Kinoma Notes

We’re big fans of great design. Specif­i­cally, we love design that gets out of the way, and not just in the con­text of software.

“In any­thing at all, per­fec­tion is finally attained
not when there is no longer any­thing to add,
but when there is no longer any­thing
to take away.” – Antoine de Saint Exupéry

One mea­sure of great design is that it’s mostly “invis­i­ble”, and the 99% Invis­i­ble show is about the invis­i­ble design, archi­tec­ture and activ­ity that shapes our world.

If you’re into design, you’ll love how this show explores the design of both the very com­mon and the very odd that you may never have thought about. And if you’re not, this “peek behind the cur­tain” may be all the more amazing.

Cul-de-sacs. Lan­guage. Mon­u­ments. The beeps and bloops of gad­gets. The Peri­odic Table. Tooth­brushes. These are all things that are designed, and all which have their rich sto­ries told in recent episodes of 99% Invisible.

Seems inter­est­ing! Where do I find it?

You can find it in Kinoma Guide at Arts & Cul­ture > Design, or just search the guide.

Enjoy!

Are we miss­ing other cool inter­net con­tent? Please take a few sec­onds to let us know! Just send links and short descrip­tions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them to Kinoma Guide for every­one to enjoy.

CNET’s been a favorite des­ti­na­tion for tech news and reviews for as long as I can remem­ber. And since it was born, Kinoma Play has been a great way to find and play CNET podcasts.

Today we’ve got a great update for CNET fans — Kinoma Guide now includes CNET’s lat­est show lineup, includ­ing video when­ever possible!

Nice! What do we have?

In addi­tional to the indi­vid­ual show cat­e­gories, there’s also a cou­ple con­ve­nience cat­e­gories with the lat­est audio and video pod­casts in reverse chrono­log­i­cal order.

Tip: Depend­ing on the speed and qual­ity of your phone’s data con­nec­tion, your play­back expe­ri­ence may be bet­ter if you (1) use Wi-Fi or (2) using the Media > Down­load fea­ture to down­load­ing video pod­casts before you play them.

Here’s the full list of categories:

