http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/07/dsc05303-1374807539.jpgGoogle’s Chromecast dongle has already blown through its supply of Netflix discount codes (said to number as high as 250,000) and now that they’re in the wild all sorts of people are taking a look at how the devices work. For example, CJ Heres of* GTV Hacker* points out a configuration file that appears to list testing apps for Chromecast. While most of the services named in the file are those already announced (Netflix, Revision3, Google Play Music, Pandora etc.) there’s also an entry for HBO Go. We’ll have to wait and see if official support from the HBO Go app pops up – Google told Wired yesterday streaming from the website should work out of the box – but DIYers may have other reasons to be interested. Leon Nicholls posted on Google+ about his findings on how the device works as a DIAL server, and the potential for controlling it from outside of Chrome based on its response to some commands. Hit the source links for more info, and let us know if you’ve found any other services that already work.
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Source: Pastebin, Google Chromecast config (TXT), CJ Heres (Twitter), Leon Nicholls (Google+)