digital living room
Research: Digital living room to require tech support
tech.fortune.cnn.com
Consumers will spend more than $400 million on in-home tech support this year, and that number could skyrocket in the future, according to a Parks Associates report. Parks Associates estimates that consumer spending on tech support could approach $1 billion in 2011, which bodes well for companies like Best Buy...
Name that Tech Tune: Can you identify this crazy song?
www.geekwire.com
This week’s Name that Tech Tune challenge is one of the more eclectic songs we’ve ever had. It’s a bit obscure — and therefore pretty difficult — but we will give you the clue that it’s the soundtrack for the bootup animation on a television-related product. If you think you...
Microsoft's Sneaky Success: The Xbox Is the Most Popular Video Player in the U.S.
allthingsd.com
More evidence that Microsoft is increasing its lead in the digital living room race: Data that shows its Xbox gaming console is the most popular non-PC device to watch Web video. That is, more people are watching Web stuff on Microsoft’s machine than on the iPad, iPhone, or any Android...
As Microsoft pushes Xbox into the mainstream, will gamers look elsewhere?
thenextweb.com
Microsoft’s gaming strategy has been doing well for some time now, with its Xbox console owning the top console spot in terms of sales and ecosystem spend for some time. It’s a hit, in other words. Even more, the company owns the other largest gaming platform (I’m speaking loosely here,...
GeekWire Radio: Windows 8, Apple, BuddyTV and a new era in the digital living room
www.geekwire.com
BuddyTV's Andy Liu in the KIRO studios. (Erynn Rose photo) This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we chat with BuddyTV CEO Andy Liu about all the changes happening in the digital living room — as exemplified by BuddyTV’s apps and Liu’s own elaborate living-room setup. We also...
Analyst: Apple is the biggest innovator in digital media
www.9to5mac.com
Apple will be a $100 billion or more company within five years, and has huge plans for the digital home, analyst Phil Leigh told 9to5Mac today. We spoke with Inside Digital Media’s, Phil Leigh, this evening, chatting about his report claiming Apple has a host of products for the...
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