Headlines – Issue No. 785 (June 8-14, 2012)
Microsoft’s SmartGlass Blows Apple TV, Google TV Out of the Living Room
G.hn Faces Price/Performance Challenge from HomePlug
BROADBAND BEAT
Is Fiber-to-the-Home Inevitable?
Mexico’s Cablevision Building 100 Gbps Network
ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Qualcomm Shows Snapdragon Processors Running Windows 8 RT
Intel Pushes Ultrabook Concept at Computex
Samsung Makes Major Commitment to Linux Foundation
Netflix Builds Its Own CDN Network to Deliver Content
HOME NETWORKING
Sigma Designs Three Technologies for G.hn
Quantenna: Everything Is Going Well
Trendnet Joins 11ac Parade
Wi-Fi Majors Talk Up 802.11ac at Computex
Marvell Shows Off 5 G.hn Design Wins
G.hn Approaches Finish Line with Certification Testing
MediaTek Shows 2X2 MIMO 11ac Chips
IPAD AND THE MANY OTHER TABLETS
TABLET REALITY CHECK:
RIM’s Rising Inventory Shows PlayBook’s Failure
New Nvidia Chip Aimed at Sub-$200 Tablet
RIM Runs out of 32 GB Models
LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS
Pay TV Residences to Climb to 120M in US
Canadians Are Not Cord-Cutters, eh!
Microsoft’s Windows to
Explode in Smartphone Market
Smart TVs Are Disruptive, but Slowly
Kindle Fire Deflates as iPad Popularity Balloons
OTT
HBO Says ‘No’ to Pleas for Pure OTT Version
Netflix DVDs Better than Its Streaming for Movies
Netflix Demand Explodes, Zooms Past Apple
PRODUCT WATCH
Acer & Asustek Show Windows 8 PCs
Asus Ultrabook Converts to Tablet
Lenovo Flashes Early Stage Tablet at Computex
SMART TVS AND OTHER OTT DEVICES
AT&T’s New Social TV Attitude
BoxPay Removes Purchase Decisions from Smart TV Apps
DIGI GRAMS
Wi-Fi Connections for London Olympics to Hit Half Million
ITV Updates in Time for Euro Football
Second Screen Explodes Across All Generations
The Cost of Guessing Wrong
New Netflix App Specifies Wi-Fi Only
Nokia Hints at Tablet News in Future
Nintendo Joins Second Screen Crowd with Wii U
More Mobiles than People by 2017
Cablevision Develops Smart TV App
Smart TVs Slow, Frustrating for Users
Google May Launch IPTV
