Hulu Plus, the popular streaming television service was introduced a little more than two years ago, making primetime television shows from popular US channels available for streaming on a number of mobile devices, including game systems and Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

On Tuesday, the streaming giant brought their service over to the Apple TV, for users to stream on their HDTV. Hulu made an official announcement of the arrival of the service on the Apple TV on their Hulu Blog.

Keeping up with the latest episode of Family Guy, MasterChef and New Girl on Hulu Plus just got a little easier. And my living room just got a whole lot happier.

Hulu Plus arrives on Apple TV today.

Hulu Plus is available for $7.99 / month subscription and requires an account for use on the Apple TV. It has numerous categories for movies and TV shows such as popular, favorite, and recent which can be navigated with the physical Apple TV remote or the Apple Remote app.

For those of you who are new to the service, Hulu Plus is the only online premium video subscription that streams current and classic TV programming on demand from hundreds of content partners, including top broadcast networks ABC, NBC, FOX, The CW and Univision. Hulu Plus subscribers can watch on any enabled devices for $7.99/month with limited advertising. For many popular shows on our service, Hulu Plus offers every episode of the current season.

Hulu Plus on Apple TV is currently only available in the United States and is subscription based with limited ads.

{via iMore}

Apple has opened up a new section in the iTunes App Store that highlights some of the Retina Enabled apps for the New iPad 3. On March 7th, Apple announced the New iPad, with high resolution Retina Display, A5X chip and an updated camera.

The section is called “Great Apps for the New iPad” and takes advantage of the higher resolution display of the New iPad. Games in the “Great Apps for the New iPad” section include Flight Control Rocket, Sky Gamblers, Infinity Blade II. Also listed are apps such as Tweetbot and Evernote.

The third gen iPad has already launched in many countries including the United States and is now available in very limited quantities. The new iPad now supports the highest resolution on a mobile device and as Apple explained it has more pixels than a full HDTV. The display also improves the saturation and makes photos, text and games look amazing on 9.7 inch display.

Even though the overall design hasn’t seen any major changes Apple continues to dominate the tablet market with a product design that is almost one year old. iPad (third generation) has witnessed huge demand and even after initial shipping delays Apple has recorded new sales record for the new iPad.

The jailbreak community has always tried and been successful in giving users more options to customize their iOS device. Even as Apple tries its best to plug the security holes and bugs to get rid of ‘jailbreak’ the community continues to find new bugs and release updated tools to make jailbreaking possible.

The latest hack being developed by iOS developers Steven Troughton-Smith and TheMudKip is for second gen Apple TV that enables you to run iPhone / iPad apps at full screen on your HDTV. In order to achieve this the developers used a coded a custom Springboard for a jailbroken Apple TV.

Second gen Apple TV includes Apple’s A4 chip which is also used in fourth gen iPhone and iPod touch. A video posted on YouTube by the developers shows that iOS apps run quite well on the Apple TV. This is just a proof of concept as the hack appears to be still under development and not available for the public as yet.

Apple has been rumored to be developing Apple television and various rumors and reports in the past have suggested that the company could introduce apps specifically for its television and even expand iTunes store content to offer users more reasons to buy Apple’s television.

In Steve Jobs’ biography it was first time revealed that Apple was indeed researching a simple interface for the television and that Jobs had finally figured the way to build a TV with “simplest user interface you could imagine,”.

{via MacRumors}

The web is abuzz this week about Apple planning a subscription based video streaming service to take on Netflix and Amazon. With that information already put, Jeffries analyst Peter Misek revealed today that Apple has already laid plans and set deals for such a service as well as iTunes Replay.

As part of Apple’s roll-out of cloud video services (and eventually an iTV), we believe Apple has unannounced deals with all/most of the studios/TV networks that are similar to the subscription streaming deal between Amazon and CBS.

On Monday, Apple released an iCloud beta, allowing users to re-download TV Shows and movies as well as stream them directly from the cloud using Apple TV. Redownloading is set to launch through iTunes Replay. Apple already has the groundwork laid out for a service similar to Netflix with the iTunes framework. With rumors swirling that Apple is planning to release an HDTV , and that they have already worked out deals, it is almost likely that Apple is planning something big.

Apple has not revealed any products or services as of yet but will likely do so in the sense that the market had yet to be dominated. Apple’s iTunes is popular enough to attract its existing customer base.

Would you subscribe to a video streaming service from Apple? Sound off in the comments below!

Apple’s iPad 2 features full 1080p high definition video mirroring and now we are seeing game developers use this feature to enhance the gaming experience.

When you connect HDMI adapter to your iPad 2 it outputs whatever you see on your iPad 2 onto your HDTV so you can sit back and enjoy photos, videos, apps and more. Firemint  recently published a demo video of an upcoming update to their hugely popular racing game called Real Racing 2 for iOS [].

In the demo video we can see that Apple’s iPad 2 is connected to HDTV via HDMI adapter and the entire game can be experienced in 1080p without any need to scale the resolution. This makes up for a console quality gaming experience, which is even better, with motion sensing accelerometer and gyroscope on your iPad.

Another interesting fact is that when you connect the iPad to your HDTV and  play Real Racing 2; the display on your tablet changes and now acts as a controller!

We really liked the idea of playing our favorite games in full HD and can’t wait to see more developers enabling this feature in their games.

Are you excited about this update? Would you connect your iPad to a HDTV to play iOS games? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

A Bloomberg report published today suggests that Apple may be planning to license its AirPlay service to third-party devices that would allow users to stream video content from iTunes or their iOS device straight to their HDTV. AirPlay will already stream audio to non-Apple devices, but in order to enjoy video streaming to your TV, you need the $99 AppleTV set top box.

Citing two sources familiar with Apple’s project, Bloomberg reports:

“Under the plan, Apple would license its AirPlay software to consumer-electronics makers that could use it in devices for streaming movies, TV shows and other video content…” “An expanded AirPlay would let users stream programming wirelessly from an Apple mobile device to a TV that carries the technology. That may spur wider use of Apple’s services and devices in consumers’ living rooms.”

If the plan goes ahead, TV manufacturers would have the opportunity to build AirPlay compatibility into new TV sets, enabling users to stream all of their media wirelessly to their HDTV, without anything in between. Of course, this means that Apple’s own AppleTV would no longer be needed to provide a link between your iTunes library and your TV, and demand for the device would fall significantly as more and more people upgrade to TVs with AirPlay functionality out of the box.

With that said, would Apple really provide third-party manufacturers with the option to include AirPlay at its own expense? Well, AirPlay support in third-party devices is already halfway their, with a handful of products already available on the market that support AirPlay audio streaming. Apple revealed it was working with other manufacturers to integrate audio streaming into other devices, and according to Bloomberg, the company receives $4 for each device sold with AirPlay compatibility.

However, AppleTV is all about movies, TV shows, and other video content. Not many people buy an AppleTV purely to stream audio to their TV, so allowing AirPlay audio streaming to other third-party devices isn’t going to steal too much interest from AppleTV. Whereas introducing video streaming certainly would.

The report also revealed that BridgeCo., the chip manufacturer behind Apple’s AirPlay magic, has been working with “several TV makers” on future HD sets. Whether this has anything to do with AirPlay however, is a mystery.