Access, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, has announced that Access’ NetFront Browser, an advanced and powerful mobile browser, has been selected by Nintendo as the new browser engine for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. Designed to provide a high performance browsing experience in memory […]
Access, a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile, beyond-PC and digital TV markets, has announced that Access’ NetFront Browser, an advanced and powerful mobile browser, has been selected by Nintendo as the new browser engine for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. The Nintendo 3DS was launched in Japan on Feburary 26th, […]
Motorola Mobility has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Swedish IPTV software provider Dreampark. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2011. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Dreampark’s software portfolio maximises operator flexibility and performance by taking advantage of the powers of open standards, such as HTML and scalable […]
Buyers of Japan’s high-tech consumer electronics kit and gadgets are about to find supplies drying up. Factory shutdowns because of the earthquake are beginning to impact the production of flat-panel TVs, iPads, tablets, games consoles, certain cameras and some ‘smart’ phones. The problems are compounded because of the mandatory electricity black-outs affecting much of the […]
In what is still a young market, several technologies are vying for supremacy, but according to ABI Research the market will most likely favour hybrid solutions. In fact, many companies are already laying the foundation with standards such as P1905.1 and products featuring tri-band solutions in the works. ABI Research expects that just over 50 […]
How young people watch television is rapidly changing according to a study by Digital Clarity of UK mobile Internet users below the age of 25. Eighty per cent of those surveyed use a mobile device to communicate with friends while watching TV with 72 per cent using Twitter, Facebook or mobile applications to actively comment […]
NBC Universal has launched PictureBox online – its subscription movies on-demand service available through Samsung Internet-connected TVs and the iPad. The PictureBox Player, developed by video provider SyncTV, will offer the same content currently available via the existing service – distributed via Talk Talk, Virgin Media, Top Up TV and BT Vision. It features around […]
UK Radioplayer, the BBC-backed online player for more than 200 UK radio stations, is set to launch on March 31st . It will be the first time that both the BBC and commercial radio stations have come together on a single online radio player. The Internet radio player has been in development for the last […]
According to a US consumer research study from PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) consumers are spending about 20 hours per week accessing digital content – including video games and print content – on a mobile phone, computer, or mobile device, with the majority of that TV shows, movies and other videos. That is The study found that across […]
BSkyB intends to connect with its viewers in ways other than via the TV, according to CEO Jeremy Darroch. He told delegates at the FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference in London that advances in technology were creating new possibilities in the content the broadcaster could offer, with Sky’s future success being based on content […]