Television shows that are widely discussed on social networks like Facebook and Twitter also have a tendency to have higher ratings than other shows, new data from Nielsen and NM Incite reveals.The fact that people tweet about TV shows and chat about them on Facebook and Google Plus is hardly...
Rhetoric about the "post-PC age" has ramped up considerably since Apple first launched the iPad in the beginning of 2010, adding a hot-selling tablet device to the smartphone-fueled wireless Internet revolution already underway. PC sales have already started to wane, but it won't be until 2015 that they'll really take...
Can this be a New Never seen before Nokia N9 TV Ad ? If it is a New TV Ad that Nokia are Launching the N9 with or if it is not is up for debate, what is not debatable is that this damn thing is...
In May, we analyzed usability guru Jakob Nielsen's report on iPad design and concluded that it was a welcome return to form for the web veteran. Nielsen and his company have followed up with another excellent usability report, this time about "transmedia" design. It covers mobile, tablets, TVs and even...
Flingo is the latest social TV service to hit the market. It has the ambitious goal of merging your television watching with your Web activity, in real-time. This works two ways: Web content is adapted according to what you're watching on TV, and your TV screen gets Web features such...
With the proliferation of Internet-connected devices, it's getting easier to create or consume media on devices like smartphones, tablets and set-top boxes. However this multi-device world is still evolving and it's often not obvious which apps to use or even how to set them up. So in a series starting...
According to research from McKinsey that we looked at yesterday, young people are using online media significantly more than older generations. When it comes to online video consumption, the difference is particularly stark: 84% of "Digital-media junkies" (whose average age is 28) consume online video, compared to 18% of "Traditionalists"...
The video and voice calling service Skype is coming to a TV near you, thanks to a new partnership with Comcast, a leading provider of cable TV services here in the U.S. This morning, the two companies formally announced a deal that will allow Comcast customers to use Skype's HD...
Want to be able to wirelessly sync songs from iTunes to your Android smartphone? How about the ability to stream media from your Android to your Apple TV, Xbox or PS3? Popular Android syncing application doubleTwist has released an extension to its app that allows users to connect their smartphone...
A Google-commissioned study on smartphone usage has confirmed just how addicted we are to our devices and revealed how we use them to help make purchasing decisions. The data, which were laid out by Google in detail during a webinar yesterday, revealed a ton of information about how we use...
One of the big reasons Netflix is so successful isn't just that it's cheap and available over the Internet. The service keeps track of what you watch, takes into account your ratings of different content, and then makes suggestions for what else to see according to all of that data....
Amino Communications were present at last weeks IP&TV World held at the Olympia in London. This event is where the cream of the crop of the world's largest and most established IPTV exhibitors gather to strut their stuff. We also caught up with Amino at CES where they were showcasing...
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG launched the first 3D smartphone, the LG Optimus 3D. With its dual camera system, the phone doesn't just support 3D video playback - it records in 3D too. Forget Avatar - you can now film baby's first steps in 3D! And thanks to...
TV star Keith Olbermann will join Current.tv, the online and cable TV news media company co-founded by Al Gore, according to a report tonight by The New York Times.Conservative critics are going to have a field day if the partnership is in fact a reality. The Times reports that Olbermann...
More and more, both TV networks and app developers are relying on the fact that watching TV is no longer a passive act to which we apply our undivided attention. From check-in apps like Miso and Get Glue to TV shows like Glee and Community, they want to assure that...
Earlier this month, brave, screwdriver-wielding developers got an early jump on creating Android apps for Google TV when a group of hackers figured out a hardware root for the device. Now, the day they were waiting for - the opening of the Android Market for Google TV - looks to...
When Facebook recently added Clicker - the TV guide for Internet video - to its Instant Personalization program, we wrote that it was a "smart next step for the program" because now you could find out what your friends were watching and, in Facebook's words, "spend less time channel surfing...
Internet TV has finally found a perfect home - the classroom. We're sure the last thing most parents want to hear about is their children watching more TV, but if they're going to be staring at a screen, it may as well be educational. Google agrees and has announced Google...
HP is planning to reveal an iPad rival next month which will run the mobile operating system called webOS, the primary asset HP gained when it merged with Palm last summer. At least, that's our take in listening to the statements made by HP exec Todd Bradley, an executive VP...
Vizio, the electronics manufacturer known best for its flat-panel TVs and LCD displays will soon join its rival Samsung in becoming an Android mobile phone and tablet company, too. According to The Wall St. Journal, Vizio has announced its first mobile phone called the "Via Phone" and its first tablet...
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