Kinoma Notes

Ho-ho-holiday music now available in Kinoma Play

December 1st, 2011

Con­tin­u­ing a fine tra­di­tion by the elves at Kinoma, hol­i­day music is once again avail­able in Kinoma Guide!

Reports are that you’ve been very good, so for the rest of the year you can enjoy 23 sta­tions of Christ­mas and Hanukkah music wher­ever you are with Kinoma Play.

So where do I find this jolly music?

It’s all avail­able in Kinoma Guide in Music > Hol­i­day Music. So install your favorite hol­i­day wall­pa­per, tape red and green cel­lo­phane over the lights on your phone, attach antlers to your head­phones and enjoy.

Happy hol­i­days!

It’s our fond­est hope that you and yours have a safe, peace­ful, and joy-filled hol­i­day season.

(If you have some other favorite hol­i­day music streams we should inclulde, just let us know and we’ll be glad to add them.)

Come see Kinoma at gdgt Live in San Francisco on 12/1

November 28th, 2011

In 2011, we’ve had the plea­sure of meet­ing Kinoma fans and new friends at three gdgt live events in San Fran­cisco, New York and Seattle.

Today we’re happy to announce that we’ll be at our fourth (and last!) gdgt live show for 2011 — once again in San Fran­cisco – on Decem­ber 1.

When: Thurs­day, Decem­ber 1st, 2011 from 7–10pm
Where: The Metreon City View (top floor), 101 Fourth Street, San Fran­cisco
Who: Marvell’s Kinoma team + a bunch of the other hottest brands in tech
How: This event is free, all-ages, and open to the public

We’ll be demon­strat­ing the next ver­sion of Kinoma Play on a giant touch-screen dis­play, and talk­ing with mobile app devel­op­ers about the new Kinoma app platform.

Whether you’re a Kinoma Play fan, a devel­oper inter­ested in the new plat­form, or a mobile enthu­si­ast who wants to learn more, we’d love to meet you there!

Reg­is­ter here, free!

Put the full suite of “Nerdist Industries” podcasts in your ear-hole with Kinoma Play

September 6th, 2011

This Feb­ru­ary, we had the plea­sure of intro­duc­ing you to The Nerdist. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, that pod­cast is basi­cally Chris Hard­wark talk­ing about stuff and things with his two nerdy friends.

They’re often joined by some­one more famous — recent guests include Bryan CranstonJeri RyanSimon PeggNeil Gaiman and Sir Patrick Stew­art.

If you don’t know at least a cou­ple of those names, that’s a rea­son­ably good indi­ca­tor that The Nerdist isn’t for you. But…

What’s new?

…over the last few months The Nerdist has been joined by other great shows, at least one of which is sure to tickle your fancy.


  • The Indoor Kids — The Indoor Kids is all about the kind of lifestyle you have to lead in order to be a proper Gamer, cap­i­tal G. Join your hosts as they take a jour­ney from child­hood Shi­nobi obses­sions up through the best and worst video game adap­ta­tions of movies.
  • Mak­ing It – Riki Lind­home talks with peo­ple in the enter­tain­ment indus­try about how they got their careers. There’s no road map for show busi­ness and everyone’s story is dif­fer­ent, so Riki inter­views peo­ple about how they started, how they’ve kept it going and what they’ve learned along the way.
  • The Nerdist — Nerdy nerd­ness com­edy pod­cast with Chris Hard­wick, Jonah Ray & Matt Mira.
  • Nerdist Writ­ers Panel — An infor­mal chat with pro­fes­sional writ­ers about the process and busi­ness of writ­ing. Cov­er­ing TV, film, comic books, music, nov­els, and any other kind of writ­ing about which you’d care to hear.
  • The Ques­tio­nauts — Impro­vis­ing over-confident (and under-accurate) answers to lis­tener questions.
  • Sex Nerd San­dra — Sex. We do it. It’s a thing. Now let’s talk about it! Sex edu­ca­tor and Nerdist blog­ger Sex Nerd San­dra delves deep into the end­lessly fas­ci­nat­ing world of human sex­u­al­ity and pleasure.
  • The Todd Glass Show — Come­dian Todd Glass and friends talk about stuff.

