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Mobile Computing Is Just Getting Started (MIT Technology Review)

Mobile computers are spreading faster than any other consumer technology in history. In the United States, smartphones have even begun reaching the group of relative technophobes t... More

Computer Interfaces: Tech's Next Great Frontier (Bloomberg/Businessweek)

Consider the tongue. It’s sensitive yet muscular, packed with taste buds and nerves, and without its acrobatic ability humans wouldn’t be able to eat or talk. It’s also our m... More

Sky to Acquire Telefónica UK’s Broadband Business (Advanced Television)

Sky has reached an agreement with Telefónica UK for the proposed acquisition of its O2 and BE consumer broadband and fixed-line telephony business. The transaction will make Sky t... More

The Movie Network GO Launches in Canada with thePlatform (Mediacaster)

Astral Television is the latest Canadian media company to use the white label digital media publishing service, thePlatform.Astral's newly launched The Movie Network (TMN) GO, HBO ... More

Optical Media Launches Digital Delivery Platform (HMM)

Indianapolis-based replicator Optical Media Manufacturing has launched a new white label digital video distribution platform for video-on-demand, downloads and streaming. OMModify ... More

Mobile Payments Brighten Cash Flow for Small Business (Wall Street Journal)

One of the biggest worries for small-business owners is dealing with fluctuations in cash flow. Nathan Perry's five-year-old New York City catering business has had to operate with... More

India Slaps 10% Import Duty On Foreign-Made STBs (IPTV News)

India’s finance minister has unveiled plans to double import duties imposed on foreign-made set-top boxes to 10%, as part of efforts to encourage STB makers to set up manufacturi... More

Customer Satisfaction Gap Between Mobile and Traditional Retail Websites Narrows (Retail Digital)

Retail mobile experiences still slightly trail traditional online retail websites with regard to customer satisfaction, however the gap is narrowing. In a research conducted by For... More

Streaming Video Passes Inflection Point Says Ooyala (Rapid TV News)

The latest Ooyala survey of the multiscreen online video market has revealed a surge in mobile-based video viewing. In its Global Video Index for 2012 the video streaming, analytic... More

Dijit Taps Watchwith to Bring Synchronized Second-Screen Experiences to NextGuide TV Listings (The Next Web)

Less than a month after Dijit Media announced it was acquiring GoMiso, Inc, the makers of the Miso, SideShows, and Quips social TV products, the company has revealed a new partners... More

KIT Digital Analyst Alan Wolk: The State Of TV Everywhere is At An Impasse (Beet.TV)

As more consumers are beginning to view television content on tablets and other mobile devices, the concept of TV Everywhere is getting more play than ever.  At the Beet.TV execut... More

Oscars Take Gold Among Most Social TV Shows of the Week (Mashable)

The 2013 Oscars saw an uptick of almost 200% on social media over last year, propelling the ceremony to the top of the weekly social charts with room to spare. Viewers took to soci... More

Now on ‘Idol,’ Viewers Can Tweet While Contestants Sing (New York Times)

These days, as more people watch television with a phone in hand or a computer in lap, it’s de rigueur for a network to have a Twitter hashtag on the screen. Television producers... More

Second Screen Ad Format Engages ITV Audiences (Advanced Television)

ITV Commercial has revealed its findings following the trial of a new interactive advertising format, Ad Sync, which found that dual-screen advertising drives stronger engagement a... More

MWC 2013: Huawei Makes a Play for the Second-Screen Market (Mobile Entertainment)

Earlier this week Samsung revealed HomeSync, an in-home cross-device sharing system, and Huawei now follows it up with a similar cloud-based initiative called AirSharing. The AirSh... More

Old Media, Meet New: European Publisher Axel Springer Acquires Second Screen App TunedIn (TechCrunch)

TunedIn Media, the German company behind the second screen “social TV’ app TunedIn, has been acquired by European publishing giant Axel Springer. The amount isn’t being discl... More

Comcast and Cablevision Detail Their 'Six Strike' Copyright Alert Strategies (The Verge)

This week five major internet service providers in the United States rolled out the "six strike" Copyright Alert System (CAS), and while we already had a sense of how AT&T and ... More

Time Warner CFO: Warner ‘Fully Behind’ UltraViolet (HMM)

Warner Bros. remains bullish on UltraViolet with the studio set to rejigger windows this year by upping the number of movies released ahead of retail for digital sellthrough with c... More

Pandora Caps Mobile Streaming As Ad Revenue Falls Short (AdAge)

Pandora is placing a 40-hour-per-month limit on free mobile listening, company founder Tim Westergren announced in a blog post on Wednesday. The decision is designed to move Pandor... More