Eddie Iroh: On Kabiru Turaki’s ill-advised tirade against the media

Turaki launched a tirade against the media, the very institution he needs more than they need him to bring assurance and reassurance to a jittery populace.As many will testify, I hardly dwell on persons in my occasional interventions on this page. My reason is that there are so many issues of concern to all of us to worry about, for one to dwell on individuals and personalities, even though we know...

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XBMC for Android adds Airplay and other media features in latest alpha build

One of the key updates to XBMC promised back in March was to fix the open source software's Android capabilities. That's finally arrived in the June and July cycle of the Gotham build, where XBMC for Android now has Zeroconf support. That essentially lets any Android device act as an Airplay receiver without any third-party workarounds. Further, media launched from an Android browser can now be played...

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