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Posted August 5, 2014

Xiaomi Smartphone Sales Bests Samsung

AUG. 5, 2014 • Xiaomi Corp. is now the best selling smartphone brand in China having pushed past Samsung Electronics Co. According to research firm Canalys, Xiaomi’s sales exploded from 4.4 [...]

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Posted January 13, 2014

Toshiba HDTVs Get Game Streaming

JAN. 13, 2014 • Later this quarter Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. will include the GameNow streaming service in its latest slate of Toshiba HDTVs. The models supporting GameNow include [...]

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Posted November 4, 2013

Samsung SDKs for Smart TV Games

NOV 4, 2013 • Last week Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. held its first developers conference in San Francisco where it released a slew of new software development kits (SDKs) aimed at fostering [...]

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Posted July 30, 2013

Blu-ray Replacement Planned

JULY 30, 2013 • Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp., who were primary partners in developing the Blu-ray optical discs, have come forward to announce that they are working together on a higher [...]

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Posted April 26, 2013

Amazon Set-Top Box Reported

APRIL 26, 2013 • Given that Amazon.com already streams a catalog of 150,000 movies and TV shows to its Prime service members owning a PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 or Roku device, it comes with [...]