Amazon today unveiled its first media streaming and gaming device, the Amazon fireTV, confirming_rumors of a proprietary media set-top box. The black square box comes with a quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and of course, runs on Android. The fireTV launches with a number of video apps, such as Netflix, Hulu, and Internet video streaming service_Frequency. The usual social app suspects are also available, including Facebook and Twitter, and music apps like Pandora. The fireTV also comes with an ASAP feature, a recommendations algorithm that preloads media based on the stuff you watch. The fireTV is an extension to Amazon’s...

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