Mac OS Ken: 04.03.2014

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2014

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Amazon Announces Fire TV - Streamer of Video and Player of Games Fire TV Launches with 134 Games Amazon Making Its Own Games for Fire TV Munster: Fire TV Highlights Need for Something New for Apple TV Evercore Sees Growth (Not Hyper-Growth) for Apple Raymond James Analyst Sees Continued Dominance for iPad in North America Microsoft Office Lands on the iPad Apple Getting 30% Cut of In-App Office 365 Subscriptions Office for iPad Dominates Free iPad Apps Chart in First Week : Learn Apple software, plus business and creative skills, from easy-to-follow video tutorials at .

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:09.0	The battle for the living room gets bigger, a respectable single would be fine for Apple and playing a bit more
0:19.2	catch-up.
0:20.2	It's Thursday, April 3rd, 2014. I'm Ken Ray and this is news from MacoS. Ken.
0:28.0	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by IChart magazine, putting Apple and Tech News in focus
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0:45.3	The Battle for the Living Room is officially underway.
0:49.1	Game consoles sort of started it by offering video playback as well as gaming experiences,
0:54.0	though one could make an argument for the beginning being TiVo or even something like
0:58.6	Web TV. Roku and Apple stepped the fight up a notch with their streaming boxes.
1:05.0	Now Amazon is jumping into the fray with the new Fire TV.
1:10.3	Macworld UK says Amazon announced its digital streamer at an event Wednesday in New York City.
1:16.0	The set-side device does a lot of what Apple TV and the various Roku boxes do,
1:21.0	offering such video content as Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube, and Watch
1:26.9	E-P-N.
1:28.6	It also includes access to Amazon's own instant video and Prime instant video, which Apple TV doesn't have,
1:36.2	though it does not include access to HBO Go, which Apple TV does.
1:41.4	The other thing Fire TV has that Apple TV does not is access to games. A lot of
1:47.8	them. According to a piece from Business Insider, Fire TV already has 134 video games available to it, including such standout
1:56.7	titles as Sonic the Hedgehog, NBA 2K14, and Minecraft Pocket Edition.
2:05.0	Pocket Edition?
2:07.0	Indeed, because Fire TV is an Android device,
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