• All Audio Pod­casts [Audio] — A feed of all CNET audio podcasts.
• All Video Pod­casts [Video] — A feed of all CNET video podcasts.
• The 404 [Audio, Video] — The 404 is where…well…you won’t find much of any­thing to help you stay con­nected to the lat­est news. You will, how­ever, find hosts obsessed with talk­ing about music, movies, games, and any­thing else in pop cul­ture that uses technology.
• Android Atlas Weekly [Audio, Video] — From phones to tablets to set top boxes, if it runs Android, Android Atlas Weekly will cover it. AAW also reviews the hot app of the week and cov­ers a spe­cial tip that should help you get even more use out of your Android device.
• The Apple Byte [Video] — The Apple Byte cov­ers the fact, the fic­tion, and every­thing inside the world of Apple includ­ing the lat­est Apple announce­ments, the rumors, and the good and bad of Apple with an edgy style.
• Best of Buzz Out Loud [Audio, Video] — The Best of Buzz Out Loud brings you BOL’s unique take on the top news of the week in a weekly digest format.
• Buzz Out Loud [Audio, Video] — Buzz Out Loud fea­tures CNET’s top tech experts review­ing the day’s tech news. Each episode, five times a week, the crew ana­lyzes, inter­prets, and argues about what all this tech­nol­ogy means and what it’s doing to us.
• Buzz Report [Video] — A fresh and funny per­spec­tive on the lat­est in con­sumer elec­tronic prod­ucts to hit the mar­ket, as well as ruth­less analy­sis and com­men­tary on the most buzz-worthy tech­nol­ogy news.
• Car Tech Live [Audio, Video] — Every Fri­day, the lat­est news in the ever-evolving inte­gra­tion between cars and tech­nol­ogy. The hosts also drive the newest car in the CNET barn, going over its cabin tech with a fine-toothed comb, check­ing out off-the-line accel­er­a­tion and try­ing not to crash.
• Car Tech [Video] — A car nut and tech affi­cianado takes you for an inside look at a new car and it’s cabin tech, as well as the tech­nol­ogy that lies under­neath the hood.
• CNET Con­ver­sa­tions [Video] — You ask the ques­tions, CNET gets the answers. CNET Con­ver­sa­tions is a series of video inter­views with tech lumi­nar­ies, with CNET users sub­mit­ting the questions.
• CNET News [Video] — From indus­try news to techy trends to news­maker inter­views, no tech­nol­ogy angle is too small or obscure to explore. Our reporters take you there in this video series that aims to bring you even closer to the tech news you find daily on CNET News.
• CNET Tech Review [Video] — CNET Tech Review rounds up the hottest new videos from CNET TV each week. From First Looks of big prod­ucts, to Prize­fights, to How-To videos, we bring you the good, the bad and the bot­tom line as well as what’s hap­pen­ing in the tech world.
• CNET to the Res­cue [Audio, Video] — You deserve to get the most out of the tech­nol­ogy you use. The CNET to the Res­cue pod­cast gives you the tips and tricks to mas­ter the prod­ucts you own and get the best deals on new tech­nol­ogy. Every Wednes­day, your hosts take on new top­ics and answer your emailed and live phone questions.
• CNET’s Top 5 [Video] — Check out the best and worst of tech­nol­ogy as counted down by your host, from the hottest gad­gets to the worst down­loads and much more. Watch each week to find out what’s No. 1.
• Crave [Video] — The name says it all: Crave cov­ers the coolest, hottest and sex­i­est dig­i­tal gad­getry that you *must* have. Whether its the thinnest phone, the lat­est iPod or the first billion-pixel cam­era, your hosts will talk about it on Crave.
• Dialed In [Audio, Video] — Whether it’s for just mak­ing calls or for cram­ming your entire life into one device, the ubiq­ui­tous cell phone con­tin­ues to evolve. Each Wednes­day your hosts meet to dis­cuss the lat­est cell phone news and answer your ques­tions about what’s in, what’s out, and what’s com­ing next.
• Dig­i­tal City [Audio, Video] — Live from New York, your hosts explore the impact of new tech­nol­ogy on city life and urban envi­ron­ments, from munic­i­pal Wi-Fi, to high-tech crime, to tricks for cut­ting the line at the Apple Store.
• The Dig­i­tal Home [Audio] — A no-nonsense dis­cus­sion on what really is going on with all the tech top­ics related to your Dig­i­tal Home.
• First Look [Video] — Get the first look at the hottest prod­ucts from our expert CNET edi­tors. They’ll dive in deep and cover all of the hot fea­tures, as well as the flaws, of the lat­est tech gad­gets across every prod­uct category.
• For The Record [Audio] — Talks with tech insid­ers about prod­ucts and issues rang­ing from an inside look at the newest tech prod­ucts to a crit­i­cal analy­sis of tech pol­icy issues. Draw­ing on com­pany reps, ana­lysts, CNET beat reporters and other experts, your hosts gets the answers you need to hear.
• The Green Show [Video] — The lat­est in green tech­nol­ogy, cov­er­ing news, con­sumer elec­tron­ics, and tips focused on energy effi­ciency. Your host gives you insight into being envi­ron­men­tally respon­si­ble and gath­ers the lat­est results of CNET’s lab testing.
• Hacks [Video] — If tech­nol­ogy doesn’t do what you want, then hack it. CNET hacks gets under the hood of your favorite gad­gets and tech to show you how to do things you might not have thought possible.
• How To [Video] — See all the steps for solv­ing tech prob­lems or just get­ting more out of What you’re using. Whether it’s a com­puter tip, tweaks and tricks for your DVR, or ways to get more out of your smart­phone, you’ll find it in CNET How To. Each video is help­fully rated easy, medium, dif­fi­cult or supergeek.
• Inde­cent Expo­sure [Audio] — Kick back and lis­ten to this weekly chat about what’s new, inter­est­ing, use­ful — and occa­sion­ally irri­tat­ing — in the world of dig­i­tal pho­tog­ra­phy and imaging.
• Inside CNET Labs [Audio] — Take a look inside CNET’s edi­to­r­ial process from a per­for­mance test­ing per­spec­tive, offer­ing a glimpse of the good, the bad, and the ugly. You’ll also go inside the heads of CNET Labs as they offer opin­ion­ated dis­cus­sion on sub­jects rang­ing from per­sonal inse­cu­ri­ties to whether the exis­tence of time can be proven.
• Loaded [Video] — Start your day with CNET’s daily tech­nol­ogy news video show. Your host dis­cusses the day’s news hot off the Inter­webs and takes tech­nol­ogy to the streets of New York City to see it at work.
• preGAME [Video] — The week’s gam­ing news and high­lights you care about. Your hosts bring you live in-house demos of the hottest games a week before they’re released and give you a sneak peek at what’s to come with live com­men­tary, reac­tions, and inter­views with the peo­ple behind the games.
• Prize­fight [Video] — It’s the ulti­mate face-off between tech’s top dogs in this five-round, winner-takes-all bout. Watch every blow-by-blow, where you’ll find the hottest cell phones, dig­i­tal audio play­ers, cam­eras, and more, bat­tling it out for Prize­fight supremacy.
• Reporters’ Round­table [Audio, Video] — Each week, CNET News and Reviews edi­tors dis­cuss in detail the biggest tech issues of the week, and pre­dict the out­comes of ongo­ing tech­nol­ogy mar­ket battles.
• Tap That App [Video] — Tap That App focuses on all the hottest mobile appli­ca­tions for all plat­forms. But the most impor­tant ques­tion is, “Will you tap that?”

