Ten Android apps account for nearly half of all usage, while most Android users spend close to an hour on apps and the web each day, according to a report by market research firm Nielsen. The top ten apps took up 43 per cent of user’s time, and the top 50 attracted 61 per cent, […]
Nielsen has initiated tests with Time Warner Cable, Cablevision Systems and two programmers to try to measure live TV viewing on the cable operators’ iPad applications. The effort is still in “an R&D stage,” said Matt O’Grady, Nielsen’s executive vice president of media audience measurement. Time Warner Cable has said its TWCable app for iPad […]
The ban on the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 across Europe has been temporarily lifted while a court looks at whether the original ruling was appropriate. The ban was won in Germany following a patent filing by Apple which accused Samsung of “slavishly” copying the design of its iPad.But questions have been raised over […]
To misquote the old joke, Question: where does Googorola; the 800lb offspring of the Google buy of Motorola, sit in the media platform ecosystem? Answer: Anywhere it damn well pleases! Funny? Not really. True? Not really, but maybe a bit. Google has swept all before it in search, online advertising and now mobile, with Android […]
Fox Broadcasting is encouraging pay-TV customers to demand that their providers participate in its “TV Everywhere” service. Fox has stopped providing new episodes at Fox.com and Hulu.com the day after they air, making them available only to subscribers of participating “TV Everywhere” distributors (as well as Hulu Plus) for eight days following their TV premiere. […]
The transition from older-style can-type tuners to silicon TV tuners finally began to occur in 2010. Today, the top TV set manufacturers are actually putting silicon tuners directly on their main TV chassis boards and many ODMs are using can-type modules that contain silicon tuners and demodulators. In addition, mobile video services in China, Brazil, […]
In a move which it suggests will “supercharge” its Android ecosystem, enhance competition, and offer “wonderful user experiences”, Google Inc. is to acquire Motorola Mobility – the part of the business which covers converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access […]
Boxee has confirmed the availability of its free app on Apple’s iPad. According to Boxee, the app consists of five major functions: Friends, Watch Later, Featured, PC to iPad and iPad to TV. Through the Friends function, Boxee delivers new videos friends are sharing on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr directly to the user’s iPad. The […]
Shipments of Internet-enabled consumer electronics devices will exceed those of the PC for the first time in 2013, according to IHS iSuppli. Shipments of Internet-enabled consumer electronics devices, a category including a wide range of products from televisions to video game consoles, to Blu-ray players will surge to 503.6 million units in 2013, up from […]
Slightly fewer than half of UK households today are “multiplay,” meaning that they take more than one entertainment or communication service from the same provider. A new report by analyst firm Strategy Analytics says that this number will grow to 67 per cent by 2016. While most bundles today are “double play,” comprising two services, […]