ColorTV's New Platform is Designed to Help Developers Monetize Connected TV Apps
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 by Richard Harris
ColorTV, a connected TV app marketing platform, has announced that it has raised $1.5 million in seed funding led by Foxconn. ColorTV is developing a platform for brands to drive native discovery of content and apps on connected TVs and for developers to better monetize connected TV applications. ColorTV was founded in part by the team that bootstrapped and sold TapIt.c...
Western Digital Releases SDK for Personal Cloud Storage Devices
Thursday, September 10, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
WD, a Western Digital company, has introduced enhancements to its family of My Cloud personal storage devices, including a redesigned My Cloud OS 3 operating system, a new software developer kit (SDK) enabling enhanced app integration, and a dual-drive My Cloud Mirror personal cloud storage offering increased memory and faster processing performance.The My Cloud Device ...
Amazon's New Developer SDK for iOS and Android Adds Functionality for Amazon Fire TV
Friday, July 10, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Amazon has launched the new Amazon Fling service, a cross-platform toolkit that enables mobile developers to build multi-screen experiences for Amazon Fire TV. The Amazon Fling SDK allows sending video, audio and images from iOS and Android mobile apps to Amazon Fire TV. In addition to posting media content to Amazon Fire TV, developers can also leverage two-way communi...
New Amazon Firestick to Take on Google Chromecast
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 by Richard Harris
Amazon is taking on Google Chromecast with its new streaming media Fire TV Stick, a small stick that connects to the HDMI port on an HDTV. Priced at $39, the new streaming devices will ship November 19.Developers who have created content for Amazon Fire TV will probably see a bump as the Fire TV Stick makes its way into Christmas stockings offering a dual-core proc...
Tuxera’s AllConnect SDK Provides a Mobile Streaming Solution Across Devices
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Tuxera, a provider of file system and streaming technologies, has announced its AllConnect SDK, a cross-platform content streaming solution which provides compatibility with all devices that support Apple Airplay, Google Chromecast, DIAL or DLNA standard.The SDK helps meet the challenge of accessing, managing and streaming any content from a growing number of storage lo...
Google Play Services 5.0 Release: What’s Inside
Thursday, July 10, 2014 by Richard Harris
Now that Google Play services 5.0 has rolled out to devices we’ll take a peek at what it means for app developers. This release introduces Android wearable services APIs, Dynamic Security Provider and App Indexing and provides updates to the Google Play game services, Cast, Drive, Wallet, Analytics, and Mobile Ads.Android Wearable ServicesGoogle Play services 5.0 introd...
What’s in the New Google Play Services 5.0 Announced at Google IO
Thursday, June 26, 2014 by Richard Harris
At Google I/O a new version of Google Play services was revealed that brings new capabilities and the latest optimizations to devices across the Android ecosystem. Here is what Google says about the New Google Play Services 5.0:Services for Android wearables: Apps can more easily communicate and sync with code running on Android wearables through an automatically s...
LG’s Connect SDK Provides Open Source Framework to Develop Apps Across Multiple TV Platforms
Monday, April 21, 2014 by Richard Harris
LG’s Connect SDK is an open source framework that connects mobile apps with multiple TV platforms. Because most TV platforms support a variety of protocols, Connect SDK integrates and abstracts the discovery and connectivity between all supported protocols.To discover supported platforms and protocols, Connect SDK uses SSDP to discover services such as DIAL, D...
Roku Plans to Stick it To Chromecast With New Streaming Stick
Thursday, March 13, 2014 by Richard Harris
With the new Roku Streaming Stick, Google’s Chromecast dongle might have to make room in your TV’s the HDMI port. That means access to 1,200+ channels of movies, TV episodes, music, news, sports, kids’ shows and free programming streamed in up to 1080p HD video, plus a TV user interface featuring the Roku Search.It is reported that Google has sold million...
Google Believes it Will Rule Smart Wearable App Market With New SDK
Thursday, March 13, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Sundar Pichai with Google has dropped the news that Google will release an SDK for the wearable’s market in a couple of weeks. He discussed the SDK during a presentation at SWSX on Sunday.It’s the latest salvo in the war for app domination by the two biggest players in the market. Last week Apple launched CarPlay with Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Hyunda...
New App TIVOZ Offers Largest Library of Family Friendly Video Content
Thursday, March 6, 2014 by Richard Harris
Created by developers of mobile app KIDO’Z, new kid-oriented app delivers entertainment for children, relief for concerned parentsThe developers of KIDO’Z, a mobile app designed to provide a safe environment for kids to play fun and educational games, announced today the launch of TIVOZ, a standalone mobile app that hosts the largest library of kid-friendly videos ...
The Smart TV Enigma: Does Cognitive Networks Have the Answer for App Developers
Monday, December 23, 2013 by Richard Harris
What’s an app developer to do about Smart TV? There’s really no definitive answer.
Google Chromecast? It’s a nice device, affordable and streams pretty well but is really just another tool like a TV itself. The TV manufacturer’s app markets? They’ve gotten together to offer a one stop submission process and a unified SDK, but other than for the largest publishe...
Google Chromecast Device Released
Sunday, July 28, 2013 by Richard Harris
Googlecast lets you cast apps from your device to the TV and it's Google’s latest foray in an effort to dominate the big screen. The device can be controlled by a phone or tablet running on Android or iOS, or a laptop running Chrome OS, Mac OS, or Windows. And at a cost of just $35 who wouldn't want one?How does it work? A sender application running on the mobile device...