Where do I find them?

You can find Nerdist Indus­tries shows in Kinoma Guide at Enter­tain­ment & Com­edy > Nerdist Indus­tries. Or, just search the guide for the spe­cific show you’re inter­ested in.

Enjoy!

Have sug­ges­tions for other cool con­tent? Please take a moment to let us know! Send links and short descrip­tions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them to Kinoma Guide for every­one to enjoy.

Improve your personal style with Kinoma Play and Put This On

August 22nd, 2011

Guys often get short-shrift when it comes to learn­ing about cloth­ing and style. It’s gen­er­ally not a topic that guys talk about together, so most of us just learn what lit­tle they know by observ­ing friends and co-workers.

So if your peers aren’t paragons of style, where do you go?

Thank­fully, now there are shows like Put This On. It teaches guys “how to dress like a grownup” in the pri­vacy of your own home — or when you watch with Kinoma Play, the pri­vacy of your own phone!

Inter­est­ing, what will I learn?

Sea­son 1 has included such prac­ti­cal infor­ma­tion as:

  • How to dress for your body type
  • Dress­ing tips from menswear experts
  • Tips on groom­ing, such as the proper way to do a clas­sic wet shave
  • How to buy and care for jeans from a denim expert
  • How to care for and shine shoes
  • How to dress for job interviews

And last but not least…

  • Hear Lyn­don John­son order pants (an amaz­ing record­ing from LBJ’s Presidency)

Where can I find it?

You can find Put This On in the Guide under Arts & Cul­ture > Beauty & Style. Or just search for “Put This On”.

Enjoy!

Have sug­ges­tions for other cool con­tent? Let us know! Send links and short descrip­tions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them to Kinoma Guide for every­one to enjoy.

Stay up-to-date with Reuters and Kinoma Play

August 17th, 2011

Reuters is the world’s largest inter­na­tional mul­ti­me­dia news agency. They sup­ply news to media orga­ni­za­tions, busi­nesses and con­sumers across the globe, and we’ve fea­tured them as a top news source in Kinoma Guide for a few years now.

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Today we’re happy to announce a refresh of Reuters that includes 10 cat­e­gories of video con­tent — much of it updated daily, and some­times mul­ti­ple times per day!

Cool, what’s there?


  • Break­ingviews — Break­ingviews is the world’s lead­ing source of agenda-setting finan­cial insight.
  • Busi­ness News — Top busi­ness news from the US, fre­quently focused on tech­nol­ogy, media and tele­com industries.
  • Chrys­tia Free­land — Reuters Dig­i­tal Edi­tor Chrys­tia Free­land takes up the most press­ing news with top pol­icy mak­ers, thinkers and busi­ness leaders.
  • Enter­tain­ment — Watch high­lights of your favorite stars and events around the world. From Hol­ly­wood to Bol­ly­wood, Reuters cov­ers them all.
  • Felix Salmon — Felix Salmon offers cheeky com­men­tary on every­thing from global eco­nomic imbal­ances to food, wine and cycling.
  • News­maker — News­mak­ers fea­ture ener­gized, can­did inter­views and debate on the most press­ing news and eco­nomic issue.
  • Oddly Enough — A col­lec­tion of odd and off­beat sto­ries from around the world.
  • Per­sonal Finance — Per­sonal Finance Edi­tor Lau­ren Young offers insights on invest­ing, sav­ing, taxes, mort­gages, retire­ment and life.
  • Tech­nol­ogy — Geek out for a minute, and learn the lat­est in tech­nol­ogy and inno­va­tion from around the world.
  • Top News — Reuters Top News is a video snap­shot of the most com­pelling sto­ries from around the world.

Where can I find it?

You can find Reuters (and many other news sources) in Kinoma Guide’s News cat­e­gory. Or just search the guide for the spe­cific show you’re inter­ested in.

Enjoy!

Have sug­ges­tions for other cool con­tent? Let us know! Send links and short descrip­tions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them to Kinoma Guide for every­one to enjoy.

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