For the smart home to ignite the IoT, home automation software platform vendors must provide open APIs. SmartThings and future open-API platforms could be the disruptive players that encourage a tidal… Read more »
The adoption of tablets, social media and new interfaces and the changing nature of the TV itself mean the digital living room will continue on its path of rapid change, thanks… Read more »
Last year I predicted 2011 would be the year of the virtual video operator. While I was mainly thinking of non-facilities based providers like Microsoft, it’s actually not surprising that companies… Read more »
The cable industry had a decade to get interactive TV right, but I think it’s too late. Apple, Google, Boxee and a million-man army of developers is on the march; in… Read more »
There will also be opportunities for existing and new companies to provide new services to consumers and small businesses based on video chat communications. Read more »
TV apps — interactive, web-like applications meant to “enhance” the TV viewing experience by supplementing programming content with additional material and activities — are evolving quickly from a novelty feature on… Read more »
Ok, so maybe it wasn’t my Weekly Update or the post at NewTeeVee, but Verizon saw the same thing I did and decided their Twitter widget was pretty worthless in its… Read more »
When I heard Verizon’s FiOS widgets for Facebook and Twitter had finally arrived, I did what any good consumer analyst would do: Ran to the living room and picked up my… Read more »
I’ve been following the Apple web tablet rumors for some time, given that its a hole in the market that a big US CE maker hasn’t filled (some would argue Archos… Read more »