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TV Still Dominates U.S. Consumer Media Usage
10th January 2012
A report produced by Nielsen Wire, on the usage of different forms of electronic media, has found that almost one-third of homes in the U.S. own four or more television sets. The report also claims that TV continues to be the most popular form of electronic media across the country in spite of the rapid growth of online media consumption. More »
Google TV To Launch In U.K.
26th August 2011
While Google TV was launched almost a year ago in the U.S.A. it is only later this year or early next year that they are expected to go on sale in the U.K. More »
Skype Comes To TV Through Comcast
15th June 2011
Skype has reached an agreement with U.S. cable TV provider, Comcast to enable users to make phone calls via their TV sets. More »
YouTube Expands Movie Rental Service
10th May 2011
Not too long ago, YouTube had started a service through which users could watch hundreds of free movies. However, the choice was limited and consisted largely of old movies that were no longer in demand. This is about to change now.
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Google Uses Gay Campaign To Promote Chrome
5th May 2011
The recently popular campaign to prevent gay teen suicide, “It Gets Better” has been used in a new TV ad promoting the Google Chrome Browser. More »
Google Still Lets Advertisers Create TV Ads For Free
22nd March 2011
One of the major problems that prevents small businesses from advertising on TV or even on Internet video channels, is the cost of creating a TV commercial or video ad. Google has now decided to help potential advertisers further overcome this stumbling block. More »
Digital Commerce In The USA In 2010
9th February 2011
A report from comScore indicates that the e-commerce industry recovered well in 2010. The total spend on e-commerce in the U.S.A. was $227.6billion during the course of last year. More »
Google TV Ready To Go Live
7th October 2010
Google announced plans for Google TV about five months ago. The service is now ready to go live. Google has announced that products featuring Google TV will be hitting retail shelves soon. More »
Black Eyed Peas First To Reach 1 Million Downloads
24th June 2010
Over the last year, the song “I Gotta Feeling” by the R&B group, The Black Eyed Peas has been immensely popular. The song has now created a new milestone by being the first ever single to be downloaded over 1 million times in the U.K. More »
Google TV, Chrome Web Store, Storage Announced At I/O
24th May 2010
Google’s annual developer conference was held last week, from the 19th to 20th of May. Google used the event to brief developers about upcoming product and feature launches, and as expected, the event featured some exciting new services. More »
Google About To Launch TV Software
4th May 2010
According to the Wall Street Journal, sources have revealed that Google is likely to soon introduce developers to their new Android-based software for TV. More »
Facebook As Popular As TV
20th April 2010
It is a known fact that social networks are gaining in popularity. According to the latest reports released by Nielsen Online, 73% of the U.S. population is now engaged in some form of social media activity or the other. More »
59% of Americans Use TV And Internet Together
24th March 2010
A recent report from Nielsen Company has found that 35% more Americans now access the Internet while watching TV than a year ago. More »
Google Testing TV Search
11th March 2010
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Google is testing a new TV search service in conjunction with Dish Network. More »
X-Factor Shows Meteoric Mobile Traffic Rise
17th December 2009
Reality shows on T.V. really have their audiences engaged, and this spills over into increased mobile web traffic. One of the most popular shows in the UK, X-Factor proves this. More »
Traditional Media Delivers News Faster Than Social Media
20th July 2009
A number of recent major news events and breaking news stories were reported first on blogs and microblogging sites like Twitter, even before they were reported by the traditional media. However a study conducted at Cornell University finds that traditional media still remains vital in delivering the news first. More »
Young People Abandoning Email And TV
4th February 2009
Change, they say, is the only constant. This seems to apply to the findings of studies conducted on the modes of entertainment pursued by youngsters – teenagers in particular – today. More »
YouTube Allows Video Downloads
21st January 2009
For the first time since its inception, YouTube has decided to allow users to download content from their site. More »
Google Launches Free TV Ad Creator
19th January 2009
It just got cheaper and a lot easier to advertise products on television. Google has launched a free television ad creation service for AdWords advertisers. More »
It’s Not Web TV, It’s Connected TV
15th January 2009
When Web TV was first introduced in the 1990s, the TV set was connected to a keyboard and a set top box. Back then, it did not succeed quite as well as expected. But now it seems to be making a comeback in a modified form, with the keyboard and set top box built into the TV itself; And it’s now called Connected TV. More »
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