Google introduces Chromecast, a $35 HDMI streaming solution for televisions (video)

Google's Chromecast is Mountain View's next foray into the television market: a $35 HDMI dongle that mirrors content watched nearby on a tablet, smartphone or computer. Hrm, that sounds familiar. The two-inch device runs "a simplified version of Chrome OS" and requires separate USB power; connect it to your local WiFi network and similarly connected devices work with Chromecast. It can be ordered right now on Google Play and will apparently ship in "1 - 2 days" -- of note, the device seems US-only for now, as our UK colleagues are showing a "not available in your country" prompt. Early buyers get three months of free Netflix with the purchase -- it's also heading to retail via Best Buy on July 28th. Google ended its presentation with a quick word that Chromecast functionality will eventually come embedded in various other devices, and that it's working on getting other countries access "as quickly as possible." No specs were given during the presentation, but its Google Play page lists the device as HDMI-CEC compatible, and it uses 2.4GHz 801.11 b/g/n WiFi. Given the separate USB power required, the $35 nets you a Chromecast device, an HDMI extended, a USB power cable, and a separate power adapter.

Apps that work with the device include a "Cast" button that allows users to push video to their televisions and control various aspects remotely (volume, play, pause, etc.). "Once Chromecast is plugged in, you just go to YouTube on your smartphone," Google reps said. "You'll see the cast button in your UI and you press it -- Chromecast will pull the info you requested from the cloud and play it on your TV."

A demonstration on stage showed YouTube video being pushed "via the cloud," thus enabling other apps to be used while a video is being viewed on a television screen. Netflix was up next, and it has similar remote control functionality. Google Play movies and television (expectedly) also work with Chromecast, and Google delightedly demonstrated it with Vin Diesel vehicle Fast Five.

One final feature was shown off, with full Google Chrome functionality projected to the TV and controlled remotely with a "standard $500 Windows 8 laptop." The feature is "still in early days," so it's currently a beta product, but the promise is certainly there: the ability to easily project content via web browser to televisions.

Update: We've added Chromecast's first commercial (which demonstrates much of the device's functionality) just after the break, and a source link with Google's formal announcement.

Gallery: Chromecast Dongle debut

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Creditors to take over debt-laden Yellow Pages owner Hibu

The deal is expected to more than halve its debt, reducing it to less than ?1bn, with the creditors, including Ares, Soros Fund Management and Deutsche Bank, taking control.

An agreement, which has been under negotiation since last autumn, could be ready by Thursday, when Hibu is scheduled to release its full-year results for the year to March 2013 and its first-quarter results.

The creditors are being advised by US restructuring firm Houlihan Lokey, while Hibu is being advised by Greenhill and Goldman Sachs.

The Yellow Pages owner rebranded in May last year, when Mr Pocock admitted the new name - pronounced ?high-boo? - was "just a word".

?It doesn?t mean a lot by itself, but if you turn the clock back, neither did Apple [sic] and Google or Yahoo!,? he said at the time.

Mr Pocock and chairman Bob Wigley have attempted to turn the company around by repositioning it as a local search engine and marketplace, linking shoppers with the businesses nearest to them. They are attempting to develop new digital products as revenues from the Yellow Pages phone book and other print products decline.

The future for Hibu?s 13,000 employees remains unclear.

The root of Hibu?s crippling debt pile lies in former chief executive John Condron?s ambitious and ultimately ill-fated expansion overseas in the mid-2000s, when he took over companies in Spain, the US and Latin America.

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A Peek Inside Science Inc.'s Santa Monica Tech Startup Studio [TCTV]

TechCrunch has written quite a bit about Science, the Los Angeles-based startup "studio" that's helping to create and grow some of the more interesting companies on the tech scene today. So when a few of us TechCrunch TV folks were in Los Angeles earlier this month, we made it a point to head over to Science's Santa Monica HQ to get a firsthand look at what it's really like inside. After all, a video is worth at least 1,000 words, right?

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