Friday, January 7, 2011

The Hollywood industry bet on the Internet compared to DVD

The biggest film industry have taken advantage of the technology focus is on the CES to announce the DVD as a format over from popular video consumption. Ultraviolet will be a platform supported by the film studios to come, not only households but also to computers and mobile high definition. Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner and other producers that form the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE) have reached agreement to suit the times.

Skype acquires video service Qik

The internet telephony company Skype announced Thursday an agreement to buy Qik, a young California company that specializes in streaming (streaming) videos on mobile phones. "The mobile Internet and video are getting (new) way communicate, "explained the owner of Skype, Tony Bates, the opening of the Great Exhibition of consumer electronics CES in Las Vegas (California, western United States) - without specifying the terms of the transaction.

An 'application' of the Caixa payment receipts with the iPhone camera

La Caixa has launched an application for payment receipts. The 'application' photograph the receipt barcode, which automatically transforms the data needed to complete the payment transaction. OCR technology means that, by capturing the image of the receipt with the iPhone's camera, the information is distributed automatically, in seconds, in the fields must be completed on the mobile so that the customer makes the payment.

CES: Sony shows 3D laptop, LG 3D TV without glasses

The big hype with 3D TVs will continue in new variants in other areas, it just starts to: Sony at CES unveiled a 3D laptop - for three-dimensional Daddeln, but converted to 3D movies. Self-images frame on spatial imaging. Las Vegas / Hamburg - Sony wants to bring content onto three-dimensional notebook.

The Japanese manufacturer has introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show CES in Las Vegas, the production version of a 3D-capable device. Users in the model of the Vaio F-series touch of a button between two-and three-dimensional view on the 16-inch display switch back and forth. For the low effect a suitable shutter glasses are required.

Darty starts to turn into the quadruple play

Darty group, which already markets an offer "triple play" subscription television and Internet telephony, announced Thursday its intention to launch a mobile service. According to information from Cnet, Darty would use the SFR network. Subscribers to the triple play will subscribe to mobile telephone service in February, before opening up to new customers in June.

Earlier this week, Virgin Mobile also announced the launch of a quadruple play in September.

U.S. market research: Android overhauled iPhone

Today that from September to November 2011, the market share of Android devices in all mobile phone contract customers risen to 26 percent over the period from June to August. Apple smartphones came to only 25 percent. Market leader is still on RIM's Blackberry, but their share fell rapidly in comparison (see table).

The Comscore data is based on online surveys, they are thus to be understood as an estimate rather than a precise measurement. Market share of smart phone platforms to U.S. contract share from June to August change in proportion of September-November