Great, how do I find them?

You can find them in Kinoma Guide at Providers > CNET.com, or just search the guide for the spe­cific show you’re inter­ested in.

Enjoy!

Are we miss­ing other cool inter­net con­tent? Please take a few sec­onds to let us know! Just send links and short descrip­tions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them to Kinoma Guide for every­one to enjoy.

Kinoma Play puts an amaz­ing amount of great con­tent at your fin­ger­tips. Even if you stick to Kinoma Guide, you can enjoy some­thing new every day and never play the same thing twice.

But what if you want to play some­thing that isn’t in Kinoma Guide or Kinoma Play’s other apps? Open URL to the rescue!

To use Open URL, just open the menu from the Home screen and choose Home > Open URL.

Sup­ported formats

The powerful-but-unassuming Open URL fea­ture allows you to open links in any for­mat sup­ported by Kinoma Play. And there’s a lot of them…

• Video — Kinoma Play sup­ports MPEG-4 Video SP, AVC/H.264 BP (Base­line Pro­file) and MP (Main pro­file) video, 3GPP (same as MPEG-4), Flash Video (Soren­son Spark codec), Quick­Time Movie (same as MPEG-4) and Win­dows Media 9 (WMV9 codec) video for­mats. For stream­ing, Kinoma Play sup­ports HTTP, RTSP, and MMS streaming.

• Audio — Kinoma Play sup­ports MP3, AAC (iTunes), aac­Plus, Flash Video (MP3 in an FLV), Win­dows Media Audio 9, and Audi­ble audio, plus FLAC loss­less audio and uncom­pressed WAV. For stream­ing, Kinoma Play sup­ports HTTP, RTSP, MMS and Audi­ble stream­ing. It also sup­ports all pop­u­lar playlist for­mats, includ­ing ASX (Win­dows Media), M3U, PLS, PVX and XSPF.

• Pic­tures & Images — Kinoma Play sup­ports JPEG, PNG and BMP image for­mats, plus Quick­Time VR panora­mas, either stand­alone or in RSS photostreams.

• Playlists — Kinoma Play sup­ports all pop­u­lar playlist for­mats, includ­ing M3U playlists (.m3u), Playlists (.pls), Win­dows Media playlists (.asx), RSS and OPML.

As you can see, that cov­ers almost every pop­u­lar for­mat used on the web today.

Tips and tricks

• Use a URL short­ener like goo.gl or bit.ly to make a short URL that’s easy to enter on your phone.

• Or avoid typ­ing alto­gether. Copy a link from your email client or browser, then use Open URL — its “clip­board auto-paste” fea­ture will enter it for you.

• Cre­ate playlists in the cloud to make per­sonal lists of links, then use Open URL to add them to your Favorites (and from there to your Home screen, etc). Both Box.net (upgraded accounts only) and Drop­box let you get direct links to files that can be used with Open URL, and are per­fect places to store your cus­tom playlists.

We hope this enhances your enjoy­ment of Kinoma Play! And if you have any ques­tions or com­ments, please let us know in our forum.

Hel­loooo sports fans! Today we’ve got a major ESPN update for you.

Now you can find all ESPN Pod­Cen­ter pod­casts, plus ESPN Radio streams from across the coun­try, in Kinoma Play’s always-handy Kinoma Guide.

Wow, what’s available?

