Opinion: Where is Apple taking the TV in 2014?
Yesterday Apple released their 2013 Q4 numbers and spoiler alert – they sold a lot of stuff. Specifically, they sold a lot of iPhones, iPads, iPods, Macs, and iTunes content, providing specific sales...
View ArticleWSJ: Apple quietly building its own content delivery network as possible...
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has been building out an extensive network of data centers and connections as groundwork for moving deeper into television. Today, Apple uses a mix of...
View ArticleHow Apple adds new channels to Apple TV
Have you ever wondered how Apple adds new content to the Apple TV without an update? For those of us with iPhones and iPads, every new application requires either a download or software update before...
View ArticleOpinion: How Apple can improve the TV experience without the “TV”
In the current incarnation of the Apple TV, Apple has created an install base of tens of millions of incredibly powerful devices, essentially a stealth army of living room soldiers awaiting orders....
View ArticleOpinion: Netflix, Comcast and Apple – Two different approaches
Over the weekend, the WSJ reported that Apple and Comcast are working on a deal to streamline the use of Apple TV to Comcast users, where Comcast would provide the bandwidth to the device via a...
View ArticleAmazon releases Fire TV: should Apple be worried?
Amazon has finally released their home TV set-top device, the Fire TV. With the same price and a similar form factor to the Apple TV, Amazon has joined Roku in their fight for the living room. But how...
View ArticleWWDC 2014 and the invisible Apple TV
WWDC 2014 is over, and noticeably absent from last week’s keynote and sessions was any mention of the Apple TV. For a billion dollar product, this silence from Apple means one of two things: it could...
View ArticleDisabling IPv6 fixes Netflix and AirPlay issues on Apple TV
I’ve been having a lot of issues lately with Netflix on my Apple TV and other iOS devices from home. On Apple TV, the most common outcome of launching Netflix was the dreaded “Netflix is currently...
View ArticleReading between the lines of WWDC 2015 keynote
Over the past couple of years, Apple has been slowly adding content, via ‘channels’, to the Apple TV platform. These channels are nothing more than a link on a homepage pointing to a third-party’s...
View ArticleHow Apple is fixing what’s wrong with console gaming today
Apple announced the New Apple TV yesterday, showcasing Siri, the App Store, and a new remote. All of this was overdue, necessary, rumored, even expected. But the real story is in what comes next. The...
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