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signals. Boxee's software application is still considered to be in its early development stages and is currently available as beta release versions for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows, as well as Apple TV, for computers with x86 architecture processors. The first public alpha of Boxee was made available on 16 June 2008, and the first public beta version was officially released for all previously supported platforms on 7 January 2010. The developers of Boxee have stated that their goal is to have Boxee media center software run on as many third-party hardware platforms and operating systems as possible, and they have so far co-developed a dedicated set-top box (hardware) called "Boxee Box by D-Link" in cooperation with D-Link which was the first "Powered by Boxee" branded device to be announced and launched,, and they have recently also announced a similar media player device called "Iomega TV with Boxee" in cooperation with Iomega and a 46" high-definition television from ViewSonic with integrated Boxee software. The company behind Boxee has also more than once said that they are very interested in licensing the Boxee media center software and its social networking service as a third-party software component to other companies and ODM/OEM's for use on their own hardware, such as set-top boxes from cable-TV companies, game-consoles, Blu-ray Disc and DVD players, or embedded computers and SoC (System-on-a-Chip) built-in to television sets for web-enabled Smart TVs, and other entertainment devices for the living room. Boxee is owned and developed by a single for-profit startup company, (Boxee, Inc.), which began as a high tech stealth startup based in Israel and the United States with seed money from several angel investors. The company is today publicly known to be financially backed by venture capital firms such as General Catalyst Partners, Union Square Ventures, Softbank, Pitango, Spark Capital and Globis Capital Partners. |
![In this video, I discuss a free iPhone app from the guys at Boxee.tv. I've discussed Boxee before on Bwana.TV and I can't help but say good things about it. This mobile app, turns your iPhone or iPod Touch into a nifty remote control for the Boxee application. It has two modes: The first is a classic button mode, and the second is a gesture mode, which I think is insanely cool. Here's what Boxee says about Gesture mode: "When in Gesture Mode hold your thumb down and drag the boxee logo around to move up/down/right/left. Drag it to the edge of the screenand hold it there to navigate long lists. Click [Tap] on the boxee logo to perform an action." You'll see this in action in the video, I can only come up with the word: cool. Enjoy!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PTHDD4XwOd4/0.jpg)
