| DirecTV iPad app adds (some) TV and movie streaming 'Everywhere' Mar 21st 2012, 17:16 After adding live TV streaming features to the DirecTV iPad app last fall, the company is expanding the feature today by pushing an upgrade that lets viewers watch video (but no live TV, yet) even when they're away from home. Dubbed DirecTV Everywhere, it follows up on the company's promises of more video for customer's mobile devices, offering "selected" video on-demand programming for on the go viewing. The Solid Signal Blog has an early preview of the new features with more screenshots and a video, revealing that available content at the moment consists of premium movie channels (HBO networks, Starz, Sony Movie Channel) and DirecTV's own Audience Network. While we wait for more content, other new features include the What's Hot social module pulling from your Twitter and Facebook friends to see what they're watching, and social checkins with Miso. We haven't gotten any official info from DirecTV on the upgrade beyond the changelog, but for now you can check out iTunes for the details. Continue reading DirecTV iPad app adds (some) TV and movie streaming 'Everywhere' DirecTV iPad app adds (some) TV and movie streaming 'Everywhere' originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  iTunes, Solid Signal Blog | Email this | Comments | | Einstein Archives website rolls out first phase of project to get 80,000 documents online Mar 21st 2012, 17:05 Believe it or not, there are still things that have yet to be put on the internet. That has included most of Albert Einstein's archives, a portion of which has previously been available, but which now has a greatly expanded online presence courtesy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (and a grant from the Polonsky Foundation UK). The first phase of that expansion includes some 2,000 digitized documents, ranging from personal correspondence to scientific papers, which are fully searchable and able to be examined right down to the finest detail. Additional documents will continue to be added over the course of 2012, with the ultimate goal being to get all of the 80,000+ items in the university's own archives online (they've all already been cataloged). No word on any future plans for tablet apps or the like, but you can dive into the new website right now at the source link below. Einstein Archives website rolls out first phase of project to get 80,000 documents online originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  CBC News | Einstein Archives | Email this | Comments | | Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 review (Verizon Wireless LTE) Mar 21st 2012, 16:00 Samsung's Galaxy Tab series boasts seven distinct models. Throw in all of the variants of each one -- LTE, WiFi, WiMAX and even the Galaxy Note 10.1 if you want to be picky -- and all of a sudden the number of tablets produced by the Korean electronics giant over the past sixteen months shoots up to exceed twenty. In a vast sea of incredibly similar-looking Android slates, there's one model that dares to be different: the Galaxy Tab 7.7, an oddly sized tablet with a stunning Super AMOLED Plus display. Last month, we were given the opportunity to review the global version, and definitely liked what we saw. It's an understatement, then, to say that we were ecstatic to give Verizon's LTE version a run for its money (which, at $500 with a two-year commitment and $700 without, is a lot). What did Big Red choose to tweak? How's the battery life once you factor in that next-gen network? These answers and more are coming your way after the break. Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 review (Verizon Wireless LTE) Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 review (Verizon Wireless LTE) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Nissan Leaf to get minor range boost, prove Moore's Law doesn't apply to EVs Mar 21st 2012, 15:43 Fifteen months and 10,000 American sales later, Nissan is preparing a 2013 overhaul of its Leaf EV. What green and fresh bounties can we expect? Leather seats, a "darker" interior and more efficient heater, which could let the EV go up to 20-25 miles further in cold-weather conditions. Sounds minor to our comfortably warm ears, and there's no specific mention of inductive charging (depicted above) either. On the other hand, the 2012 model already hiked up prices and Nissan probably has to stick closely to the current $35,000 bracket or risk being run down by another all-electric, all-emotional hatchback that's also due next year. Nissan Leaf to get minor range boost, prove Moore's Law doesn't apply to EVs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Detroit News | Email this | Comments | |
