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Phones gain ability to learn by touching
June 18, 2012 2:40 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThere's a form of extrasensory perception called psychometry, whose practitioners claim to learn things about objects by touching them.
Yahoo ties up with CNBC on financial news
June 13, 2012 2:35 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe companies will be able to use search data to help determine the content they'll produce for visitors.
TiVo, PayPal unite to offer e-commerce buying with cable ops
June 12, 2012 3:43 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsTiVo’s cable operator customers, which include Comcast, Suddenlink and RCN, will be able to purchase products through interactive ads on TiVo’s user interface.
Comcast slapped for Xfinity ad claim
June 12, 2012 3:36 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsAn ad industry watchdog says Comcast is going too far with unqualified claims that Xfinity is the fastest broadband service available.
U.S. Internet advertising spending hits $8.4B in Q1
June 11, 2012 1:27 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThat's the highest ever for the first quarter, up 15 percent from $7.3 billion in the same period last year.
Under construction: The multi-screen video business model
June 6, 2012 12:57 am | by Craig Kuhl, Contributing Editor | Articles | CommentsThe evolution of a working business model for multi-screen and content is accelerating. Different companies coming from different angles have got many of the moving parts together, but those parts aren’t yet perfectly aligned.
Memory Lane - Nightmare on DVR Street
June 5, 2012 5:46 pm | by Stewart Schley, media and technology writer | Articles | CommentsFrom the evil Dr. Caligari of the silent film era to the freaky Ghostface of the modern “Scream” film series, Hollywood has produced an impressive lineup of scary characters over a 90-year run of horror movie-making. But no fictitious villain ever elevated Hollywood’s chill meter as high as a real-life industry entrant that made its premiere 13 years ago at CES.
Open Mic - Network DVR vs. TV Everywhere
June 5, 2012 5:22 pm | by Bob Scheffler, senior director of next-generation video solutions at Motorola Mobility | Articles | CommentsSince the advent of home entertainment technology – from the phonograph to radio to TV – the living room has long been the gathering place for the family. But in today’s world, the proliferation of smartphones and tablets has created an insatiable consumer appetite for anytime, anyplace content.
U.S. campaigns mine online data to target voters
May 29, 2012 12:54 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe 2012 election could be decided by the campaign that better exploits voters' Internet data.
LocalResponse takes targeted ads to new level
May 25, 2012 12:18 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe company is launching a targeted ad service that scans social media sites and can aim ads at people who specifically mention a product or product category.
Broadcasters sue Dish over ad-skipping DVR service
May 25, 2012 12:15 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsBroadcasters Fox, NBC and CBS sued Dish Network Corp. on Thursday over a service that offers commercial-free TV.
Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing
May 24, 2012 2:07 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsJoining the battle to redefine Internet search, Yahoo is taking aim with a new browser enhancement it calls "Axis."
New ad zapper has TV networks worried about sales
May 23, 2012 11:42 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsDish Network is letting consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button with its Auto Hop feature on its new DVRs.
Azuki, Arris team on TV Everywhere platform
May 23, 2012 11:41 am | by Brian Santo | Products | CommentsService providers can now use the combination of the Azuki Media Platform and the Arris ConvergeMedia Management Suite (CMM) software to deploy on-premise, multi-screen video services to their subscribers.
FourthWall signs licensing agreement with Microsoft for STB data
May 22, 2012 10:23 am | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsFourthWall Media has inked a licensing agreement with Microsoft Advertising for set-top box data collection and a report processing system from Microsoft.
