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Best News Bloopers of 2011

I know a few of these fine folks. 

Roku Releasing Streaming Stick

From Roku's press release:

Roku today unveiled a new solution to make a better Smart TV. The new Roku Streaming Stick is a wireless device about the size of a standard USB flash drive that will plug into a TV to instantly transform it into a Smart TV. 

This is a smart idea from a company that continues to find new ways to innovate in this space. My only question is how a remote control will work with this device? Roku says it'll work with your current TV remote. Interesting.

Apple's January Event

Speculation has started about a January Apple event in New York City. Back in mid-December I reported that a January event was happening. Kara Swisher reports that it has to do with a media-related announcement. Here is what I know from sources involved:

• This event will focus on iTunes University and Apple in education
• I learned of the event back in September when it was originally scheduled for late Fall in New York but it was eventually postponed. 
• The event will be in New York rather than in the Silicon Valley because New York is more centrally located for textbook and publishing. 
• This initiative has been in the making for years. 
• The announcement will be small in size but large in scope: a big announcement in a demure space. 
• I expect at least two large project announcements as they relate to Apple in education. 
• Steve Jobs was intimately involved with this project before his passing. He gave a hat tip to the textbook side of this project in the Isaacson biography. 
• This will not be a hardware-related announcement.  

"Where do I buy an iPhone?"

Siri now answers iPhone shopping questions like: 

"Where do I buy an iPhone?"

Or "I need to buy a nice camera." With this funny retort: