Collaborate Disseminate
It’s the end of an era. But don’t mourn the passing of Chromecast: Google’s little dongle that could peaked several years ago and has been in a downward spiral ever since.
I will never forget how I found out about the original Chromecast. A friend of m… Continue reading RIP? Please. Peak Chromecast Was Almost a Decade Ago (Premium)
Google today announced a surprisingly long list of improvements and changes to the Android ecosystem, many tied to device interoperability.
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Google has patched several high and moderate-severity Chromecast vulnerabilities demonstrated earlier this year at a hacking competition.
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Controversial position: the world needs more buttons. We’ve gotten so far away from physical interfaces like buttons, knobs, and switches in favor of sleek but sterile touch-screen “controls” that when …read more Continue reading Big Red Button Puts Toddler in Command of Chromecast
Google has quietly dropped support for its 1st-gen Chromecast HDMI dongle. The company says that users may notice a “degradation in performance.”
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Scenario: I’m currently at a hotel and want to connect my Chromecast to the hotel’s public Wi-Fi; however, it cannot automatically connect to it because it requires pressing an "Accept" button. I then use my laptop to connect to … Continue reading Possibility of getting "hacked" on public Wi-Fi without transmitting sensitive data
Anyone who has seen 2001: A Space Odyssey will easily remember HAL 9000, the sentient computer that turned against its human companions aboard Spacecraft Discovery One. [Ben Brooks] decided to …read more Continue reading 2022 Sci-Fi Contest: Your Home Assistant, HAL 9000
Our favorite raft of otters is back at it again with another display of open source audio prowess as they bring us the OtterCastAmp, the newest member of the OtterCast …read more Continue reading Otters Deliver a High Power Stationary Audio Experience
When Google halted production of the Chromecast Audio at the start of 2019, there was a (now silent) outcry. Fans of the device loved the single purpose audio streaming dongle …read more Continue reading You Otter Be Able to Stream that Audio: Open Hardware Eclipses Chromecast Audio
Google has released a new Chromecast that is also really its first proper Android TV media streaming device – though at the same time Android TV has been rebranded as Google TV. Despite these potentially confusing developments, the new Chromecast with … Continue reading Review: Chromecast with Google TV boosts your streaming options