**w add to that list Xiaomi, China's fast-rising smartphone manufacturer with global ambitions. The company just launched the Mi Box in the U.S., a shot across the bow of Amazon's Fire TV, the Apple TV and Roku's plentiful selection of media players. In a conversation in a New York hotel on Monday, Xiaomi Global VP Hugo Barra told me this is the best, most technically advanced streaming box money can buy. Read more...