How smart is a ‘Smart TV’? Study suggests, not much; at least not smart enough to entice the users with its ‘smart’ capabilities. While people are supposed to use the apps bundled with Smart TVs, we have found a very interesting finding that consumers are avoiding most apps like Facebook, Skype, Angry Birds on Smart TVs. What’s the mystery?
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is one of the largest showcases of new technology in the world. Next year’s CES is going to be held from Jan 8 to Jan 11. Many people are eagerly waiting to see what new things will be unveiled at CES 2013? However, recently LG Electronics (LG) has announced that it’ll launch seven new models of Google TV that runs on Google TV 3.0 OS at CES 2013. Details inside.
Nintendo has announced that Nintendo TVii, the free video streaming service designed for the Wii U video game console, is going to be launched in the United States and Canada Today. Nintendo TVii will allow Wii U owners to access all the available programs in their home-entertainment setup, including content from their cable or satellite companies.
Nielsen is very well-known for being the firm who has been dishing out reliable TV ratings, year after year. With the huge shift in the TV-watching trends as we grew more digital, it is good to see that Nielsen is trying to adapt to these trends. It has now partnered with Twitter to create social TV ratings.
Rumors regarding an Apple-branded TV set have surfaced times and again, only to prove futile. Despite much speculation, Apple has been highly secretive about whether or not it has plans of a TV set of its own. WSJ now reports that the tech giant is currently testing out designs of TV sets with its supply chain partners.
Apple has been toying with the idea of adding Bluetooth support to its TV units. It has finally included a Bluetooth menu as well as support for wireless keyboards in the recent Apple TV beta release.
Some of the most eminent follies committed by the modern corporate world have been on the pretext of advertisement. It has now been found out that Verizon had filed a patent about a digital video recorder that will essentially end the privacy of your TV lounge.
Do you have any idea about the leading platform used for viewing Netflix videos? It’s PlayStation 3 (in short, PS3). It has been revealed that major Netflix members use PS3 to stream Netflix content; the number reaches over 30 million users.