8 posts and columns on Connected TV

Microsoft Sprints Ahead in the Race for the Living Room

in Media on December 12, 2011 at 7:18 am PT

Google TV is still trying to find its footing. And Apple’s TV is still theoretical. Meanwhile, Redmond sold 1.7 million set-top boxes last month.
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Why Will Google TV Be Any Different From WebTV? Or AOL TV? Or MSNTV? Or…

in News on May 21, 2010 at 9:12 am PT

At its I/O developer conference Thursday in San Francisco, Google predicted it would “change the future of television” with GoogleTV, an effort to marry broadcast TV with the Web. And in comments about the announcement, the company’s executives hawked the new software and hardware bundle with similarly aggrandizing pronouncements.

Where Is My All-In-One Connected-HDTV, Apple?

in Mobile on March 23, 2010 at 3:37 pm PT

Apple has long described its AppleTV business as “a hobby” and dismissed speculation that it is considering an Apple-branded television. But perhaps it’s time to reconsider. After all, home entertainment hardware is a $31.8 billion business.

Connecting With Your Inner Earpiece

in The Digital Solution on January 19, 2010 at 4:17 pm PT

The new Jawbone Icon synchs with a PC to expand its voice-command capability and add personality to your Bluetooth device.

Bartz is Keynoting CES? Are They Putting Her on Five-Second Delay?

in News on October 13, 2009 at 11:09 am PT

Carol Bartz, Yahoo’s all caps CEO has been tapped to deliver a keynote address at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. What’s Yahoo got to tout at a consumer electronics showcase? Could be an update to Connected TV, the same Internet-to-television platform the company debuted at CES last year.
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Connected Life Head Marco Boerries to Leave Yahoo

in News on February 25, 2009 at 2:27 am PT

Yahoo’s top mobile exec, Marco Boerries, is departing Yahoo, according to an internal email obtained by BoomTown that he sent to some staffers on Sunday. I have also since confirmed Boerries’s departure with company insiders familiar with the situation. In a post on Monday on a restructuring at Yahoo that new CEO Carol Bartz is likely to unveil to the company this week–sources tell me it is now set to be announced internally tomorrow–I noted that Boerries was one of the more likely high-level execs to go. “With a very heavy heart I have to tell you, that I will be leaving Yahoo!,” Boerries wrote, attributing his departure in an email titled “Personal Update,” to issues related to his family.
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BoomTown's Annual Waltgelina Walk at CES: Walt and Katie on the (Less Crowded) Floor

in News on January 13, 2009 at 8:15 am PT

As BoomTown did last year, I took to the much-less-crowded floor of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week with tech review kingpin Walt Mossberg and Mossberg Solution columnist Katherine Boehret to get their take on the scene. Of interest to Walt was the Palm Pre launch and the Yahoo Connected TV initiative. For Katie, it was a $2,000 cellphone. Here’s the video of their ruminations.

Jerry Yang and Sue Decker Talk About Yahoo's Connected TV at CES

in News on January 9, 2009 at 12:04 pm PT

Usually, BoomTown plays the stalker of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang. But, with an interesting product to show off, this time he invited me and also Walt Mossberg to take an on-the-floor look-see at the company’s new “Connected TV” effort yesterday. Wading into what has been a longtime dead-end for many tech companies–bringing the Internet to the television–Yahoo has struck a deal with South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung and other major television makers to put its software in televisions to link them to the Internet.