Smart Home News

Apple Faces Many Rivals for Streaming to TVs
Apple TV may be "an elementary effort" with little content available, but analysts point out that the iPod was also marginal when it was introduced.

Report is bullish on mobile music, games and video

Sales from mobile music, games and video will triple by 2014, to $3.53 billion in the U.S. market.

Back on the superhighway
With the Gillard government returned to office,  Australia’s national broadband network is back on track and the country’s again moving towards world-class speeds.

Five of the Best Tablets Revealed So Far
They’ve been numerous announcements of tablet computers in recent weeks.

Study-75% have not watched 3-D TV yet

While 81% of respondents in a recent survey said they had viewed a 3-D movie in a theater, more than three-quarters of said they had yet to watch anything on a 3-D TV set.

Panasonic shows 1080p 3D Blu-ray home theater systems

Panasonic has showed off its first 108p 3D Blu-ray home theater systems, including the SC-BTT750 and SC-BTT350.

Apple to sell 28M iPads in 2011, chipping away at PC’s
Apple's competitively priced iPad is expected to reduce sales of low-end notebook PCs in 2011.

LG to integrate Plex into its Netcast TVs next year

LG Electronics beginning next year will integrate the Plex media-management tool into its Netcast-enabled HDTVs and Blu-ray players.

Amazon-Apple rivalry shifts to TV

Amazon dropped the price on a select set of TV shows from $2.99 to 99 cents this week, after rival Apple announced it would rent a similar set of shows for the lower price.

Life Without a TV Set? Not Impossible
Survey results suggested a decline in the perceived status of the television set, as other devices edge into its territory.

IPod Touch to make up nearly 40% of iOS market

Research firm Asymco has released an estimate that Apple's iPod Touch device represents 38% of the 120 million iOS device sales market.