Tech Companies Battle for a Spot in Your Living Room

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Tech Companies Battle for a Spot in Your Living Room
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So you're ready to cut the cords of your cable box, but **w what? While smart TVs are still making their way to consumers, cable-box alternatives are already here.

In the newest video of our Mobile Minute (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/www.youtube.com/askadev) ******, we take a look at tech companies that are battling for a spot in your living room.

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If you own an iPhone or iPad, then Apple TV (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/www.mashable.com/category/apple?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) would seem like a logical step toward cord-cutting. However, other devices such as the Xbox One (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/www.mashable.com/category/xbox?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) and Amazon Fire TV (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/www.mashable.com/category/amazon?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) have cool features that let you scroll through content using voice commands and hand gestures. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/25/living-room-tech-mobile-minute/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

More about Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Apple Tv (http://mashable.com/category/apple-tv/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Mashable Video (http://mashable.com/category/mashable-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Apps Software (http://mashable.com/apps-software/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/P4cjoq8aGx8