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Pandora shows some love in Australia and New Zealand

Television, technologyEdward Kiledjian
Pandora has been available on the desktop in Australia and New Zealand but Pandora has now announced that its radio stations are now fully available in those countries. What is interesting is that this is the first time Pandora has offered its full service portfolio outside of the USA. 
This also means the Pandora Android and IOS apps are now available for OZ and Kiwis (downloadable from the app store).

Samsung Galaxy S IV rumors are here

TelevisionEdward Kiledjian

The Samsung Galaxy SIII (S3) is one of the best selling phones ever and is seen as the real competitor to Apple's iPhone 5. With all this popularity, Samsung is the butt of many jokes and the motivation behind many rumors. 

Hold your Android phone tight and tell it you love it because we are now hearing rumors from "unnamed sources" that the S IV may see the light of day as early as April 2014. Little is actually known about the rumored device but it is said: 

  • the project is called project J (internally)
  • It will come with an unbreakable screen
  • It will come with Android key lime pie
  • a 5" 441 pixels per inch screen (PPI)
  • a quad core processor
  • a 13 mega pixel camera 

We all know you can trust rumors from unnamed sources so take all of this with a grain of salt but it is nice to see Samsung continuing to innovate. 

Microsoft's cool idea to market its new Live tile concept

Television, technologyEdward Kiledjian

Anyone using Windows 8, Windows 8 RT or Windows Phone 8 knows the cool new Microsoft designed concept of a Live tile. It is a tile that provides active information about the things that are important to you. 

Microsoft created a Live Tile on the floor (middle of the road) that lit up when a person stepped on it. As soon as the person was completely on the tile, the walls of the nearby club fell down and everyone started dancing around that person.

Its one of those things that you just have to see. Creative idea Microsoft.

Could Apple make a bid for HULU?

Apple, Google, Hulu, Microsoft, Television, YahooEdward Kiledjian

Bloomberg reported [on Thursday] that Apple is considering a bid for video streaming site extraordinaire – HULU. HULU announced that they have retained the services or Morgan Stanley and Guggenheim partners to assist with the potential sale of the company.

About 2 years ago, the interwebs were buzzing about Apple starting a new streaming Television service. Obviously that never got off the ground. Could this be the missing piece to the puzzle?

This new rumor is in addition to the others we have already read about other potential suitors, mainly Yahoo,Google and Microsoft.

 Source: Bloomberg