Netflix is a provider of series and movies, but Napflix is a kind of parody on it. It's a kind of Netflix but then with boring content, but that's right conscious. It's a streaming service to let you sleep, meant for people who often have trouble getting asleep. Napflix offers several soporific films that should help in getting asleep. Check out NapFlix.tv. Read More
The Chromecast is a product of Google, and is a small dongle that needs to be plugged into an HDMI socket on your television. Then you can use your tablet, smartphone or laptop to determine what is being played on the television. The Chromecast seems to be a USB stick (it also has a USB connection to power the device) and connects to a network via WiFi. Meanwhile, there are a number of applications where it is possible to send the content to the Chromecast. The Chromecast then extracts itself the video or photo material via internet WiFi. It is not the case that the content of your phone is streamed to the television. The device has been available since the end of July 2013 (in the Netherlands only from October) and costs 35 to 40 euro. The primary goal of the Chromecast is to play video, music and photos. Meanwhile, there is also a Chromecast-Ultra available that can be used with 4k quality images. For more information please check out Product guide Chromecast. Read More
Widi is a technology from Intel and can connect devices wirelessly with a display, it is a techiek that is based on WiFi. Read More
DLNA is a standard to video, music, photos, etc. From one device to another streamer. On a PC or a NAS are movies and music, through DLNA it is thus without setup or other configuration possible to stream this on another device that also supports DLNA. Read More
LTE is the successor to the GSM and UMTS network, and is a technique used in 4g networks. The speed of LTE (up to 100 Mbps) makes it possible to stream movies. In the Netherlands a number of tests will be started in 2011, for now it is not yet available nationwide, this depends on several factors (number of devices that can work with LTE, enough applications, sufficient demand). Read More
Sotify was founded in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Mark Lorentzn and is the combination of Spot and Identify. The Swedish company wants to say that you hear and identify a song with Spotify. Spotify has a database of millions of songs that you can listen to as a stream. Since May 2010, Spotify is also officially available in the Netherlands. With the free version you can listen for 20 hours of music, after that you will have to move on to a paid account (4.99 per month or 9.99 per month, where you can listen to the mobile). Listening to the music goes with the Spotify music player, with which you can listen to music but also create playlists. More information and downloads on the Spotify site.