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Will the Widget Channel & Internet TV Save Yahoo?
Search Engine Journal —
In January, Yahoo and Intel plan to show off their new Yahoo Widget Channel at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which plans to bring online interaction and social networking capabilities to digital TV watching. The Yahoo Widget Channel will showcase the ability to view Flickr albums with friends while watching television, serve targeted ads to the end user and order videos on demand via Yahoo.
From Stephen Shankland at CNet :
For Yahoo, it’s establishment of the Widget Channel, a software foundation that can house programs for browsing ...
Intel and Yahoo (Still) Revving up TV Widgets [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network —
... Let the CES news parade commence! We still have a week till the Las Vegas gadgetcon, but companies are already hyping what they’re bringing to the show. CNET has a nice read today on Intel and Yahoo’s Widget Channel, which overlays simple forms of interactivity (e.g. current weather, other TV shows and movies an actor has appeared in, and sports stats) on top of television broadcasts. ...
Cisco’s Misguided Foray Into the Living Room [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... that there will be a lot of connected televisions and other devices in the coming years. I agree. Then again, even Yahoo has figured that out. What Cisco should be focusing on is how to make the “home network” work smarter. Instead of building its own gear, it should join forces with other equipment makers to build features that would make moving media inside the home possible. ...
CES 2009 Preview: Yahoo and Intel hope prototypes impress many
Gadgetell —
... Personally, I’m on the computer more than watching TV, but that’s just me.
Anyway, by studying what people like about their TV and what they want to change about their TV, Intel plans to create a microprocessor that can handle all these needs. They are really taking the time to get in touch with the common consumer and satisfy his/her needs, similarly to Yahoo. Again, the question of whether will this take off remains.
Via [CNet]
Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for Gadgetell. ...
A Tough Year for Yahoo
Bits —
... for Mr. Yang. Yahoo is expected to focus on Internet-connected TVs , a market that at least for now is far, far smaller than Web e-mail. And that too is something that Yahoo has been talking about for ...
Bits: A Tough Year for Yahoo
NYT > Technology —
... for Mr. Yang. Yahoo is expected to focus on Internet-connected TVs , a market that at least for now is far, far smaller than Web e-mail. And that, too, is something that Yahoo has been talking about for ...
Install Latest Version of the Adobe Flash Player? But It’s The Last Play of the Game!!!
Digital Daily —
... Globally, we spend about 25 times more time watching TV than using a computer. Little wonder, then, that companies like Intel have been striving for years to make the PC the fulcrum of the digital living room or, at the very least, to make it look like a TV. But the idea of a living room PC just never quite caught on. Seems TV viewers — shocker! — like the TV viewing experience, and don’t much want to see it compromised by a browser, keyboard and whatnot. So in August of ‘08, Intel (INTC) took a different tack, releasing the Media Processor CE ...
At CES, MySpace chats up the Widget Channel
The Social —
... We've heard a bit now about the Widget Channel, the partnership between Intel and Yahoo designed to bring Web functions like photo sharing and stock prices to living room TV sets. Well, MySpace ... ...
Pricing on new Sony HDTVs leaked
Crave: The gadget blog —
... On a series-by-series basis, the Guru also provides advice to shoppers facing the inevitable question of whether to buy now while the deals on 2008 models are very good, or wait for the '09 versions to come out. In general, given the price difference and closeout deals on '08 versions, he advises shoppers to get a good deal now and not wait. We tend to agree, at least for folks who don't care about Yahoo Widgets or ...
Sony wings 'W' LCDs with Yahoo widgets
Crave: The gadget blog —
... At Sony's line show today in Las Vegas, the company announced another new line of HDTVs with Yahoo widgets, the company's least-expensive HDTVs yet to feature the interactive doo-dads. ...
Yahoo Net service comes to Samsung TVs
Webware.com —
... Yahoo and Intel jointly brought the TV Widgets technology to market, with a splashy debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. However, ...
Yahoo widgets hands-on review
Crave: The gadget blog —
... The variation of Yahoo widgets designed specifically for TVs debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show last January. Not to be confused with its ...
