Google's Nexus Player is no Apple TV; it's not even a Chromecast

When Google announced last month that it would bring a $99 streaming-media Nexus Player to the market, it invited a one-word response: Why? Google’s past ventures into TV-connected appliances have not fared well. It launched Google TV back in 2010, but that soon faded from the market after we all realized how poorly it worked with the average cable or satellite DVR; 2012’s overpriced […]