You can lis­ten in to 34 live ESPN Radio streams, includ­ing national streams and regional streams from L.A. to New York.

ESPN Pod­Cen­ter col­lects all ESPN pod­casts into one con­ve­nient cat­e­gory. There’s con­tent from ESPN TV and ESPN Radio, plus orig­i­nal con­tent that you can’t get on TV or radio.

• 1st and 10 — ESPN First Take’s Jay Craw­ford and Dana Jacob­son ref­eree the always-heated dis­cus­sion as Skip Bay­less and guests debate the day’s top ten stories.
• Around the Horn – Host Tony Reali and four reporters from across the coun­try debate the hottest issues of the day with points awarded for good arguments.
• The B.S. Report – ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine’s Bill Sim­mons talks about his favorite things in sports: the Celtics, the Red Sox, his fan­tasy team and more.
• Base­ball Today – What every­one is talk­ing about in base­ball: Water­cooler talk from ESPN.com contributors.
• Behind the Bets – ESPN Insider Chad Mill­man explores the cul­ture of sports gambling.
• The Ben & Skin Show – Ben and Skin bring their brand of sports talk and humor to 103.3 ESPN Radio. Ben and Skin were born and raised in the DFW area and have cred­i­ble opin­ions and com­pelling analy­sis for Dallas/Ft. Worth sports fans.
• Best of Mike and Mike – A daily offer­ing of the best of ESPN Radio’s Mike and Mike in the Morning.
• Car­men, Jurko and Harry – Join Car­men, Jurko & Harry week­days from 2p-6p on ESPN 1000 — Chicagoland’s Leader in Sports.
• ESPN Boston Radio – ESPN Boston Radio with Adam Jones brings you a com­pre­hen­sive look at the Boston sports scene: the Red Sox, Patri­ots, Celtics, Bru­ins and more.
• ESPN Radio Daily – The best news, opin­ions and com­men­tary heard on ESPN Radio each day.
• ESPN Radio: Grid­iron Recap – ESPN Radio cov­ers all of Sunday’s foot­ball action and hears from the week’s top performers.
• ESP­Nsoc­cer­net – Join Dan Mason and the ESPN team for news and debate on Eng­lish foot­ball. Tune in for analy­sis on all the goals, inci­dents and talk­ing points on the Bar­clays Pre­mier League, UEFA Cham­pi­ons League and beyond.
• ESPNU Col­lege Bas­ket­ball – Doug Got­tlieb and Andy Katz give you an all-access pass inside the world of col­lege basketball.
• ESPNU Col­lege Foot­ball – ESPNU Col­lege Foot­ball gives you an all-access pass inside the world of col­lege foot­ball, uti­liz­ing ESPN’s sta­ble of reporters and analysts.
• ESPNU Col­lege Lacrosse – The ESPNU Lacrosse pod­cast gives you an all-access pass inside the world of col­lege lacrosse. ESPN Lacrosse ana­lyst Quint Kessenich inter­views the top coaches, play­ers and analysts.
• Fan­tasy Focus Base­ball – ESPN Fan­tasy experts Matthew Berry and Nate Ravitz pro­vide fan­tasy base­ball player pre­views, game overviews, injury reports and strategy.
• Fan­tasy Focus Bas­ket­ball – Mike Yam and Keith Lip­scomb pro­vide weekly fan­tasy bas­ket­ball player updates, injury news, strat­egy and more.
• Fan­tasy Focus Foot­ball – ESPN Fan­tasy experts Matthew Berry and Nate Ravitz pro­vide daily fan­tasy foot­ball player pre­views, game overviews, injury reports and strategy.
• First Draft – Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay share their weekly take on the upcom­ing NFL draft.
• Foot­ball Today – NFL updates, analy­sis and opin­ion from ESPN’s team of experts.
• Gal­loway & Com­pany – A writer and colum­nist for the Dal­las Morn­ing News from 1966 through July 1998, and now a colum­nist with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Randy Gal­loway also uses his sports exper­tise to dom­i­nate the radio waves.
• Grid­iron Recap – ESPN Radio cov­ers all of Sunday’s foot­ball action and hears from the week’s top performers.
• Gross Point Blank MMA – Josh Gross brings fight fans inside mixed mar­tial arts.
• Heavy Hit­ting Box­ing – Kieran Mul­vaney cov­ers box­ing for ESPN.com and Reuters. Sev­eral times a week, Mul­vaney will dis­cuss upcom­ing matchups, com­ment on past bouts and look at the sto­ries behind the fighters.
• Hockey Today – ESPN’s weekly take on the NHL fea­tur­ing experts Barry Mel­rose, E.J. Hradek and more.
• Jayski – Mark Gar­row pro­vides NASCAR news, rumors, stats and info.
• Jim Rome is Burn­ing (JRIB) — A sports con­ver­sa­tion and opin­ion show hosted by Jim Rome.
• LA Sports Live – Down­load the daily dose of LA Sports Live that you missed right here with the high­lights of each day’s show.
• Mason & Ire­land – Steve and John talk to the sports news mak­ers and the sports news break­ers daily from the 710 ESPN Car­max Stu­dios at L.A. Live.
• Michael Kay – The Voice of the Yan­kees and host of YES Network’s “Cen­ter Stage” brings his exper­tise and insight on New York sports to 1050 Lis­ten­ers dur­ing their after­noon drive. The Bronx native’s pro­gram gets you prepped for the evening’s games while enter­tain­ing you with good-natured humor throughout.
• The Michelle Bea­dle Pod­cast – Michelle Bea­dle joins the pod­cast uni­verse for a weekly show fea­tur­ing a mix of sports and pop culture.
• NBA Today – ESPN Radio’s Ryen Rus­sillo cov­ers all the lat­est news, rumors and opin­ion in the NBA along­side ESPN’s team of experts.
• On The Tee – ESPN.com golf edi­tor Jason Sobel takes a look at the world of golf.
• Open Mike – Mike Tirico takes an in-depth look at the top sto­ries from the world of sports, focus­ing on the issues sur­round­ing the biggest events.
• Page 2 – From ESPN.com’s Page 2, Mike Philbrick and DJ Gallo break down sports with humor and satire in their own unique way.
• Par­don The Inter­rup­tion – Wash­ing­ton Post colum­nists Tony Korn­heiser and Michael Wilbon face off on the day’s hot topics.
• The Poker Edge – Poker Pro Phil Gor­don brings you the lat­est news in the poker world and pro­vides “Expert Insight” on the game itself. Spe­cial guests have included: Daniel Negre­anu, Phil Hell­muth, Howard Led­erer and Chris Ferguson.
• Scott Van Pelt Show – A daily best of The Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN Radio.
• Tony Korn­heiser – A daily dose of the best of The Tony Korn­heiser Show.
• Sports­Beat – Mike Tirico’s two-minute take on the sports news of the day.
• Thun­der­ing Herd – A daily dose of the best of The Herd with Colin Cowherd.
• Wad­dle & Silvy – For­mer Chicago Bear Tom Wad­dle and Marc Sil­ver­man talk Bears, White Sox, Cubs, Bulls, Black­hawks and more from ESPN 1000 — Chicagoland’s Leader in Sports.

