Showing posts with label web 2.0 summit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label web 2.0 summit. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Comcast Xfinity remote for iPad does streaming video, we record some for you (video)

If you've got Comcast service and an iOS device, there's no reason you can't download the brand spanking new Xfinity TV DVR remote app right now, but it won't have the software's spiffiest feature -- direct-to-device streaming video. That's set to roll out in either "a couple of weeks" or "by the end of the year," depending on which Comcast representative you ask, and we got to try it for ourselves (along with the rest of the app) at the Web 2.0 Summit this week. Right now the featureset is fairly limited -- you just pick programs from a guide and either watch them, beam them to your TV, or tell your DVR to record -- but what is there was leagues more intuitive than a physical remote and about as responsive as we could hope for. Comcast tells us that Apple itself helped insure the user experience was polished, and it showed in every swipe and tap we made. Find out more and watch the app in action after the break! Continue reading Comcast Xfinity remote for iPad does streaming video, we record some for you (video) Comcast Xfinity remote for iPad does streaming video, we record some for you (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink    |   |  Email this  |  Comments




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Adobe CEO: Flash battery life depends on hardware acceleration, MacBook Air update in testing right now

Getting a little more oomph out of your MacBook Air after giving Flash the boot ? Adobe's Shantanu Narayen stopped just short of saying that's Apple's fault for not handing Adobe a device ahead of time. We asked the CEO what the greater battery life sans flash in Apple's new laptop meant for the platform vis-a-vis HTML5 at the Web 2.0 Summit just a few minutes ago. and he said it's all about optimizing for silicon: "When we have access to hardware acceleration, we've proven that Flash has equal or better performance on every platform." You wouldn't be blamed for thinking that sentence a cop-out, but that's actually not the case -- the chief executive says they've presently got a Macbook Air in the labs and have an optimized beta of Flash for the device presently in testing. Adobe CEO: Flash battery life depends on hardware acceleration, MacBook Air update in testing right now originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink    |   |  Email this  |  Comments




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