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Smart TV mayhem for Sony and Samsung users after central servers go down
Because the Smart TV platforms of at least Sony and Samsung require a central server to properly function, both are down for hours already. Both Samsung and Sony have confirmed the outage but reports...
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“Ultra HD TVs to account for 20% of worldwide TV sales this year”
TV industry insiders expect that Ultra HD TVs will account for 20% of all TVs sold worldwide, according to the Taiwanese Digitimes. Especially in North America and China consumers are in need of TVs...
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Panasonic releases first Firefox OS TVs
The first Panasonic Viera Smart TVs with Firefox OS have become available in Europe. The rest of the world will follow the coming months. Initially the Japanese electronics giant will release 6 TVs...
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Samsung accused of fooling TV energy consumption tests – the new VolksWagen?
According to independent researchers some Samsung TVs consume less power during official tests than during real-world usage. The issues appear to have similarities with the recent VolksWagen scandal...
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Panasonic routes internet traffic of smart TV apps through own servers
The Dutch website Tweakers.net has discovered that Panasonic routers internet traffic from its smart TV apps through its own servers, causing users to suffer from technical issues and to fear about...
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Skype stops supporting Skype for TV, Samsung removes app from its smart TVs...
Microsoft’s popular video-chat and voice-call service Skype will no longer be supported on smart TVs starting today. Users will also no longer be able to signup or reset their password from their TV,...
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FTC warns developers of apps that silently use smartphone microphone to spy...
The American Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sent a warning letter to 12 developers of Android apps that monitor TV viewing habits using the microphone of the mobile phone. Data gathered by the apps...
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‘Samsung starts to show advertisements in smart TV menu’
Samsung will start to show advertisements in the main menu of its smart TV platform in Europe. In the United States the Korean technology giant already displays blocks with advertisements in the menu...
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Samsung to invest in OLED again – in QLED variant
Samsung will produce OLED TVs the coming years, despite earlier reports. The first models with the new display type should become available in 2 to 5 year. Anonymous sources from the TV industry told...
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Philips removes smart TV functionality from high-end 2009 models
Philips smart TVs from 2009 will no longer be able to connect to the internet and therefore lose their smart functionality from the 28th of December this year. TVs from a year later do receive an...
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