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Apple in talks with cable operators to pipe content through Apple TV
- There has been a lot of speculation that Apple is going to enter the television hardware business. But according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the company is exploring other ways to infiltrate people’s living rooms around the…
Logitech launches standalone Skype webcam for HDTVs
- Logitech has launched a new high-definition camera intended to sit on top of your big-screen television rather than your computer display. The TV Cam HD is the company’s first self-contained webcam and Skype client, allowing wide-angle, 720p Skype video calls…
Google launches 1Gbps Fiber network in Kansas City, unveils TV service
- Google has officially flipped the switch on its first self-built, high-speed citywide network today. Lucky residents of Kansas City on both sides of the Kansas - Missouri state line are now able to get 1,000 Mbps download and upload speeds…
LG Display workers charged with stealing Samsung OLED secrets
- According to a report by The Associated Press, LG's display arm has admitted to six of its employees being involved in the possible misappropriation of OLED technology secrets from Samsung. Samsung has accused the display maker of having "systematically stole its…
Panasonic: Cheap OLED TVs not coming any time soon
- Earlier this week, Sony and Panasonic touted their new-found partnership -- a joint effort which would focus on mass producing low-cost, high-resolution OLED panels. Today, Panasonic's president Kazuhiro Tsuga clarified the announcement, explaining to journalists that Panasonic does not expect…
Tuesday tech deals: Display, smartphone, tablet, notebook savings
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Buy.com cut its price on the Samsung 23.6" 1080p LCD Monitor, model no. E2420L, to $129.99 with free shipping. That's $10 under a deal from March and the lowest total price we could find, this time by $29. Features include a 1920x1080 (1080p) native resolution, 1,000:1 contrast ratio...
Netflix announces its own content delivery network, Open Connect
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As the largest single source of traffic on fixed networks in North America, Netflix accounted for 32.9% of peak hour downstream traffic in the first half of 2012. Netflix says that works out to nearly a billion hours of TV shows and movies streamed per month, and all of those videos are served via...
Verizon doubles FiOS speeds to 300Mbps, prices to increase
- Claiming customer demand has fueled recent network upgrades, Verizon announced it will more than double speeds for FiOS subscribers. This will raise the company's fastest offering from an speedy 150/35 Mbps to an enviable 300/65 Mbps. There is currently no…
Sony, Samsung start enforcing minimum prices on HDTVs
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Amid declining global sales, Sony and Samsung are instructing US retailers to maintain minimum prices for televisions to increase profitability, according to the Wall Street Journal. The move is expected to help protect profits of both manufacturers as well as retailers such as Best Buy...
Motorola challenges traditional TV interface with DreamGallery
- Motorola may not make television sets but they believe they know what the future interface of connected devices should look like. During a cable television convention in Boston, the company demonstrated a new concept for connected sets called DreamGallery.
Netflix revamps Web-based video player with new look, features
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Netflix has updated its Web-based video player, tweaking the look of existing controls and adding a few new ones. You'll notice that the interface is streamlined with all of the controls on a single line, whereas the previous interface was more disjointed with buttons scattered across two lines...
LG to launch first Google TV products in May
- LG Electronics, the world's second-largest TV maker, first announced plans to join the Google TV fray at CES 2012 in January, despite the lukewarm reception the platform received from customers. Well, it appears those plans are about to come to…
LG announces cloud streaming service for smartphones, PCs, and TVs
- LG Electronics has announced it will launch a beta of its Cloud service on Tuesday, allowing users to store photos, videos and other documents in the company's remote servers and access them anytime from their smartphone, PC, or smart TV.…
Hulu announces four new original shows, 2 million subscribers
- Attempting to further differentiate itself from competitors such as Netflix, Amazon and HBO Go, Hulu has announced it will be adding four unique, in-house titles to its growing library of shows. Earlier this year, Hulu announced it would allocate $500…
LG to ship first 55" OLED TV in May for $7,928
- MK Business News reports that LG plans to be the first company to launch a full-sized, OLED-based television. The ultra-thin 55-inch television is expected to ship as early as May. Of course, the only thing more impressive than the TV…
Scientists demo radio wave "twisting" to increase bandwidth
- A group of Italian and Swedish researchers claim to have found a way to dramatically boost the information-carrying capacity of radio waves by employing a technique called "orbital angular momentum." Essentially the technique consists in forcing radio waves to twist…
Hulu has 1.5m subscribers, commits $500 million to 2012 content
- Hulu has closed another fruitful year, expanding 60% from 2010 to approximately $420 million in revenue, according to CEO Jason Kilar. Despite a "soft advertising market" in the second half of 2011, the site's ad business grew aggressively. The company…
Microsoft delays TV subscription plans over high licensing costs
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The company is said to have spent the last year trying bring media partners on board, and even built something called Microsoft TV for demonstration purposes, but decided to pull back after realizing that the licensing costs were too high for the business model it envisaged.
LG reveals super skinny 55-inch OLED TV at CES
- The undisputed highlight of LG's CES press conference was the unveiling of its new TV, the world’s first 55-incher to feature an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display. LG says the TV is 3D-ready, offers better viewing angles and delivers more natural…
Canonical unveils Ubuntu TV concept at CES
- The much rumored, and somewhat expected Ubuntu TV has finally been unveiled at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. It is joined in the spotlight with the company’s in-car entertainment solution, the Linux powered In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) system. …
Lenovo shows off K91 Smart TV, world's first with Android 4.0
- Chinese technology giant Lenovo, currently the world number two producer of notebooks, has beaten Apple to the jump in its rumored TV ambitions by releasing their own set : the K91 Smart TV. Available for viewing at this year’s CES,…
Weekend Open Forum: How do you learn about breaking news?
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How we learn about breaking news (world news, catastrophes, local happenings, etc.) has changed drastically over the past hundred years and even more so in the last decade. What was the latest breaking story that caught you completely off-guard and surprised you not only because of its content but by the medium you first heard it from?
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