TiVo releases Android app, countless tablets to be lost under couch cushions

TiVo releases Android app, countless tablets to be lost under couch cushions

It's been a bit of a waiting game for TiVo users with Android tablets, ever since the company released an app for iOS. As of today, however, that wait is over. The TiVo app is now is arriving in the Google Play today store for tablets, bringing with it remote control functionality, a show guide, search and programming / actor info. The app also helps you monitor your recording storage and organize your Season Pass recordings with drag-and-drop … [Read more...]

WobbleWorks: flapping ears and robotic dinosaur dreams

WobbleWorks: flapping ears and robotic dinosaur dreams

Artisan's Asylum's 30,000-odd square feet were largely uninhabited when we arrived early Wednesday afternoon. No shocker there, really -- the space's president and co-founder Gui Cavalcanti warned us in advance that it wouldn't begin filling up until later that evening, seeing as how a big portion of renters hold down nine-to-fives. They occupy desk jobs during daytime hours in order to support their after-work passions, stopping by the space in … [Read more...]

Reading Rainbow launches iPad app, we go hands-on (video)

Reading Rainbow launches iPad app, we go hands-on (video)

The rainbow chairs, miniature hot air balloons and child care at yesterday's Reading Rainbow press event were a welcome change from the standard mood lighting and Adele songs that set the scene for most tech launches these days. Of course, this wasn't just any press event -- this was Reading Rainbow, the eagerly anticipated return of the beloved children's program cancelled by PBS back in 2009 after a 26 year run. Host LeVar Burton was clearly … [Read more...]

Spotify brings radio feature to iOS, offers streaming to non-premium users

Spotify brings radio feature to iOS, offers streaming to non-premium users

Swedish music streamer extraordinaire Spotify is updating its iOS app this morning with a key new feature. Radio, introduced late last year for the desktop version of the service, is making its way onto iPads and iPhones in the States for both premium and free users. As with its desktop counterpart, users can generate an unlimited number of Pandora / Slacker-like radio stations using artists, albums, songs and Spotify playlists. The social … [Read more...]

Roomba 790′s Wireless Command Center lets you obliterate dirt from afar

Roomba 790's Wireless Command Center lets you obliterate dirt from afar

iRobot is calling the latest Roomba its "most advanced robot yet," thanks to a number of new features to the 700 series that extend beyond the 790's redesigned faceplate. Chief amongst them is the Wireless Command Center, an oblong remote control useable from anywhere in the home that lets users steer the Roomba, send it back to its base, schedule a cleaning and adjust its clock. There's also a big "Clean" button, whose functionality seems fairly … [Read more...]

Ben Heck gives dads the light-up toilet they deserve

Ben Heck gives dads the light-up toilet they deserve

Happy belated Father's Day, internet -- now please enjoy some video of Ben Heck modding a toilet. The tinkerer-turned-host offered up one of his more unsanitary projects over the weekend, involving a bathmat, a Glade Plug-in, a porcelain throne and a Tron-esque lighting scheme. Step on the weight-sensing mat and the conductive ink will go to work, lighting up side illuminating fiber optics on the toilet, should the photocell determine it dark … [Read more...]