Way back when I educated you about the Slingbox and how it was a boon for kids to watch their favourite TV when away from home (and for Daddy to watch Sky Sports when away on business). I was most excited to see an iPhone application for the Slingbox that finally gave me the opportunity to watch Sky Sports Super Sunday whilst sat outside the women’s changing room at Next or the feeding room at Mothercare.

Imagine my dismay, then, when not only did the iPhone application recently appear at the extortionate price of £17.99, but it also only works on Wi-Fi and not 3G! So when I am at home with full access to my large screen TV, I can use my home Wi-Fi connection to stream TV to my little iPhone screen. However, when I am out at the weekend shopping for women’s clothes and Henry’s anal cream the iPhone app is no good to me whatsoever! Shame on SlingMedia for allowing Apple and/or the mobile networks to render their application completely useless.

At the recent Consumer Electronics Show wank-fest in Las Vegas, the future of TV was unveiled and it turned out to be surprisingly useful.  Yahoo! have got into bed with Sony, Samsung and LG, engaged in a little foreplay/insemination, and spawned Yahoo! Connected TV.

New TVs will soon have the ability to display Yahoo! widgets over your normal televisual viewing matter.  So while your devil child is forcing you to watch 6 straight hours of CBeebies you can still catch up on the latest news headlines, weather forecasts and Facebook activity of your mates.  Once Yahoo! can integrate a live-streaming video baby monitor they’ve got the perfect Dadget.