Samsung admitted at a forum today that the company was considering developing Google TV hardware. TV group leader Yoon Boo Keun told the media Samsung was "reviewing" the prospect of using the Android-based shell but was anxious about support in South Korea. Media producers would have to get behind Google's platform in Samsung's home country for it to make sense, Keun told Bloomberg and others in attendance....
Intuit has unveiled QuickBooks 2011 for Mac, the next version of its small-business accountancy software. New in the upgrade is the concept of multiple user accounts, which allows up to five workers to view or edit content at the same time. Associated with the feature are user permissions, which can restrict people to a selection of eight different program areas. To mitigate mistakes in group work, the app has been given iChat integration....TV: The Next Tech Frontier Huffington Post (blog) But the vast majority of Americans still watch television shows on TV through a cable or satellite provider. This is about to change. Apple TV -- This week ... Analyst casts doubt on Apple TV strategyEetasia.com (subscription) Apple TV, Google TV: 'Nah, it can't work'FierceIPTV Internet services expand choices for TV watchersSiliconindia.com all 4 news articles » |
BlackBerry adoption at work is dropping fast, Goldman Sachs analyst Simona Jankowski warned on Tuesday. In a study tracking corporate plans for the next six months, plans to shrink their BlackBerry use grew from just four percent last October to 21 percent in August. Meanwhile, those who wanted to expand BlackBerry use dropped to 54 percent, down from 68 percent a year earlier....
(Updated with Shuffle info) The first online orders of the new iPod touch are now shipping out from Apple, buyers point out. At least some orders should be delivered later this week, although others are being pegged as arriving next week, in a few cases as late as the 17th. The sixth-generation iPod nano should meanwhile be on the verge of shipping along the same timelines, if orders are not already en route....
Microsoft Director of Games Platform Strategy Andre Vrignaud this weekend told readers that he was leaving the company for Amazon in what's likely a gaming push. The Xbox executive couldn't reveal his new role but made it clear it would involve games, as "you all know where my passions lie." He also teased that Amazon had long-term gaming plans, as he was "very intrigued" about what it wanted to do....