Chromecast – Tall Tech Tales

Renting And Watching Movies With The Chromecast

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on January 18, 2014

The Chromecast is a device that people both love and hate. The haters hate because it doesn’t do everything it can and everything they wants it to do (really, probably more because Google has restricted tinkering) and those that love the Chromecast does so because it fulfills their needs. I kind of fall into both […]

Chromecast Review

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on August 17, 2013October 21, 2013

With the release of the Chromecast, Google made an unexpected (for me at least) move on the home entertainment front, an area where they undoubtedly have struggled with previous efforts (Google TV). Reaction so far has been pretty positive (or at least as far as I have read) and it’s not surprising. The Chromecast […]

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Chromecast and Ubuntu

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on July 30, 2013October 21, 2013

My Google Chromecast arrived yesterday and although I still need to write up a proper review (tonight or tomorrow), the one piece I wanted to mention right away concerns the Chromecast and Ubuntu. Initially, I feared there would be limitations to systems other than PC and Mac since those were the only ones I saw […]