Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » Sling Media Group http://pulse2.com Sun, 27 May 2012 19:13:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Sling Media Launches SlingPlayer App For Android Tablets http://pulse2.com/2011/10/11/sling-media-launches-slingplayer-app-for-android-tablets/ http://pulse2.com/2011/10/11/sling-media-launches-slingplayer-app-for-android-tablets/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:20:25 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=51870 Continue reading →]]>
Sling Media has announced a new app for Honeycomb (3.0) tablets that costs $29.99. This is the same cost that Sling Media charges for their mobile applications. The application allows Slingbox owners to watch home TV from their Android tablets. The Slingbox retails for over $180.

The earlier released SlingPlayer app for Android phones will continue working in “Compatibility Mode” on tablets for no extra charge. This means that the older version of the app streams from all Slingboxes, but not at the higher-quality resolutions available on tablets.

[TechCrunch]

]]> http://pulse2.com/2011/10/11/sling-media-launches-slingplayer-app-for-android-tablets/feed/ 0 MySpace Picks Up Jason Hirschhorn, Owen Van Natta, and Mike Jones http://pulse2.com/2009/04/27/myspace-picks-up-jason-hirschhorn-owen-van-natta-and-mike-jones/ http://pulse2.com/2009/04/27/myspace-picks-up-jason-hirschhorn-owen-van-natta-and-mike-jones/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:01:41 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=14392 Continue reading →]]> mike-jones
Last week I wrote about how former Facebook co-founder Owen Van Natta will become the new MySpace CEO.  Now it appears that News Corporation will be hiring former AOL executive Mike Jones as the COO of the social networking company as well.

“Michael’s operational insight and knowledge of the social media market will prove to be a valuable asset as we set out to evolve the MySpace product offering,” stated Jon Miller, Chief Digital Officer of News Corporation. “From a product perspective, there’s no better choice than Jason, who is highly regarded as an incredibly talented innovator, media executive and leader, all qualities I know will greatly benefit our team and our users.”

Miller is the former head of AOL which is where he most likely met Jones for the first time.  I have a feeling that this won’t be the last time that News Corporation will poach executives from AOL.  MySpace founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe are still negotiating other leadership roles within News Corporation.

News Corporation has also hired Jason Hirschhorn as the new Chief Product Officer of MySpace.   Hirschhorn was President of Sling Media Group before attaining this position.

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