Amazon Fire TV Parental Controls now let you use a PIN

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Amazon Fire TV offers the possibility for parents and guardians to set up parental blocks on the device apps. This prevents any unauthorized person from using apps without permission. It is important to ensure that kids have access to content appropriate for their ages. For example, among the top 10 … read more

Amazon Video content will be available to stream via Twitch

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If you know the streaming service named Twitch, you know that, until recently, it has been a service based mostly on gaming. We even included the Kodi Twitch addon in our list for the 10 best Kodi gaming addons. However, Twitch has been expanding its content options beyond gaming, including some … read more

ES File Explorer removed from Fire TV App Store

Es File Explorer Blocked On Fire Tv

Update (August 2, 2016): ES File Explorer unavailability was just a temporary glitch that the developer has fixed. Everything is back to the way it was :-). The remainder of this post is now obsolete / incorrect. It appears that ES File Explorer is unavailable for install on Amazon Fire … read more

Deluge Torrent 1.3.13 Released: Installation and Upgrade

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Deluge torrent is one of the most commonly used free multi-platform torrent clients. One of its unique features, compared to Transmission or qBittorrent, is the ability to connect to remote Deluge daemons. This post introduces Deluge Torrent 1.3.12 and 1.3.13 updates. What’s New in Deluge Torrent 1.3.12 and 1.3.13 updates? Since our … read more

Plex and VPN: An excellent combination for your home server

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Using a VPN on your media server is an advantageous thing. I noticed this first hand earlier today. When trying to analyze Plex plugins to write about them, I tested three unofficial channels without luck. This was really frustrating, as installing unofficial channels is easy if you install Plex WebTools … read more

Plex Server 1.0.1 Release: upgrade your Plex server

Plex Server 1.0

Plex is an application useful to set up and manage your own media center, and connecting several devices within your network (or outside of it) to your home server, to stream media and enjoy your content wherever you are. In this regard it is similar to Emby, and you could … read more

You might soon be able to watch YouTube Live TV

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No, the title of this article is not a typo, or some crazy fantasy from a wishful author. YouTube is preparing to get into the Over-The-Top market, and compete against the likes of Sling TV and PlayStation Vue. Not satisfied with being the first video service on the planet, they … read more

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