Your children will get profiles on Google TV soon

Google TV is expanding parental controls on its streaming device with the addition of kids' profiles. Parents and guardians can create individual profiles for the kids in their care using either their name and age or existing Google accounts. Through these new profiles, account holders can add specific apps and customized backgrounds and upload movies purchased on other devices. In the coming weeks, additional avatar options will be available, too.

The guardians can secure regular Google TV accounts with a PIN, so the children can't access more mature content. It will also allow account holders to set daily screen time limits and even bedtimes. It's coming first to the US this month, with a broader international rollout "in the next few months."

Source: Gizmodo

Leak shows new Google Chromecast remote

Source: WinFuture

Google plans to launch its new Chromecast at the end of the month, and recent leaks give us a better look at the new device and its remote. If the reports are correct, this will be the first time Google includes a remote with the Chromecast, suggesting an improved integration with Google/Android TV.

The remote features a D-Pad on top, with the volume rocker, Assistant, mute and home buttons below. There are also dedicated Netflix and Youtube buttons. This new Chromecast will supposedly signal the rebranding of Android TV to Google TV. We're going to learn more at Google's hardware event on September 30.

Source: Engadget

CES 2013: ASUS yields new crop of Windows 8 notebooks and desktops

Few manufacturers have embraced Windows 8 and all its varied permutations as fondly as ASUS which already had a heady selection of PCs prior to CES 2013.

The ASUS bonanza continued today with a deluge of notable product releases including a a GoogleTV, interesting new Transformer and VivoTab models and a new pair of dual-screen TAICHI convertible Ultrabooks in 11.6" and 13.3" sizes. Hit jump for all the juicy ASUS updates

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Sony Internet Player with Google TV now available for $200

The Sony Internet Player with Google TV is now officially available in Sony Store retail locations, online at http://store.sony.ca/internetplayer and participating retailers across Canada. There are two new free Canadian Google TV apps just released for the occassion, the TVO On Demand App and the Cineplex App. Hit jump for more details.

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