The tiny Roku box is just about as tiny as it can get — so Roku thinks it’s time to ditch boxes altogether. This year, the next crop of streamers will plug right into your TV like a USB drive.
Roku owners: Get psyched! You can now control your media streamers with a new, official iOS app with what looks like a sweet interface and gesture controls.
Rdio, our most adored music subscription service, is now available as a channel on Roku devices. Subscribers can search for tunes, listen to playlist, and access a queue of songs built on the web or Rdio apps. They both have four letters and start with “r”, so it was kinda inevitable. [Rdio]
Looks like we’re going to have to edit our streaming video box breakdown: Hulu Plus is coming to both TiVo Premiere and Roku. They join Boxee and PS3 the only boxes to offer the service for now.
