Under pressure from Apple Music, Spotify tries to buy new subscribers' love with free Chromecast In the face of intense competition from Apple Music and free alternatives like YouTube, streaming provider Spotify is working to entice consumers to sign up for its premium service by offering Google's Chromecast gratis to new subscribers. AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 10
Amazon to halt sales of Apple TV, Google Chromecast in bid to push Fire TV & Prime Video Amazon will halt all sales of the Apple TV and Google Chromecast beginning on Oct. 29, the company said in an email to marketplace vendors, claiming that its Prime Video service doesn't run well on some devices outside of the Fire TV line. Roger Fingas 10 years ago 162
Google unveils new Nexus phones, Chromecasts, Pixel C tablet & more At a Tuesday press event, Apple rival Google announced a wide slate of new hardware including two new Nexus phones, new Chromecasts, and the Pixel C Android tablet. Roger Fingas 10 years ago 158
Roku outpaces Apple TV in US sales growth and usage for 2013, report says A report published on Wednesday claims set-top media streamers like the Apple TV will be in one out of every four homes by 2015, but market growth of Apple's device is being outpaced by sector giant Roku, at least in the U.S. Mikey Campbell 11 years ago 47
ESPN overhauls ScoreCenter for iPhone, HBO Go adds Chromecast support Two of cable television's heavyweight content providers pushed intriguing updates to their iOS apps on Thursday, as ESPN refreshed its popular ScoreCenter app and HBO added support for Chromecast wireless streaming to HBO Go. Shane Cole 12 years ago 3
Unable to catch Apple TV, Google TV said to rebrand under Android soon Adoption of the Google TV platform trails Apple's Apple TV device by a wide margin, and now the search company may be ready to rebrand its television offerings under the Android name in an effort to spark consumer interest. Kevin Bostic 12 years ago 56
Review: Google's $35 Chromecast has promise, but plenty of room for improvement Google has dipped its toes into the home media space before with Google TV, Project Tungsten and the Nexus Q, but the company has yet to see success in the living room. Is the Chromecast destined to be the commercial success Google has been looking for? Victor Marks 12 years ago 43
Google to take on Apple TV with $35 Chromecast streaming device for iOS & Android Google continued its push into hardware manufacturing on Tuesday by announcing Chromecast, a new streaming device that will go head-to-head with the Apple TV set-top box for just over a third of its price. Kevin Bostic 12 years ago 226
Google refreshes Nexus 7 with twice iPad mini's pixel count, for $100 less Google on Wednesday fired a shot across Apple's bow, unveiling a revamped version of its Nexus 7 tablet that's aimed at outdoing Apple's iPad mini at a lower price. Kevin Bostic 12 years ago 173
