5 Photo Gift Tricks for the Holidays

I’m a big fan of photo gifts around the holidays, and after years of making my own, I’ve learned a trick or two. Here are five tips to help keep you sane while turning photos into personalized presents this holiday season. Use a Batch Resizing Tool If you need to upload a bunch of photos … Read more

WDTV Live Updated for Facebook & USB Keyboards

Own a WDTV Live or Live Plus and feeling left out now that the appilicious 1TB WDTV Hub has arrived? Well, WDTV hasn’t forsaken you. Their latest firmware update brings new apps including Facebook, AccuWeather, and Flingo. Additionally, USB keyboards are now supported to facilitate text entry — I assume this includes wireless HID keyboards. … Read more

Fuze Box and Why I Love It

There’s nothing like a Pepcom event in New York to get you in a CES frame of mind, and though I have a number of products I want to write up, Fuze Box tops my list. You’re forgiven if you haven’t heard of Fuze Box yet. The company’s Fuze Meeting app only started making the … Read more

Two Hulu Plus Notes (Price Drop, iOS Update)

Although Mari and I were preoccupied with Hulu Plus landing on Roku earlier this week, two other bits of H+ news crossed the wire. Wednesday evening, I noticed and grabbed the Hulu Plus iOS update pictured above. I’ve been grossly negligent in hitting the gym lately, which is where I do most of my catch-up … Read more

Top Ten Holiday Activities… Without Internet

Over the years, an increasing number of holiday gifts in my family have connected in some way to the Internet. From music players, to netbooks, to photo frames, and Internet video boxes. But it wasn’t always that way. In fact, there used to be a rule in my house that it was okay to spend … Read more

Hulu Makes Good, But What About Others?

In the shifting TV landscape, Hulu has been a massive success story. Whether or not you consider its content library up to par, Hulu is making money in over-the-top video in a way that few others are. Today at NewTeeVee Live, CEO Jason Kilar announced that Hulu revenue will hit $240 million in 2010, up … Read more

Deal of the Day: WDTV Live Plus for $90

ZNF regulars might get the sense we’re big fans of Roku’s streaming media product line… and they’d be right. However, we’ve got love in our hearts for a wide range of boxes – including the WDTV Live Plus. Western Digital may not feature the development community and number of “channels” that Roku sports, but it’s … Read more

Holiday Preview: Video Box Roundup

This year’s holiday gadget season looks like it’s going to be a bit of a mixed bag. I’m not as excited as I’d like to be about the new stuff available, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of gadgety toys to add to your holiday shopping list. Here’s a quick round-up of the video … Read more