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Connected TV is making solid progress in the UK, but there are still several technological – and cultural – hurdles to overcome before it really takes off Anyone following announcements from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January must have thought decades of entrenched viewing habits were to be changed forever as “connected TV” [...]

Forget the pennies or even the pound coins. With several major players getting involved, contactless payment could soon be the way to spend The Brits are often mocked for their love of queuing, but retailers are all too aware that there is a tipping point. For two-fifths of us, it comes after just two minutes, [...]

Could Google and Apple extend their dominance of the mobile market to the world of broadcasting? If the rumours are anything to go by, just watch this space… By this time next year there could be two major new players, Google and Apple, not just in the television market but the TV set market, too. [...]

From iPhone TVs, to multiplatform markets, to talking technologies, the television industry is set for some big changes this year The same sorts of disruptions that forever altered music and newspapers are now wreaking havoc on the motion picture and television industries. A few interesting dynamics are at play. It was more expensive (a little [...]

If Apple does launch a new TV this year, 2012 could go down in history as the year that broadcasting changed forever “I’d like to create an integrated TV set that is completely easy to use,” Apple co-founder Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson before his death last year. He wanted there to be [...]

Outsourcing isn’t just about saving money – for today’s businesses, it’s also about sharing expertise and increasing skills and flexibility It’s said that when US President Barack Obama asked the late Steve Jobs about returning the manufacture of products such as the iPhone to the US, the Apple chief replied: “Those jobs aren’t coming back.” [...]

Future communicators for soldiers may take several features from civilian smartphones Today’s soldier wants to communicate on the battlefield in the same way that he communicates at home – using a pocket gizmo to talk, text, swap pictures and get information. Of course, a military communicator will be very different to the cell phones we [...]