TiVo said Wednesday that it will acquire Cloud-based content discovery and recommendation service Digitalsmiths. Digitalsmiths offers personalized video search, recommendations and browsing, social trending and mood-based discovery. This ...
Since its first entry into the home console market in 1983, with the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo has been at the forefront of console gaming. The company, with a combination of solid hardware, family-friendly ...
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Toyota has revealed an audacious new sports-car concept that will serve as a spiritual pace-car for the global design revolution occurring within the company. The FT-1 Concept answers global president Akio Toyoda's directive for more ...
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Video game players will get a chance to try out a virtual version of Toyota's new concept sports car that was unveiled in Detroit as a symbol of the automaker's design future, the company said Monday. The Japanese automaker took the wraps ...
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The massive Consumer Electronics Show (CES), hosted annually in Las Vegas, showcases the latest discoveries and innovations, including audiovisual, gaming, smartphones, computing, household appliances and in-car technologies. While we see ...
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Sony says it has sold 4.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles in 2013. That beats out rival Microsoft's Xbox One, which sold 3 million units. Both consoles launched in late November. The $500 Xbox costs $100 more than the PlayStation. The ...
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China has formally authorised game consoles made in a new Shanghai free-trade zone (FTZ) to be sold in the country, potentially opening its lucrative market up to the likes of Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox. The move effectively ...
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Sony on Tuesday announced a hotly-anticipated streaming game service along with the news that it sold more than 4.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles by the start of this year. PlayStation Now, set to begin a test phase this month and launch ...
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Dish Network is unveiling a new recorder system that can record eight TV shows at once, as long as four of them are from the broadcast networks ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox. The system involves a new Hopper digital video recorder unit and a Joey ...
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Virtual reality has been hyped as the next big thing for decades—and yet,it never seems to deliver.Despite the potential,particularly in the world of gaming,numerous attempts have left players dizzy with disappointment,and just plain ...
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As I look back at the more than 100 tech products we reviewed in 2013, a handful of gadgets and services deserve a second look. It's become clear that one brand rarely stands out any more in whatever product category you look at. ...
Tags: tech products, camera phones, Laptops, Internet television
Wearable gadgets, curved smartphones and new game consoles defined technology in 2013. That's why it's no surprise they make up the bulk of our top 10 devices of the year. Some of these devices are essentially much better versions of ...
Stream TV Networks will be showcasing consumer-ready 4KTVs featuring breakthrough Ultra-D? glasses-free adjustable 3D technology during 2014 International CES. Of the various sizes to be brought to market by the company's brand partners in ...
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What is the Xbox One? If you're a video-game aficionado, you know the answer: It's Microsoft's latest game console, and it arrives in North America and Europe on Friday. To gamers, Xbox means cutting-edge adventures such as "Halo" and ...
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Microsoft on Friday releases its Xbox One game console, taking on Sony's PlayStation 4 in a battle for the hearts and minds of Internet-era home entertainment. Sony last week unleashed its new champion in the long-running console war, ...
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