Linear TV Consumption Is Growing, But Is Ad Spend?
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When you consider the internet, on-demand services, games consoles, mobiles, apps and [fill in your personal favorite here], we have more wa… Read more »
What's Coming In 2012: Internet TVs Out-Box The Boxes
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This is the third in a series of posts this week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cov… Read more »
Record-Breaking Christmas For iOS, Android And Mobile Shopping
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Christmas day 2011 was a record-breaking day for Android and iOS device activations, says a new report from mobile analytics firm Flurry: Ac… Read more »
Game On: HD Streaming Site FilmOn Debuts NCAA Basketball, Football Channels
FilmOn, the premium-content internet streaming site that met controversy earlier this year over lawsuits involving CBS (NYSE: CBS), CNET, an… Read more »
Why Running A Mobile OS By Committee Can Be Very Hard
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Attempting to build consensus among Android vendors is a tricky undertaking in late 2011. As a result, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and its partners… Read more »
FTC Calls For Comments On Facial Recognition Technology
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Devices that treat our face as a fingerprint are one of the more unnerving technologies of the information age. Privacy regulators are start… Read more »
News Corp. To Give Sunday Times The Free Treatment For Christmas This Year
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Last year, News International made The Times and The Sun newspapers free on Christmas and used the opportunity to promote their respective i… Read more »
Why Are Free Games More Popular On iPhones Than On Android Devices?
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Some research out from Xyologic today on app store download trends in 2011 indicates that while games have remained a popular category acros… Read more »
Highlights Of 2011: The Year In Advertising, By The Numbers
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This is the fourth in a series of posts over this week that looks at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors that we c… Read more »
All Eyes on Viacom/YouTube Case After Court Rules For Veoh
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A California appeals court yesterday rejected Universal Music’s claim that video-sharing service Veoh didn’t do enough to protect content ow… Read more »
Forget The Mobile Reference Designs, Intel, And Ship A Product
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Much has been made of Microsoft’s failure to shift its dominant presence in the PC market to the mobile market, but at least the company has… Read more »
HTC Says Android Patent Fix Is Ready To Go, Google Hopes For 'Patent Peace'
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HTC says it has already figured out how to ship Android phones in the U.S. that don’t run afoul of a patent held by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), the… Read more »
Distimo: Apple's App Store Still Beats Android On Revenues; Freemium Rules
Android’s Market and the App Store from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) may be getting ever-closer to being level in the number of apps on offer, but whe… Read more »
News Corp.'s Sun Wins Appeal: Video On News Sites Won't Be Regulated As VOD
More scrutiny of News Corporation’s UK tabloids by Ofcom… but this time with a good result for the media company. The UK communications re… Read more »
Android: 700,000 Activations Per Day, WiFi Not Included?
Late on Tuesday Andy Rubin, SVP of Mobile and Android head honcho for Google (NSDQ: GOOG), gave the world the latest figures on how much And… Read more »
Both Sides Claim Victory In Microsoft-Motorola Patent Dispute At ITC
The aftermath of a modern patent ruling looks more and more like the spin room following a presidential debate, a place where everyone belie… Read more »
Three Makes A Trend: Bugs Cropping Up In Galaxy Nexus
Maybe now it makes a little more sense why the Galaxy Nexus took so much longer to arrive in the U.S. then originally anticipated: a spate o… Read more »
Millennial Media Says Kindle Fire Impressions Growing 19 Percent Each Day
We still don’t have any exact figures from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) for how many Kindle Fire tablets it has sold, but the latest figures out from… Read more »
Highlights Of 2011: A Crazy Year In Mobile, By The Numbers
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This is the first in a series of posts over the next week that will look at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors th… Read more »
Updated: BT Sues Google Over Android, Other Services
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is no stranger to patent lawsuits these days, but the latest development could be the first to see a carrier go after th… Read more »
Is Google Really Getting Rich Off Piracy?
