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I literally called Google TV a failure the day it was announced, for exactly the same reason presented here.
“It’s really simple: any product that requires IR blaster control of a cable box is doomed to fail.”

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/21/engadget-on-google-tv/

What on earth are you talking about?

about 13 hours ago on Live TV on the Xbox One: Microsoft learns nothing from Google TV's mistakes 4 recommends

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Microsoft says explicitly that Live TV functionality requires an external TV source with HDMI out. It’s right in the Xbox One press release.

about 13 hours ago on Live TV on the Xbox One: Microsoft learns nothing from Google TV's mistakes 2 replies 3 recommends

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I don’t think Apple has the solution — far from it. They don’t have Steve Jobs to get the deals they need, and they’ve shown no ability to convince the cable companies or broadcasters that they’ll add value to the system.

This might have been Microsoft’s only move, and the best they can do given the technical constraints. I’m just saying I’ve seen this move before, and it always, always sucks.

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I really liked the presentation today — it was way better than Sony’s PS4 event, which was all games all the time.

about 20 hours ago on Live TV on the Xbox One: Microsoft learns nothing from Google TV's mistakes 1 reply 12 recommends

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You realize the Xbox will be controlling the DirecTV box, right?

about 20 hours ago on Live TV on the Xbox One: Microsoft learns nothing from Google TV's mistakes 5 replies 15 recommends

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Let’s say you buy an Xbox One. What is going to make you use it for TV instead of your cable box?

I think the other parts of the One will be a huge success, just as the 360 was. But the TV part is hacky — the same hacky we’ve known forever.

about 20 hours ago on Live TV on the Xbox One: Microsoft learns nothing from Google TV's mistakes 21 replies 44 recommends

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I would just like to point out the following:

I told you so.

That is all.

2 days ago on On Nilay and IR Blasters 2 replies 8 recommends

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The licenses for an all-you-can-eat streaming service that offers “radio” like All Access and an actual radio service like Pandora are very different. The music industry is super mad about Pandora’s license situation, which allows it to pay fees codified by law — they would much rather set their own rates for services like Spotify. Apple appears to be trying to forge a path down the middle, which is stalling their launch.

5 days ago on How Google beat Apple to a streaming music service 2 replies 5 recommends

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The livestream will be in the video module on our front page, silly. We do that whenever we get the chance. What are you talking about?

8 days ago on Our live blog of the Google I/O keynote starts at 12PM ET / 9AM PT 3 replies 48 recommends

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You guys know that Paul chose to do this, right? He was part of the decision to livestream this, to have an audience, to make it this much of a spectacle, all of it.

It might have been uncomfortable and weird, but ultimately that was the point — no one else is going to get a moment like this, and we decided that we’d share it in this way.

21 days ago on Paul Miller returns to the internet, live on Tuesday April 30th at 11PM ET 1 reply 7 recommends

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It’s not my opinion. It’s literally the opinion of the court, which valued the patents-at-suit at $1.7 million annually.

25 days ago on Does anyone know why Google bought Motorola? 1 reply 20 recommends

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I fixed that — my mistake. Still only up 7 percent YoY, though.

29 days ago on Apple posts $9.5b profit on $43.6b in revenue, but iPhone growth slows at 37.4m units sold 11 replies 3 recommends