Samsung Tizen TVs were shown off at CES 2015 and will be hitting various markets soon, possibly even next month, packed full of special features such as Sony's PlayStation Now. This is a service that let's you stream PlayStation 3 (PSP3) titles straight to your Tizen TV without the...
British Prime Minister David Cameron will enlist President Barack Obama's help in accessing user info on Facebook and Twitter's when the world leaders meet in the Oval Office on Friday, the Guardian reports. Good luck with that.Cameron proposed on Monday banning encrypted messaging apps such as Snapchat, WhatsApp, Apple's iMessage and...
Flickr has released its findings of the past year's most widely used cameras (via email; no link). With over 10 billion photos being uploaded by over 100 million unique users, the photo-hosting site has a pretty hefty data set to tell us all about the devices that photographers love. This year,...
Sony Pictures announced that The Interview has doubled its earnings since its opening day, netting total streaming revenue of $31 million so far. See also: "The Interview": $18 Million Down, $82 Million To GoIn the wake of threats from hackers that promised backlash against the controversial film, movie theaters refused...
WhatsApp has crossed another milestone number, with founder Jan Koum announcing that the messaging service now has more than 700 million active monthly users. That's 250 million more users than WhatsApp had in February 2014, when Facebook announced plans to buy it for $19 billion. (The deal closed in October,...
ReadWriteBuilders is a series of interviews with developers, designers and other architects of the programmable future. Ustream founder and CEO Brad Hunstable initially created his livestream video platform for a very niche market, and in the seven years since its launch, has seen the online video site explode to momentous...
Sony, Sharp and Philips will start shipping televisions powered by Android TV this spring, Android’s parent company, Google, announced Tuesday.See also: Android TV: Google Wants To Own Your Living Room (Again)With Android functionalities baked into these companies’ latest TV models, consumers won’t need additional peripherals to access Google Play and...
Those looking for more Google in their home-entertainment system will get their wish as the tech giant announced Google Cast for Audio Monday at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Google introduced the idea of "casting" with its Chromecast TV stick; now Google Cast for Audio lets you stream...
If you look at Samsung's marketing, they are definitely ready to do battle at CES next week over their Smart TVs or should I proudly say Tizen Smart TVs. The are introducing their new S'UHD TVs (S for Samsung?) as the "Most Seductive TV of all time. PERIOD". This...
The annual International Consumer Electronics Show is ramping up for January, but it's possible that we won't be seeing many mobile announcements this year in Las Vegas. Taking a tip from Apple's dramatic "iVents," major tech companies now save the mobile goods for their own individual launch spectaculars, leaving us...
Tizen TV News The HOT News of the day is that Samsung have decided to start shipping Tizen on ALL of their upcoming Smart TVs starting 2015. According to industry sources, Samsung have taken this bold move following a meeting that took place on 29 December, and decided to...
ReadWritePredict is a look ahead at the technology trends and companies that will shape the coming year. According to a report released Monday from analytics firm Flurry, people went nuts for phablets in general—and Apple's gizmos in particular—over the holiday season.The report revealed that more than half of new devices activated...
ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year.At ReadWrite, we like to focus on things that are working and ideas worth pursuing, not the false starts and failed experiments that inevitably accompany innovation. But it's important to learn from mistakes—lest we repeat them....
Fingerprint scanners may be all the rage right now, thanks to the Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy devices. But the cool tech may have just hit a major snag. Hackers claim they can lift fingerprints from hi-res photos with fingers in the frame.At the 31st annual Chaos Computer Club conference in Hamburg,...
The Interview earned more than $15 million in online sales and $3 million through 300 independent movie theater box offices the holiday weekend, Sony announced on Sunday. The combined earnings make up approximately only 18 percent of the controversial comedy's $100 million production costs (including marketing). Yet what would count as...
The Interview's lasting impact won't stem from being a mediocre film turned into an accidental symbol of freedom, or because it marks James Franco’s descent into the bowels of bad acting (though both are true). More likely, it will be remembered as the flick that influenced the way Hollywood distributes...
A group of hackers calling itself "Lizard Squad" has claimed responsibility for repeatedly taking down both XBox Live and PlayStation Network over the holidays. As of Friday morning, Xbox Live is up and running, but the PlayStation Network is still offline. Both services are necessary to effectively use their respective video...
In an abrupt turnaround, Sony Pictures Entertainment released its controversial film "The Interview" on a number of streaming sites at 10am Pacific Time this morning. The film is now available as a paid rental on YouTube, Google Play, Xbox Video and a Stripe-affiliated site called seetheinterview.com. Renting the film will...
Just a few short months ago, you'd have been stupid—or at least carelessly wealthy—to buy an Ultra HD TV, or 4K television. There were so few 4K videos available that it was nearly impossible to justify sticker prices of $2000 or more.See also: 4K Ultra HD TV: What You Can Watch Right...
Television's latest upgrade, 4K Ultra High Definition, is both awesome and increasingly affordable. (See my earlier piece for details.) I just bought one on sale. Now I’m scrounging around to find something to watch.See also: 4K Ultra HD TV: How It Works And What You'll Need To Watch ItI’ve learned...
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