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Feds Seize Hundreds Of Websites Days Before Superbowl

Feb 2, 2012 5:55 PM

In what is becoming a ritual akin to Superbowl Week itself, federal prosecutors today announced the seizure of 16 websites that offered live streaming of sporting events and 291 others that sold counterfeit sports merchandise.

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Posted In: Entertainment, Sports, Legal, Copyright, Piracy, Media & Publishing, TV, Events, homeland security, superbowl, website seizures

Samsung Takes The Apple Route For Its Next Big Launch, the Galaxy S III

Feb 1, 2012 12:30 PM

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has accused Samsung of “slavishly copying” its hardware designs; but whether or not that is true, one area where Samsung is taking a note from Apple is in how it debuts its big products. The company today announced that it would not be launching its next big…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, Mobile World Congress, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Microsoft, Nokia, RIM, BlackBerry, Samsung, Countries, Asia, Korea, Europe, galaxy s ii, galaxy s iii, samsung galaxy

Why UltraViolet Produced More Questions Than Answers At CES

Jan 16, 2012 7:30 PM

The UltraViolet initiative left the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week with an important new retail channel in Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), a new marketing partnership to launch an upcoming ad blitz, and some splashy new hardware announcements from big consumer electronics brands including Samsung. But is Hollywood’s new…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Disney, Netflix, Time Warner, Warner Bros., dece, mitch singer

Interactive TV Advertising: Not Huge Now, Will This Be The Year It Grows?

Jan 16, 2012 10:22 AM

Last week’s CES event brought a clutch of announcements around interactive TV services—specifically around more content getting pushed to devices. That points to growing attention to the medium: will advertising follow?

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, TV, Broadcast, IPTV, VOD, Research & Metrics, Research, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, Samsung, Sony, Yahoo, Countries, Europe, UK, gracenote, ooyala

CES: Our Coverage In Pictures

Jan 15, 2012 8:00 AM

This past week we’ve been covering the Consumer Electronics Show, reporting on everything from Apple’s quiet tablet competitors to the unprofitable Motorola’s struggle to regain its footing, and Microsoft’s phone-in of its last keynote, to Intel’s big plans for 2012. Learn what it all means and below, check out our…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, Microsoft, Motorola

Time Inc. Skips The CES Bins, Sort Of; Offers Free Downloads Of All Titles

Jan 14, 2012 9:35 AM

Not too long ago, grazing the magazine bins was a perk of going to a trade show. But consolidation and closures mean fewer publications—and digital platforms offer access to the info without lugging around the ones that are left. Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.‘s solution at CES this year?

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Events, CES, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, Barnes & Noble, Nook, Conde Nast, Google, Android, Time Warner, Time Inc.

@ CES: No Signature Magic This Year But The Winds Are A-Changing

Jan 14, 2012 5:00 AM

Four days spent in Vegas five years after the introduction of the iPhone gives me the sense that the tech industry is at a weird crossroads, both intrigued by the rearranging of the old guard and a bit weary of the public expectation that every year will bring something amazing.

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung

paidContent 2012, NYC: New Speakers; Last Chance For Early Registration

Jan 13, 2012 5:00 AM

Our acclaimed one-day event, paidContent 2012, returns to The TimesCenter in New York City on March 1. Now in its third year, paidContent 2012 is where we look at the most pressing issues and opportunities in digital media—what’s happening now, what’s to come, and what it all means at the…

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Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Events, ContentNext Events, paidContent 2012

Ex-Apple CEO Sculley: ‘Newton Was Probably 15 Years Too Early’

Jan 13, 2012 3:00 AM

So what goes through the mind of the former Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO who championed the Newton handheld as he navigates the smartphone-and-tablet-dense CES 2012? The role the failed device played in making it all happen, by providing a reason to create a low-powered microprocessor, John Sculley told the BBC.

