Devices
Five 4K/UHD Trends to Watch at NAB 2017 (Studio Daily)
ATSC 3.0, IPTV and the OTT explosion. Late last month, the FCC approved the ATSC 3.0 roll-out, but clarified that adoption of ATSC 3.0 will be voluntary, and that broadcasters must... More
Twitter to Open Up Livestreaming API so Companies can Bypass Periscope (Ars Technica)
Twitter wants to make it as easy as possible for companies to livestream video on its platform. According to a report from The Information, the company is set to announce next week... More
NAB Show to Tackle Next-Gen TV Audio (TV News Check)
Like TV broadcasters themselves, audio for television at the 2017 NAB Show will find itself with one foot planted in a present where the issues of audio over IP and the allocation ... More
How Snapchat is Changing the Way the Web Works, Looks (Tubefilter)
For more than a year, the company’s design innovations have been transforming the way we’re using smartphones and digital media, even if you’ve never even seen the Snapchat a... More
Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera (New York Times)
If you’re watching Snap’s stock ticker, stop. The company that makes Snapchat, the popular photo-messaging app, has been having a volatile few days after its rocket-fueled init... More
The Best Buy Strategy Shift: What it Means for CE Retail (Dealerscope)
Though they said their latest earnings report produced “better than expected results,” Best Buy’s Q4 2016 wasn’t an ideal ending to the year. In a statement, the leader in ... More
Americans Have Fewer TVs on Average than They Did in 2009 (Ars Technica)
Americans went from having an average of 2.6 TVs per household in 2009 to having 2.3 TVs in 2015, according to survey data from the US Energy Information Agency (EIA). The data com... More
Future of Mobile Apps Looking Bleak (The Drum)
Mobile app usage in Europe is beginning to plateau and is expected to follow the US in a downward trend, according to a new Adobe insights report. Despite smartphone traffic in Eur... More
Wipro’s Digital TV Middleware Solution Enables In-Car TV Reception for the Japan Market (MESA)
Wipro today announced that its Digital-TV Middleware Solution, which facilitates In-Car TV reception systems, has been customized for the Japanese automotive market. Wipro’s DTV ... More
Attack of the Apps (TechCrunch)
It seems like a fair trade: Get your favorite mobile apps for free, be shown annoying ads in return. But that’s not all you’re doing in return. In reality, this trade has you g... More
Amazon Offering Free In-Home IoT Consults (Twice)
Amazon has launched a free in-home consulting service to extend its beachhead in smart home. Leveraging its ubiquitous Alexa personal digital assistant platform, the company has as... More
Discs Giving 4K/UHD Delivery a Real Shot in the Arm (Twice)
Despite the attention given to streaming services as a delivery channel for 4K/Ultra HD content, physical media in the form of Ultra HD Blu-ray came in to 2017 on a high note, with... More
HDR Moves Beyond 4K: Finally Reaches HDTVs, Content (4K)
High Dynamic Range, whether in the form of HDR10, Dolby Vision or the shiny new HLG standard for the eventual arrival of broadcast 4K content with HDR, has become a nearly “must ... More
Technicolor and Amazon Make Home Devices Smarter (MESA)
Technicolor is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to empower consumers to take more natural control of their home environments – no matter how many connected devices th... More
10 Lessons for Effective Bots in 2017 (space150 Blog)
Chatbots, or conversational interfaces powered by artificial intelligence, were thought to be the next great platform in 2016. Facebook introduced the bots for Messenger Platform a... More
Adobe Unveils New Design Features for XD Software (B&T)
Adobe has announced new features for Adobe XD as part of its ongoing monthly series of updates for the UX design tool. Among the new features is guest commenting, which enables rev... More
FCC Chairman Takes Set-Top Box Plan Off the Table (Ars Technica)
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has taken his predecessor's cable TV set-top box plan off the table. The proposal from former Chairman Tom Wheeler was officiall... More
78% of People Have Made a Purchase Through a Smartphone (ARC)
Paying for stuff with your phone … turns out it’s not such a crazy idea after all. A new report said that 78% of people have made at least one purchase on a mobile device in th... More
Snapchat is in Talks for Big Ad Deals Ahead of IPO (WSJ)
As Snap Inc. woos Wall Street ahead of its initial public offering, the parent of the popular messaging app is also spending plenty of time courting another constituency: advertise... More
How Alexa Fits Into Amazon’s Prime Directive (NYT)
Five years ago, few would have guessed that Amazon would already be ahead of the top tech companies vying to be leaders in home automation. But Jeff Bezos has been shaping this vis... More