It's nearly time for the annual geek pilgrimage to Las Vegas for CES. It's easy to write off this massive tech trade show as an outdated, overrated, overhyped gizmo-fest, but it does provide ahead-of-the-curve marketplace knowledge. Here's what's next for TVs and other tech gadgets in 2012.READ»
Apps with everything, and apps of every flavor--sounds like a recipe for an interesting technological future. But it's also a change that comes with burdens.READ»
Bluefin Labs sits on the periphery of MIT's Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus, in a former hose factory located next to a movie theater. But the company really exists at the virtual intersection of social media and television.READ»
Sony is buying out Ericsson's stake in their 10-year Sony-Ericsson phone partnership. It's also said the future of Sony phones is all smartphones all the time. READ»
"I finally cracked it." Those four magical words from the new Steve Jobs biography reignited rumors about Apple's intention to reinvent the last big screen in our daily lives: The television. Here's what that would look like--and why it should happen now. READ»
We all have busy lives, and catching all the good shows on TV is one of the things that gets missed in the daily grind. Here's how you can get your television fix, and in ways that are convenient for anyone.READ»
When video ad tech firm Freewheel let a big fish slip from its line, CTO Diane Yu had to rally her teams to find new uses for all the technical assets they developed for the prospective client. Breaking bad news is never easy, but here's what worked at Freewheel.READ»
Last month, we issued something of a plea to designers to simplify the TV remote--or remotes, as is invariably the case. Enter Carbon Design Group’s Toggle: a sleek device that streamlines all remote functions into one touchpad ...READ»
Use Google Goggles to scan bands and art (not clunky codes) to download free stuff in the new HTC Sensation 4G ads, a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Deutsch L.A. and Google. Watch!READ»
These days we go to the electronics store to get printer ink, but soon enough we'll be running out to Best Buy to get a new scent cartridge of bacon essence for watching the Food Network. Smell-o-vision is upon us.READ»
People are making movies, commercials, and music videos using nothing but the cameras on their iPhones nowadays, but what about directing live TV? You know, the kind of thing where a guy in headphones yells at a bunch of little ...READ»
When TBS, the station of comedy reruns, announced that it had snagged Conan O’Brien, media observers responded with a collective “huh?” But what at first blush seemed like an odd pairing, made perfect sense, not so much for what ...READ»
Started in 2007, American Express began publishing OPEN Forum, a platform for small biz owners to share advice and get information about their trades-in-question. With a rise to mobile use, AMEX execs see a shift to business owners needing on-the-road information, and the OPEN Forum is following them there. READ»
Last March, I poked fun at Verizon Fios’s antiquated implementation of remote control use, television interface design, use of widgets, and blatant lack of thought regarding how today's audiences actually watch television and ...READ»
As the manufacturers quarrel about new TV standards, it's clear some technologies will get left behind. Here's how to sift through the innovations and wind up with a hot piece of next tech, not a big pile of Betamax.READ»
Vodafone's trying to tap a new market in the developing world that leverages TV and web tech with a cheap Internet portal box that uses an existing TV as its display, bringing the Net to homes that otherwise may not have been connected.READ»
