Monday, July 1, 2013

DoubleTwist's new MagicPlay service aims to be the open source version of Apple's AirPlay

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When you want to seamlessly stream music from a mobile device or computer to a speaker or other device, it doesn't get much easier than with Apple's AirPlay service. While there are a myriad of other options to wirelessly stream music from non-Apple devices to speakers (Bluetooth being the most commonly-used one), none of them have been able to replicate the simplicity of AirPlay. DoubleTwist, the company behind a suite of well designed apps for Android, hopes to change that with its new open source MagicPlay service.


MagicPlay, which was developed in conjunction with Qualcomm and its AllJoyn framework, replicates the one-touch simplicity of AirPlay, but opens it up to many more devices without the requirement of licensing fees. That...


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