Google TV

Android 3.1-powered Google TV 2.0 and ‘Fishtank’ developer program detailed

June 27, 2011

The original Google TV products were met by lukewarm reviews at best, and according to Geek.com, the search giant is hard at work on its new Google TV 2.0 product. Developers have been joining Google’s new “Fishtank” program to get early access to tools that will allow them to create compelling new content for Google’s [...]

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SlingPlayer for Google TV teased on video, beta program opens up soon

May 31, 2011

We got a hint of Sling’s desire to let users catch their video streams directly on TV without a box during CES 2010, and now there’s video of the company showing off its SlingPlayer for Connected Devices app on Google TV. We caught a a preview at CES earlier this year, but interested Slingbox owners [...]

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First Honeycomb Google TV Device is Codenamed Fishtank

May 12, 2011
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As we traversed the huge line leading to the room where Honeycomb Apps on Google TV was the main session topic, event staff handed out large flyers with blocky Android figures on the back and a wall of text on the front. As soon as we were able to break the colorful image’s hold over [...]

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Google TV getting Android 3.1 and Market this summer: Sony, Vizio, Samsung and Logitech onboard

May 10, 2011

Google just announced at I/O that the Google TV will be upgraded to Android 3.1 this summer, with access to the Market coming “soon.” According to Mike Cleron from the Android Development team, developers will be able to use the vanilla Honeycomb SDK to build apps for Google TV, and also announced hardware partners will [...]

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New version of Google TV to be shown at Google I/O

May 3, 2011

Everybody knows — including Google — Google TV devices are not flying off the shelves. In fact, last week we found out that Logitech’s Revue is not selling very well. Google must be very much aware of the issue, because according to an article on BusinessInsider, Google will announce a new version of Google TV [...]

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Google Introduces Gmail Motion Beta

April 1, 2011

This year, Google has launched Gmail Motion Beta claiming that they have once again revolutionized email with motion sensing. Gmail Motion uses your “computer’s camera and a spacial tracking algorithm’ to detect gestures and react accordingly. Using Gmail Motion Beta, you can open a message by making a motion as if you’re opening an envelope. Point [...]

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Google TV Receiving Update, Still No Android Market

March 16, 2011

  The headline says it all. Google TV has received an update, and much to the disappointment of one particular Android blogger it does not include the much awaited launch of the Android Market. Instead comes a list of things in the update to v1.3 that seems comparatively more mundane: Better WMA audio file support [...]

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App Store coming to Google TV very soon.

March 3, 2011
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It’s fair to say that at The Next Web we’ve been salivating about the idea of getting some really exciting apps that integrate with TV viewing for some time. Ever since it was announced last May, Google TV has seemed like the most likely candidate to deliver the goods first and now it looks like [...]

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