Forget the age-old problem of figuring out what to watch on TV. The new question will be: where do you want to watch it? By 2014, U.S. broadband households will have to choose from between 5 and 10 screens for digital entertainment, says research firm,… Read More »
Archive for November 2010
Three of the top U.S. carriers announced yesterday a plan to work together to enter the mobile payments realm, where they’ll go toe-to-toe with tech giants like Google and Apple. Sparks are bound to fly, but who will come out on top? Read More »
Facebook released its Social Inbox this week and set off a flurry of press about the perseverance of email and the epic battle between Facebook and Google. But this isn’t a fight between Google and Facebook, because the relationships users have with each are vastly different. Read More »
Back in the 90′s Honda developed an electric car called the EV-Plus that never made it into wide scale production. At LA Auto Show, Honda returned to that history and unveiled the world debut of an electric version of its Fit car called the Fit EV. Read More »
There’s been a lot of fuss generated about “social email” lately, particularly in the wake of Facebook’s Social Inbox announcement. harmon.ie is a family of products that aims to bring that kind of concept to the enterprise and drive user adoption of SharePoint and Google Docs. Read More »
If once is a fluke and twice is a trend, we can maybe confirm what we’ve been saying all along: that cord cutting is something the cable industry needs to worry about. According to new data, 119,000 pay TV subscribers dropped service in the third quarter. Read More »
What keeps a man like FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski up at night? Try 40th out of 40. That’s the U.S.’ ranking in broadband improvements from 1999-2009 according to a study last year. Genachowski is worried that the U.S. is in danger of losing its competitive advantage. Read More »
Cord cutting was one of the hottest topics at last week’s NewTeeVee Live conference. In fact, the term got mentioned so often that people started a drinking game. On this week’s episode of Cord Cutters, we talk about some of the show’s highlights and key take-aways. Read More »
I realize that suggesting a break from Apple products on an Apple blog is heresy, but there are good reasons to pop your head up and look around at what else is out there every once in a while. Here’s why I occasionally take time off. Read More »
The first dozen customers of GM’s electric car the Volt, are expecting their cars shortly after Thanksgiving. The green car that GM hopes will help revive its brand has finally made it to market. Read More »
HP today announced it’s releasing a new line of high-definition videoconferencing products. These new Visual Collaboration products provide a solution that not only works via hardware installed in conference rooms, but can also be accessed on desktop and laptop computers. Read More »
Hulu today announced a $2 price cut on its for-pay subscription service, Hulu Plus, reducing the price to $7.99, hoping it will goose revenues further in 2011. In this video chat from NTV Live, CEO Jason Kilar talks about company’s strategy, IPO and Hulu Plus. Read More »
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