All Articles Tagged Viera Cast

Julie Jacobson | 05/17 04:39 AM, 1 Comment

By 2015, 6 in 10 TVs shipped worldwide will have a network connection and 70 percent of those units will ship with an embedded app platform and app store, according to a new report from Gigaom Pro called, “TV Apps: Evolution from Novelty to Mainstream” (subscription required). In all, some 3.7 million apps will be downloaded in 2010 and that number will grow to 965 million by 2015, according to GigaOM analyst Michael Wolf. Consumers will pay for one in four of the apps, including those that enable paid services… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 04/08 10:30 AM, 1 Comment

Panasonic is spreading 3D love across the country with its Touch the Future Tour. I caught up with the gang at the Minneapolis stop, held in a hard-to-find spot of a surprisingly sleepy mall. Even so, they tell me, the first day brought in almost 560 people. While Panasonic showed off a variety of technologies including its Lumix cameras and HD camcorders, the highlight was 3D. Not only is the picture outstanding, “we pride ourselves in the design of the glasses,” says Kevin Frank, senior co-marketing manager of Panasonic’s Consumer… View this story