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NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube possible as Google meets with the NFL
Aug 21st 2013, 21:36, by Cory Gunther

Imagine being able to watch each and every single NFL Football game right on your smartphone, tablet, or computer all through YouTube. Doesn’t that sound amazing? I love technology, Android, and Football, so this is the best news I’ve heard all month. Reports are surfacing that Google wants to take on DirecTV for the NFL Sunday Ticket, and offer it up on YouTube.

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Google’s been trying hard to get into TV, we’ve been hearing that for quite a while. One of the biggest reasons people have DirecTV across the US of A is because of the Sunday Ticket. This gives you the choice to watch any (or all) NFL Football games on Sunday, not just what’s in your region. It’s amazing, $299 a month for subscribers, and I wish I had it. If Google took control of the Sunday Ticket, this would turbo-charge their TV aspirations.

I would bow down to Google at the start of every NFL season if this came true. Being that I can’t stand DirecTV, and they’ve had exclusive rights for the NFL Sunday Ticket for years, which costs them over $1 billion annually, this could be epic. DirecTV and their NFL contract expires after the 2014 NFL season, and we’re hearing Larry Page and more met with NFL execs and the commissioner recently to work up a plan, or some sort of deal.

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ABC News reported that they talked about many things, and not just the Sunday Ticket, so there’s a chance some sort of partnership with Google/YouTube and the NFL could be coming soon. With YouTube being the number one video service in the world, no one can touch their audience, and this surely would be a great move for both Google and the NFL.

These were only meetings during an annual trip by NFL execs, but if anyone can get it done, Google can. I’m getting excited already, even if a deal or services are still at least a year away, or more. All I want is NFL on my smartphone, Nexus 7, and Chromecast. Is that so much to ask?

VIA: ABC News

Archos 101 XS 2 tablet appears in FCC documents
Aug 21st 2013, 20:47, by Robert Nelson

We know that Archos has several announcements planned for IFA. In fact, earlier this month we learned how they had “more than 5 product announcements” coming during the show. They have yet to reveal all the specifics in terms of the devices however we do know they will include some smartphones.

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That aside, it also looks like there may be some tablet announcements as well. This thought comes by way of a recently discovered FCC filing for the Archos 101 XS 2 tablet. It seems pretty clear this will be a second-generation of the Archos 101 XS tablet but with a few extra perks. The filing doesn’t reveal much in terms of specs, but it does show an image of the tablet.

And thanks to that image — we can see a rear-facing camera, which is something the original wasn’t sporting. As a recap, the original model Archos 101 XS had a magnetic cover called the Coverboard that served as a keyboard, stand and cover for the tablet. The hardware specs included a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800) display, 1.5GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage with a microSD card slot for expansion. That original model also had a front-facing camera.

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Otherwise, aside from the discovery of the Archos 101 XS 2 tablet, another filing pointed towards the GamePad 2. That one was discovered earlier in the month and similar to this latest — revealed few details in terms of what we can expect to see. There has also been talk of the Archos 80b Platinum tablet with a quad-core RK3188 chip.

Bottom line here, it is looking like Archos has plenty of things in the works. Now we just need IFA to begin so they can come forward with some official details. As a reminder, we will be live on-site in Berlin to bring the latest news coming out of IFA 2013.

VIA: jbmm.fr, Engadget

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