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A prominent Republican this week blamed Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for blocking a new anti-piracy law, saying the company profits from “rogue” webs… Read more »
Game On Or Game Over? Zynga Opens Above IPO Price But Then Drops
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The long-awaited IPO of social games giant Zynga has finally arrived, but those hoping for quick, early flips of the stock may end up having… Read more »
France Telecom's Orange Looks To 3D And Xbox For New TV Bells And Whistles
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With the growth of over-the-top services that let users access the video they want over the internet (and often, for free), those companies… Read more »
Samsung Australia: Thanks, Apple, For The Galaxy Tab Publicity
Would anyone in Australia have noticed the Samsung Galaxy Tab had it not been the target of a heated lawsuit from Apple? (NSDQ: AAPL) Samsun… Read more »
Nielsen: Android And Apple Dominate The App Space But Mobile Browser Rules
Apple’s and Android’s stronghold on the U.S. smartphone market has been the case for many quarters already, and figures out today from Niels… Read more »
Stars Align For Thursday's U.S. Launch Of Galaxy Nexus On Verizon
It has been almost two months since Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Samsung executives gleefully revealed the Galaxy Nexus, the best Android smartph… Read more »
Google Hoping To Improve Mobile Recommendations With Alfred And Majel
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is making a few moves to shore up an area that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has aggressively attacked this year: voice-driven mobi… Read more »
Samsung Electronics Reorg: Apple's Friends On One Side; Foes On The Other?
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It looks like Samsung Electronics, the flagship and biggest division of the Samsung Group conglomerate, is restructuring its organisation. W… Read more »
Digital Content Vet David Eun Joins Samsung To Lead Global Media
Samsung makes TVs, tablets, smartphones, music players, even refrigerators with connected displays. Now it wants to have a bigger say about… Read more »
For The iCloud Disaffected, Microsoft Offers iPhone Users Skydrive Storage
When Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) launched its iCloud service earlier this year, it automatically gave users of its own devices 5GB of free cloud-base… Read more »
Google Gobbling Up Even More UK Searches
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is again gaining search share in a market it already overwhelmingly dominates. Read more »
Back To Square One In The Google Books Lawsuit
It’s been more than six years since the Authors Guild first sued Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for scanning books. Today, with a proposed settlement i… Read more »
If Netflix Is In Play, Here's Some Companies That Would Be In The Hunt
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Verizon is getting its full turn in the rumor mill. Last week, word had it that Verizon is looking to launch an OTT subscription service. Ne… Read more »
Developers Still Prefer iOS Despite Android's Huge Marketshare Gains
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The disconnect between Android’s huge marketshare and its second-tier status among many mobile developers has been clear for some time, but… Read more »
Carrier IQ Attempts To Set The Record Straight On Mobile Data Collection
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Carrier IQ has released the most detailed assessment of what its controversial software can and can’t do on your mobile phone, weeks after i… Read more »
Megaupload Sues Universal For Pulling Down Celebrity Endorsement Video
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The entertainment world is buzzing about a viral video that shows A-list artists like Kanye West and Alicia Keyes singing the praises of fil… Read more »
Get Ready For Another Streaming Music Service: The Ad-Free Rara.com
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Spotify and Pandora (NYSE: P) may be the music brands people think of today when it comes to streaming services. But with only five million… Read more »
Pontiflex/Harris Survey: Incentive And Video Ads Turn Off Mobile Users
Mobile ads today make up less than one percent of all money spent on media advertising, and a poll just out from Harris Interactive, commiss… Read more »
The Albert Pujols Deal Shows What's Wrong With The Pay TV Business
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When baseball great Albert Pujols signed a staggering 10-year, $254 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim last week, he became… Read more »
Nielsen: Google's Own Apps Play Second Fiddle To Facebook In Popularity
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Nielsen is getting ready later this week to release is quarterly State of the Media report, which this time around will focus on mobile medi… Read more »
