Tag: Chromecast
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Internet Streaming – Connecting The Internet To Your Monitor
There are many ways you can view your favorite shows and browse the net other than a smartphone or tablet. Plus you can do it without having a PC or smart TV.
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Casting Browser Tabs with Chromecast – How To
Chromecasts are amazing little devices. Simple to setup and install and they do exactly what it says on the tin. Find something on a device you want to watch, hit cast and connect to the chosen device. Casting it could not be easier! One point of note has always been ‘Cast Tab’. This option has […]
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Chromecast 2 and Chromecast Audio Announced
This Tuesday Google announced two new versions of Chromecast. The internet giant’s CEO, Sundar Pichai claimed on stage yesterday, that one will be for streaming videos and photos to your tv and the other for streaming music to any audio system or standard speakers. The new generation of Chromecast has undergone a transformation and now […]
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Google Releases Chromecast Ethernet Adapter to End Wi-Fi Woes
Google has launched a new $15 accessory for Chromecast which allows users to hook it up with an Ethernet lead to avoid that troublesome Wi-Fi dropout. The Google Chromecast is a handy bit of kit, a compact and portable gadget which is able to magically (via Wi-Fi) transform any TV with an HDMI port into […]
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Google Offerring New Chromecast Customers Free Stuff
Google has launched another Chromecast promotion, one that the company no doubt hopes will attract even more customers to its streaming dongle, as if the low price and fantastic features weren’t already enough. But they are fighting Apple TV so it makes sense to provide added incentives. So for anyone who buys a new Chromecast […]
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Google Opens New Store for Devices
From now on if you’re looking to buy a tablet, smart watch or mobile phone from Google’s Play Store, you’ll soon be relocated to a brand new Google store for devices only. The amount of kit you can buy on the Play Store has increased so much that Google have decided that it can all […]
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VLC Player May be Getting Chromecast Support
Google’s Chromecast is surprisingly good for the price, it does almost everything you could want from a streaming stick, and it’s about to get even better. The latest update for VLC player will be adding a “Chromecast output module”, for those of you unfamiliar with VLC it’s the one stop shop for all your media […]
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Chromecast Sales Up By 60% – One Billion Casts Recorded
Chromecast has become the top streaming gadget in the USA with 60% increase in sales in the past 12 months. Google, the maker of the Chromecast, revealed that as well as the sales boost the device has been used to cast content over one billion times from compatible platforms including Android and iOS smartphones and […]
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Google announce new Chromecast guest mode lets your friends connect without using your Wi-Fi
I think that a lot of people will agree that Google’s Chromecast is a great bit of technology; it allows users to easily “cast” video from various sources, whether it’s YouTube, Netflix or perhaps some home movies or pictures you have stored on your phone. Also, on some supported Android devices users are able to […]
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Chromecast not streaming with BT Homehub 5 – Fixed
Here at the gadget helpline I’ve been seeing a large number of reports that the chromecast may have some compatibility issues with the BT homehub 5, this issue may occur with other similar dual band routers as well. The homehub 5 uses 2.4 and 5ghz and the chromecast seems to have an issue resolving the […]
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How to Check for Offers on Chromecast
These days, most streaming devices come with offers to entice you into buying their product over the many others on the market – Google Chromecast is no different. Some promotions include 3 months entertainment pass free Now TV subscriptions or 90 days of unlimited music free from Google Play. Whatever your offer is, you wouldn’t […]
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Google Chromecast 2 Confirmed
Google has officially confirmed that the second generation Chromecast is in the works. Speaking at the GigaOM Structure Connect conference yesterday, Google Vice President of Product Management Mario Queiroz discussed the success of the Chromecast as a digital media platform and its popularity, with 650-million uses recorded uses of the ‘cast’ button since the original […]