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BubbleUPnP the Android UPNP/DLNA app has been updated adding Chromecast support. This means you can play music, video and photos from a DLNA server or the Android device to the...

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Category:News -- posted at: 6:39am EST

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MediaPortal 1.7.0 Pre Release has been released containing some new features and bug fixes. Most of the changes are under the covers and are designed to improve the stability of...

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Category:News -- posted at: 11:12am EST

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As part of Microsoft’s renaming of SkyDrive to OneDrive the Windows Phone and iOS versions of the app have been updated. The Windows Phone version also gets a new thumbnail...

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Category:News -- posted at: 7:30am EST

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Skype have added a new picture in picture feature to the Android version of Skype. The feature overlays a small thumbnail of the video call in the top left of...

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Category:News -- posted at: 6:59am EST

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Today the renaming of SkyDrive to OneDrive has gone live and as well as the naming the Android app has a new upload feature. The renamed OneDrive app has automatic...

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Category:News -- posted at: 6:09am EST

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The Bing apps on Windows 8 are a good example of how to design Windows apps and yesterday the Bing team released a set of new apps for Windows Phone....

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Category:News -- posted at: 5:29am EST

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Last month Microsoft announced the new name for SkyDrive and on the OneDrive blog Microsoft have announced that the service has gone live today. The renamed apps should start showing...

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Category:News -- posted at: 4:55am EST

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Microsoft have made available the latest firmware and drivers for its Surface Pro devices (not the RT powered tablets). The download packs include the February 2014 firmware and drivers updates...

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Category:News -- posted at: 11:48am EST

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When I fired up my Surface today I was greeted with 7 updates from the Bing team at Microsoft. The Windows 8.1 updates were for Bing Finance, Bing Sport, Bing...

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Category:News -- posted at: 5:12am EST

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There is a new release of the Android version of MediaMonkey. Build 227 fixes issues with UPnP and WiFi syncing issues, it has database improvements and has fixed notifications. The...

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Category:News -- posted at: 10:15am EST

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In the tradition of things hitting the news after we discuss them on the podcast, Amazon Canada briefly had up a pre-order page for an Xbox One Media Remote. The...

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Category:News -- posted at: 11:19pm EST

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There are a batch of updates in the Windows Store from Microsoft today. The first is Xbox Music, this update has the very descriptive "Minor fixes and improvements". Xbox Video...

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Category:News -- posted at: 2:33am EST

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Google have updated the iOS version of their Google Play Music app fixing bugs in the apps. This release fixes disappearing downloads of songs and albums and fixes streaming issues....

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Category:News -- posted at: 1:52am EST

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Microsoft are back on track with their monthly update for the Surface tablets. This month there are updates for the Surface 2, Surface Pro 2 and the Surface Pro (but...

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Category:News -- posted at: 7:13am EST

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Microsoft had planned to roll out a system update for the Xbox One today but it looks like it's going to be delayed until later this week. The update includes...

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Category:News -- posted at: 6:53am EST

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Google have updated the Android Google Play Books apps adding PDF and EPUB support. You can now upload PDFs or EPUB to Google's book app via the downloads app on...

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Category:News -- posted at: 3:57am EST

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  Today Microsoft have updated the Xbox Video app for Windows 8. I had to double check the release notes as Microsoft do have a habit of leaving the notes...

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Category:News -- posted at: 12:40am EST

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The developers of MediaMonkey keep improved the media player app for Android. Build 225 fixes playback skipping issues, booking marking issues and fixes problems with the back button. MediaMonkey syncs...

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Category:News -- posted at: 3:56am EST

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Amazon have updated the Android version of their cloud music player. The app has been updated with improved playback performance when you have a large music library. Amazon have also...

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Category:News -- posted at: 12:44am EST

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Firecore the company behind the ATVFlash addin for the Apple TV have updated their iOS video player app. Version 2.2 has a download from network option so you can not...

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Category:News -- posted at: 1:47am EST

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The first update for the Xbox One is on its way. There are two updates on the way, the first one due 11th February has a couple of nice features...

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Category:News -- posted at: 5:05am EST

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The last update of the BBC's iPlayer app for iOS was supposed to have fixed the disappearing download issue that was affecting the app (they said "The mystery of disappearing...

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Category:News -- posted at: 2:27am EST

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No news on the status of the VLC for the Windows store just yet but we do have a new version for the Windows desktop and for the Mac. Version...

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Category:News -- posted at: 11:12pm EST

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Samplitude have released an updated version of its Music Studio application for Windows. The all-in-one package has vocal tuning, virtual instruments including a high-end synth, guitar, vintage organ, horns and an...

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Category:News -- posted at: 8:00am EST

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Yesterday Google released a Chromecast SDK and pretty quickly the developer of AllCast has updated the app to include Chromecasting support. With the updated Androi app you can stream content...

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Category:News -- posted at: 1:09am EST

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Believe it or not the MagPi magazine a community magazine for the Raspberry Pi has reached issue 20. This month's edition has instructions on how to create your own bootable...

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Category:News -- posted at: 11:15pm EST

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Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite is a budget makeover of Samsung's high-end Series 9 Ultabook. The original Series 9 is one of the best Ultrabooks around but it came with...

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Category:News -- posted at: 7:00am EST

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  MX Player the play anything video app for Android has been updated. The updated app supports cover art and adds subtitle gestures. Also extra codec packages are no longer required for...

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Category:News -- posted at: 6:13am EST

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After using Windows 8.1 on an 8 inch tablet for the last few weeks I found that Windows works really well on a small tablet (see my thought is this...

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Category:Guides -- posted at: 6:00am EST

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