Sport­stas­tic! Where do I find it?

You’ll find ESPN Pod­Cen­ter and ESPN Radio in Kinoma Guide > Sports & Recre­ation.

Enjoy!

As usual, this new Kinoma Guide con­tent is free for all Kinoma Play customers.

Are we miss­ing cool inter­net con­tent? Please take a few sec­onds to let us know! Just send links and short descrip­tions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them to Kinoma Guide for every­one to enjoy.

Lib­riVox is an online dig­i­tal library of free, pub­lic domain audio­books read by vol­un­teers. Their mis­sion is to make all books in the pub­lic domain avail­able as audio­books, and we’re proud to offer access to the Lib­riVox library in Kinoma Play.

Today we’re happy to announce a mas­sive refresh of the Lib­riVox audio­books avail­able in Kinoma Guide — 1,966 audio­books, with a total of 43,311 chap­ters! That’s almost dou­ble the num­ber of audio­books that was avail­able yesterday.

When you can, take a few min­utes scan through the “All Audio­books by Title” and “All Audio­books by Author” cat­e­gories in Books & Lit­er­a­ture > Lib­riVox. You’ll find a treasure-trove of the world’s best books and their authors, all avail­able on-demand with your phone.

As usual, this new con­tent is free to Kinoma customers.

Enjoy!

If there’s any­thing else that you’d like to see in Kinoma Guide, please take a few sec­onds to let us know! send links and short descrip­tions to content@kinoma.com and we’ll add them for every­one to enjoy.