Broadcom partner Dish Network made a splash last year when it trotted out a real, live joey (that’s a baby kangaroo, for the non-Aussies) to introduce the Hopper, a digital video recorder that lets consumers watch TV in any room of the house.
Cute, furry marsupials are a tough act to follow, but Dish is making a go of it again with it’s newest Hopper DVR. The biggest addition this year is that Dish was able to integrate Slingbox’s …
In the age of on-demand television — where DVRs, Netflix and mobile streaming give viewers instant access to their favorite programming — the broadcasters themselves haven’t moved much. Shaken by the piracy that has been compromising their content since the arrival of the Internet, broadcasters have been almost overly cautious about protecting their programming.
They’re kind of justified. Take this recent example: The uber-popular HBO series “Game of Thrones” saw so much pirating that the number of downloads per episode almost …
The real estate mantra — location, location, location — could also be said for our 21st century connected lifestyle, in which nearly three-quarters of smartphone owners get real-time location-based information on their phones. If you’ve ever checked into a store on Foursquare or shared your locale on Facebook, you know how easy it is to connect your real life to your digital one.
This connection will soon become much more pervasive, thanks to location-based services, one of the trends …
When Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite-based navigation technology was introduced in the 1990s, consumers were thrilled with its course-plotting capabilities. People folded up their paper maps and tossed their Thomas Guides in favor of TomTom and Garmin devices, and more recently nav-capable smartphones. It wasn’t long until consumers realized that personal navigation applications worked well in ideal environments, but not so well in others.
Today, improving navigation technology has become a central focus for device developers. Many more satellites—including the …
