Over the past 12 months, we’ve seen a lot of new content offerings announced by companies like Netflix, Amazon and YouTube as they look to directly target the living room via entertainment devices. Indeed, the adoption rate of hardware devices like the Xbox 360,… Read More »
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If Apple wants to dominate the living room, it will have to do better than the AppleTV. So with rumors abounding that the company is poised to launch a new consumer device, it’s time for a wish list as to what such a device would like… Read More »
The recent flurry of announcements regarding devices that can be used to play movies and other video-based content, delivered via the Internet, on the TV, has many in the industry believing that the tide is finally turning. The numbers, however, tell a somewhat different story. Read More »
Before he became a founder, Ian Shea spent eight years at DVR maker (and TiVo predecessor) ReplayTV. During that time, the company went through — among other things — a massive restructuring, layoffs, bankruptcy and a turnaround before finally being bought by DirectTV… Read More »
NYTimes: Social Networking Moves to the Cell Phone ArsTechnica: AOL’s OpenAIM SDK Requires Apps to Include Ads DataCenterKnowledge: Crunch Time: Wall Street May Buy Not Build Reuters: EU Set to Clear DoubleClick/Google Merger: Sources AdWeek: Make Room for Paid Search Multichannel News: Cox to… Read More »
The rumors of computer giant Dell teaming up with Google to produce an Android-powered mobile phone are a nice break from all the iPhone hooplah, but folks, it’s not going to happen. Thanks to its hiring of Ron Garriques, the former head of… Read More »
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