6-7% market share , and currently uses Google as the search engine for ...
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Is Apple Building A Search Engine?
gizmodo.com - 11/10/2008
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gizmodo.com —
This is a guide that, if followed, will
unchain your Apple TV from its cruel iTunes tether,...
turning it into the useful living room conduit of music, video and web-based content it should have been all along via the media center software Boxee . Boxee ...
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How To: Max Out Apple TV's Potential With Boxee [How To]
appleinsider.com - 11/6/2008
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appleinsider.com —
Two new patent filings published this week reveal
Apple to be working on digital theater software for...
handheld devices that would give users the impression that they are attending a sporting or entertainment event, and a new version of the Apple ...
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Apple files for digital theater, smart Apple Remote patents
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Apple Still Working On A Wii Remote [Apple]
Kotaku —
... (in theory) having the ability to differentiate between the IR it's meant to detect (ie the Wii Remote) and the IR it's not meant to detect (ie your house lights). As a reminder, this is important because, with App Store games doing brisk business for the company on the iPhone, there'd be nothing stopping Apple doing something similar with this Wii Remote-like peripheral on other platforms. Apple files for digital theater, smart Apple Remote patents [Apple Insider, via VentureBeat ]
Apple still working on Wii Remote-like device
MacDailyNews —
... before that Apple was working on a new version that would be far more useful. In fact, patents filed over the past few years point to a device that would have similarities to the Nintendo Wii gaming console’s controller, the Wiimote. That device uses motion (along with button clicks) to manipulate action on the screen. A newer patent, uncovered by AppleInsider , suggests Apple is still very much at work on a similar concept for its Apple remote," Siegler reports. Full article here . AppleInsider reports that the Apple Remote control system described in the patent ...
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News: Apple releases Apple TV Software 2.3
ilounge.com 11/20/2008 — Apple has released Apple TV Software 2.3, the latest update to its set-top box. According to the release notes, the update adds the ability to stream music from the Apple TV to Airport Express speakers or other Apple TV units on the same network, to ...
Apple TV 2.3 firmware now available
crunchgear.com 11/20/2008 —
Remember your Apple TV? That thing next to the TiVo? It’s ready for its upgrade . The improvements are very minor but it now supports third-party remote control learning and AirTunes streaming to other audio outputs including Airport ...
Apple TV update 2.3 released
tuaw.com 11/20/2008 — Apple has just released software update 2.3 for the Apple TV . Right now, we don't have the change log, but we'll update the post as soon as we get more information.
It is important to know that as with all other Apple TV firmware updates, running ...
What We Want in an Apple TV
blog.wired.com 2/11/2009 —
An Apple survey collecting feedback on Apple TV has inspired Wired.com to dream up a list of features we'd like to see in the device.
Conducted this week, the survey polled Apple TV customers on their satisfaction with the TV set-top box as ...
Apple Patent Specs Wii-Like Controller For Apple TV [Apple TV]
i.gizmodo.com 3/12/2009 — Of all the things wrong with the Apple TV , its awkward control scheme via the Apple Remote is pretty niggling, but a recently published patent shows a new motion-sensing controller potentially in the works. As with all patent filings, this could ...
Apple TV at the center of Apple's latest lawsuit
appleinsider.com 12/19/2008 — A wireless set-top-box maker is suing Apple, claiming the company hired away a trio of employees privy to patented technology that would later turn up as part of Apple TV.
Apple exploring Magic Wand controller for next-gen Apple TV
appleinsider.com 3/12/2009 — Apple is exploring the possibility of including a wireless "remote wand" with future versions of its Apple TV media system that would provide users with precise control over a cursor on the Apple TV screen in very much the same way a ...
Apple planning connected television, Apple TV with DVR - report
appleinsider.com 2/5/2009 — Although Apple has publicly denied interest in such markets, investment bank Piper Jaffray said Thursday it expects the company to introduce a networked television in the next two years and update its Apple TV set-top-box with DVR capabilities by ...
Apple survey to help shape future of Apple TV
appleinsider.com 2/10/2009 — Apple has set up an online survey to find out more about how recent buyers of Apple TV make use of their box and what they do and don't like about it in an effort to improve the system.
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