{"id":531972,"date":"2010-04-17T13:30:49","date_gmt":"2010-04-17T17:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/?p=18949"},"modified":"2010-04-17T13:30:49","modified_gmt":"2010-04-17T17:30:49","slug":"boxee-headed-to-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/531972","title":{"rendered":"Boxee Headed to Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with the <em>LA Times<\/em>, Boxee CEO Avner Ronen has announced that the service is looking to expand into the mobile market, which includes an app for Android. Ronen expressed an interest in breaking into both the mobile and upcoming Android-based tablets.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as a &#8220;social media centre&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxee.tv\/\">Boxee<\/a> is a flexible platform that  allows users to organize content on their computer while watching video  pulled from online sources. Users can attach different accounts  (Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr) to their Boxee service, which allows for  social posting across a variety of networks.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix users can also sync  their accounts to view Watch Instantly video, as well as manage their  queue. A mobile app would presumably allow for a smaller version of the Boxee experience, with less features.<\/p>\n<p>Ronen is looking to beat competitor Hulu to the punch, saying that Boxee is trying &#8220;to get something very basic very quickly out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Currently Android users can download the unofficial <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/02\/applications\/two-minute-drill-boxee-wifi-remote\/\">Boxee WiFi Remote<\/a> in the Android Market but Ronen&#8217;s statements have us excited about a more full-featured Boxee experience.<\/p>\n<h3  class=\"related_post_title\">Related Posts<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_post\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/reviews\/toshl-keep-your-expenses-controlled\/\" title=\"Toshl: Keep your expenses controlled\">Toshl: Keep your expenses controlled<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/applications\/gigbox-find-gigs-based-on-your-location\/\" title=\"Gigbox: Find gigs based on your location\">Gigbox: Find gigs based on your location<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/03\/news\/watch-the-ctia-keynotes-live\/\" title=\"Watch the CTIA keynotes streaming live\">Watch the CTIA keynotes streaming live<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/03\/news\/thickbuttons-launches-keyboard-for-fat-fingers\/\" title=\"ThickButtons launches keyboard for fat fingers\">ThickButtons launches keyboard for fat fingers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/01\/news\/googles-eric-tseng-talks-android-on-the-engadget-show\/\" title=\"Google&#8217;s Eric Tseng talks Android on The Engadget Show\">Google&#8217;s Eric Tseng talks Android on The Engadget Show<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with the LA Times, Boxee CEO Avner Ronen has announced that the service is looking to expand into the mobile market, which includes an app for Android. Ronen expressed an interest in breaking into both the mobile and upcoming Android-based tablets. Billed as a &#8220;social media centre&#8221;, Boxee is a flexible platform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6561,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-531972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6561"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}