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Rovi Entertainment Store includes Rovi’s disc-to-digital technology, currently employed by US retailer Best Buy, which offers UltraViolet, the cloud-based entertainment ecosystem... More

Starbucks is selling Square's mobile card readers for $10 in the coffee retail giant's 7,000 locations nationwide, extending the companies' budding partnership. The readers let use... More

It's always sunny at CES. Well, not really, but Danny DeVito, the film star and one of the actors who have helped make "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" a hit for FX, is schedule... More

It's the first year since 1999 that Microsoft will not deliver the keynote address. In fact, the software giant won't even be in attendance at the Las Vegas tradeshow. In the compa... More

Web-based video consumption is fast-rising, as access to high-speed bandwidth increases -- 76 percent in the U.S. alone since last year -- and people use more powerful mobile devic... More

These connection technologies are cool when they work, but they don't work as well as they should, and until they get easier to use and more reliable, they're going to remain niche... More

Netbooks are dead. Good riddance! Just a few years ago, these small, underpowered, ultracheap laptops were considered the future of the computer industry. In 2008 and 2009, recessi... More

In the lead-up to next week's CES, there has already been a lot of attention focused on "Ultra High-Definition" TVs, the industry's latest focus on ever-bigger TVs with ever-higher... More

Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., two Internet companies that have long cultivated relationships in Hollywood, are nevertheless placing ads on sites that feature pirated movies, TV shows... More

Multiplatform premium TV channel Epix Jan. 3 said it would bow apps for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita this quarter enabling authenticated users for the first time to stream mo... More

There are 425 million devices connected to the Internet in US homes, according to a new Connected Intelligence report from global information company, The NPD Group. The Connected ... More

With the launch of “Ultra High Definition TV” (also known as “4K”), the relaunch of the UltraViolet cloud distribution technology, countless demonstrations of multiscreen v... More

Based on its popular TV commercials over the years, it’s easy to think of Dell as a computer company that targets the consumer market. But consumer sales were just 22% of Dell’... More

YouTube wants its growing cadre of video content creators to start right here [Los Angeles], in a newly opened, 41,000-square-foot, state-of-the-digital-art playpen simply called t... More

If you still own a BlackBerry device and have been wanting to see what all the craze about second-screen experiences is all about, well now you have the opportunity to do so. Zeebo... More

A new study reveals that social-network conversations about a television show can increase viewership. "How Chatter Matters in TV Viewing," Nielsen research conducted for the cable... More

Once upon a time, there was one screen that TV broadcasters needed to fill. These days, it's all about the two-screen experience. People have been watching television with their la... More

Some 80 percent of viewers of VH1 programming use a mobile device (phone,tablet, laptop) while watching, says Dan Sacher, SVP for Digital at VH1 in this interview with Beet.TV. The... More

It seems Santa's sleigh was filled with smartphones and tablets this year as more than 17.4 million Android and Apple mobile devices were activated on Christmas Day -- setting an a... More