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Posted In: Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, BBC, apple newton, arm holdings, ces, john sculley

@ CES: YouTube Thinks Web Video Is Big, Also Pretty Sure Sun Rises In East

Jan 12, 2012 3:19 PM

YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) didn’t do a whole lot with a precious hour of airtime at CES 2012 on Thursday, reminding us all that video delivered over the web is poised to get even bigger than it already is yet offering very little about why YouTube is the place where Web…

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Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Media & Publishing, TV, Events, CES, Companies, Google, YouTube, robert kyncl

@ CES: Available Now - Android OEM. WLTM Caring, Ambitious, Strong Partner

Jan 12, 2012 5:42 AM

Unlike its local rival Samsung, the Korean handset maker LG (SEO: 066570) has lately had more of a mixed bag when it’s come to Android devices and its mobile growth. Now it’s looking for Mr Right: a partner to help it grow and remain competitive in an ever-crowded market.

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Posted In: Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, Facebook, Google, Android, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony, Countries, Asia, Korea

Challenges Ahead Before 2012 Is The Year Of Connected TV

Jan 12, 2012 5:17 AM

Is 2012 the year of the Smart TV? Manufacturers would have us believe that.

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Posted In: Features, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, VOD, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Research, Events, CES

The CES Lowdown: 1-12-12

Jan 12, 2012 5:00 AM

Here’s a look at what’s been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES: »  Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Could Sell 37 Million Windows Phones This Year: The Lumia 900 is probably the one product launched at CES that made everyone take notice, and financial analysts are starting to…

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Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Gadgets, Tablets, Media & Publishing, TV, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Motorola, Nokia, Sony, dell

@ CES: Unprofitable Motorola Says It Has to Be Different To Make Money

Jan 11, 2012 8:31 PM

Why do Android phone makers keep pumping out slightly different versions of smartphones with custom user interfaces that frustrate developers to no end? Because they have to, according to Motorola (NYSE: MMI) CEO Sanjay Jha.

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Google, Android, Motorola

@ CES: A Year Later, iPad Competitors Much Quieter

Jan 11, 2012 3:47 PM

The definitive gadget of CES 2011 was the Android tablet, heralded by more than one company as the answer to the iPad. A train-wreck of a year later this week at CES 2012, would-be iPad competitors are keeping a low profile with a few key partners still not ready to…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, iPad, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Motorola, Samsung, lenovo, toshiba

@ CES: Dell Sets The Stage For Yet Another Stab At Making A Tablet

Jan 11, 2012 5:35 AM

Dell is not among the companies announcing a new tablet this week at the CES show in Las Vegas, but it made sure to keep its name in the air. It says it plans to release a brand new tablet in late 2012, as part of a redoubled effort after…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Amazon, Kindle, Apple, iPad, Google, Android, HP, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, Countries, Asia, China, dell, dell streak 5, dell streak 7

The CES Lowdown: 1-11-12

Jan 11, 2012 5:00 AM

Here’s a look at what’s been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES:

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, Motorola, RIM, BlackBerry, intel, lenovo

@ CES: Intel Gets The Mobile Partners—Motorola and Lenovo—It Badly Needed

Jan 10, 2012 9:39 PM

Intel (NSDQ: INTC) has convinced a couple of big-name consumer electronics companies to jump on board with its mobile strategy. Lenovo and Motorola (NYSE: MMI) committed to releasing phones and tablets based on Intel’s mobile chips in 2012, with Lenovo’s product set to hit the market in China during the…

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Posted In: Apps, Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Google, Android, Motorola, intel, lenovo

The Bleeding In The Home Entertainment Business Slowed In 2011

Jan 10, 2012 3:56 PM

The home-entertainment business has been pummeled in recent years, with revenues falling for seven years in a row, in one year a full 8 percent. But last year, according to the latest numbers from a research group, things brightened slightly, thanks mostly to the rapid growth of digital streaming.

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, iTunes, Netflix

@ CES: Apple Is Scouting The Competition

Jan 10, 2012 3:28 PM

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) famously avoids the biggest event on the tech industry calendar, and given the traffic on Paradise Road this morning you can’t exactly blame them. But that doesn’t mean Apple isn’t scouting the competition in person at CES 2012.

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Posted In: Gadgets, Tablets, Mobile, Events, CES, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, greg joswiak

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