Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Yahoo! bringing Internet to Samsung television sets
"SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — Yahoo! and Samsung on Monday said they will put the California firm's software to work linking the South Korean electronics giant's televisions to the Internet.
New Samsung high-density flat-panel television models to be displayed this week at a premier Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will feature Yahoo! "widgets," mini applications which access Internet services.
Samsung televisions built with an "Internet@TV" content service will let viewers check online news or stock portfolios as well as see videos or pictures on the Web, according to the companies.
"Through this partnership, we can combine the Internet benefits of user choice and personalization with Samsung's leading product innovation and global reach to deliver a new experience to users around the world," said Yahoo!'s Connected TV vice president Patrick Barry."
The rest of the article can be found here.
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My two cents... if I'm watching a TV show, a movie, or The Big Game and someone else wants to check their stocks or play SuperPong on the same screen, I'm going to be unhappy. Go play on the computer, I'm watching TV.
Perhaps, on second thought, it might be cool to be able to look a the meaning of a word I don't know, or get more information on an actor, or public figure. Maybe it would be nice to put a note in my calendar to bring an umbrella on a particularly rainy day. Mainly it would be used for useless trivia about some stupid television minutia I can't remember, but then what's the Internet good for if not for that.
New Samsung high-density flat-panel television models to be displayed this week at a premier Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will feature Yahoo! "widgets," mini applications which access Internet services.
Samsung televisions built with an "Internet@TV" content service will let viewers check online news or stock portfolios as well as see videos or pictures on the Web, according to the companies.
"Through this partnership, we can combine the Internet benefits of user choice and personalization with Samsung's leading product innovation and global reach to deliver a new experience to users around the world," said Yahoo!'s Connected TV vice president Patrick Barry."
The rest of the article can be found here.
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My two cents... if I'm watching a TV show, a movie, or The Big Game and someone else wants to check their stocks or play SuperPong on the same screen, I'm going to be unhappy. Go play on the computer, I'm watching TV.
Perhaps, on second thought, it might be cool to be able to look a the meaning of a word I don't know, or get more information on an actor, or public figure. Maybe it would be nice to put a note in my calendar to bring an umbrella on a particularly rainy day. Mainly it would be used for useless trivia about some stupid television minutia I can't remember, but then what's the Internet good for if not for that.
Labels: Samsung, televisions, web
