Netgear introduces more connected entertainment gadgets
Connected entertainment is clearly a big theme at the International Consumer Electronics Show taking place this week in Las Vegas.
Today Netgear showed off three products that make it a lot easier to use the Internet with consumer electronics gear.
Its first product was the Netgear Internet TV Player, which is enabled by the company’s partnership with
Mountain View, Calif.-based Verismo Networks. This little $199 set-top box will connect to a TV and give users access to hundreds… Continue Reading
Sling Media video portal takes live TV, clip-sharing online
Sling Media, known primarily for the SlingBox, a device that can stream your home television signal to you anywhere in the world, is branching onto the web today with a limited beta release of Sling.com, a video portal that will let users not only watch premium and live video content, but also share clips of their favorite shows with friends.
Sling.com will give users access to a library of video content — movies, television and popular… Continue Reading
Data Robotics raises $15 million for Drobo backup storage business
Data Robotics has raised $15 million in a fourth round of funding for its consumer-focused Drobo backup storage business.
The Santa Clara, Calif., company makes “data robots,” or external backup storage units that make it easy to back up data on a computer or a network of computers. The lead investor is Greylock Partners. Other participants include new investor New Enterprise Associates, as well as existing investors RRE Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures. To date, the… Continue Reading
Netgear buys Infrant, home media storage company, for $60M
Netgear, the Santa Clara, Calif provider of home networking equipment, has agreed to buy Infrant Technologies, of Fremont, for $60 million in cash.
The deal includes possible payments of up to $20 million over three years if specific revenue targets are reached.
Infrant offers digital-storage devices (for things like photos, music files) to home and small businesses, with quite a few other services to boot.
Roundup: MobiTV, Loopt, Xuqa, Google embraces TurnHere
The latest tech news in Silicon Valley:
The mobile TV revolution continues, and MobiTV is hot — MobiTV, of Emeryville is one of the start-ups on the forefront. It offers TV programming from networks and cable providers. It started out serving mobile phones. Now it has expanded, first to WiFi, and now with AT&T to anyplace with broadband.
Venture investors like Oak are paying a good price to play. MobiTV raised $70 million in a July third round,… Continue Reading