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LG announced it will introduce its own Google TV-equipped HDTV at CES 2010. The company says its “LG Smart TV with Google TV” will be an all-in-one unit , although it didn’t reveal the screen size yet. The 3D HDTV … Continue reading →

Trevor Bailey is director of worldwide education at Adobe Systems, and leads the programs and strategies that make Adobe products easily available to education institutions. Today, only 57% of students who attend college in the U.S. actually graduate. The country … Continue reading →

Internet access, while an enabler of basic human rights, is not itself a human right, says Google Vice President Vinton Cerf. “There is a high bar for something to be considered a human right,” Cerf says in an opinion piece … Continue reading →

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories. Apple Patent Paves Way for Thunderbolt … Continue reading →

It’s hard to believe all that came out of the tech world in the year 2011. From drastic changes in social media trends to unexpected company acquisitions — both startups and major corporations — it goes without saying that it … Continue reading →

The unspoken battle between HBO and Netflix got a little uglier on Thursday when it was revealed that the premium cable channnel had stopped offering DVDs to Netflix at a discount. As first reported by the The New York Times … Continue reading →

Streaming media player company Roku just announced the new Roku Streaming Stick that will turn compatible TV sets into robust Internet-connected devices. The Roku Streaming Stick packs the power of a Roku player into something about the size of a … Continue reading →

Streaming media player company Roku just announced the new Roku Streaming Stick that will turn compatible TV sets into robust Internet-connected devices. The Roku Streaming Stick packs the power of a Roku player into something about the size of a … Continue reading →

Did 2011 mark the high point of oversharing? That seems to be the lesson behind a couple of studies that examined the New Year’s resolutions of social media users. Most of us, it seems, did make social media resolutions of … Continue reading →

It’s in the iPhone and iPad — though Apple doesn’t officially acknowledge its existence. Indeed, it’s in an increasing number of smartphone screens and tablets; at last count, more than 500 million devices carried it worldwide. You likely look at … Continue reading →