Google finally put the hammer down on one of the worst sorts of ad-cash models on the whole of Android. The platform was plagued for years by pervasive, inexcusable advertisements appearing on the lockscreen of a locked device. That’s no place for an ad – and on devices and in apps that wish to be Google Certified, that’s a place … Continue reading
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Google might fold Nest back into the Google, well, fold. The company is considering integrating Nest, which is a separate company under mutual parent Alphabet at the moment, back into Google’s hardware business.
The re-integration, first reported by Wall Street Journal, is a move that Google is considering as a way to help it build out its smart home capabilities vs. Amazon, which is… Read More
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Back in September, Amazon announced that its Video Skills Kit would open the doors to Alexa support for third-party video apps. Now, Hulu has announced that the video streaming app now works with Alexa voice commands.
CBS streaming offerings already include CBS All Access and it recently gave Star Trek fans an additional incentive to sign up for its service by putting Star Trek Discovery exclusively on All Access. It appears that CBS is considering additional standalone streaming services for some of its other properties. It might be thinking about launching one for Entertainment Tonight.
CBS has been moving into digital content distribution significantly over the past few years. The network’s CEO Leslie Moonves has revealed that the company this been thinking about launching a digital-only stream of its long-running Entertainment Tonight program.
“We’ve talked about next year launching a 24-hour entertainment news service based on our show ‘ET,’” he said. He revealed this during Variety’s Innovate Summit earlier this week.
CBS’s existing free ad-supported and subscription services include Showtime’s streaming option, CBS All Access, the ad-supported and free news service CBSN. It’s also going to launch a CBS Sports streaming service next year.
The service due next year won’t be a platform game telecasts, the CEO revealed. It’s not going to show games as the company is happy with its existing sports-right packages for the NFL, NCAA men’s basketball tournament, SEC football, and golf.
Moonves didn’t offer a lot of details about the company’s plans for an Entertainment Tonight streaming service. We can be sure to hear more about it in the coming months, though.
Entertainment Tonight Might Become Its Own Streaming Service , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
LG has been churning out good flagship handsets every year but they’re just not selling as well as the company might want them to. LG’s mobile division has been burning cash for a few years now and the company wants to change that. It’s looking to revive the fortunes of its mobile business with a new team of top executives. This is a “sweeping realignment to better address the challenges ahead,” the company says in its press release.
LG has appointed a new CEO for its mobile business. The current chap Jun Cho is out and will be given a new role within LG’s parent company. He will be replaced by Hwang Jeong-hwan as the president and CEO of LG Mobile. Hwang was closely involved in the development of LG’s first smartphones back in 2009 and has years of experience in R&D.
The head of LG’s Software Center, Dr. Park Il-pyung, is going to replace Dr. Skott Ahn as the Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining LG, Park was CTO at Harman International and the head of the Intelligent Computing Lab at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology.
Last but not the least, Han Chang-hee will now be leading LG’s worldwide marketing efforts as the head of the Global Marketing Center. Brian Na, who has led the company’s marketing efforts for the past two years, will now be the president of LG’s Western Europe operations.
Whether or not this shakeup reverses the fortunes of LG’s mobile division remains to be seen. It’s a step in the right direction for sure, though.
LG Seeks To Revive Fortunes In Mobile With A New Team , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Apple has teamed up with Stanford Health to launch the Apple Heart Study app. It’s a research study on irregular heartbeat. The app will allow the Apple Watch to collect data to irregular beat rhythms and will also proactively notify users when they might be experiencing atrial fibrillation. The app will be available to users who are 22 years or older.
Apple previously announced this study during the release event of the Apple Watch Series 3. It was working on the process with the FDA at that time.
The Apple Watch will rely on green LEDs used with light-sensitive photodiodes to calculate heart rate and rhythm by detecting the amount of blood that flows through the wrist. The sensor collects data from four different points on the wrist and uses that data to identify an irregular rhythm.
Those who participate in this study will receive a notification on their Apple Watch and iPhone if an irregular rhythm is identified. They will also receive a free consultation with a study doctor and for additional monitoring, an electrocardiogram peripheral.
“Working alongside the medical community, not only can we inform people of certain health conditions, we also hope to advance discoveries in heart science,” said Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams.
Apple Launches Study On Irregular Heartbeat , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Smart home device company Nest was acquired by Google several years ago. The company remained under its control until the Alphabet parent company was formed which now controls various different properties like Google itself and also Nest. According to a new report, Google is now thinking about merging Nest with its hardware design team. Nest currently exists as a separate entity.
Alphabet has been trying to separate Google’s core internet business from its other businesses. The move might have been sparked by that. Moreover, the merger of Nest with Google’s hardware team might also strengthen the latter.
Google certainly needs to bring its A game to the fight against Amazon as the company already has a significant lead in the connected home market with its Echo hardware.
Former Nest employees tell The Wall Street Journal that this merger makes sense. One even said that they’re surprised that it took so long because the hardware businesses often overlap when it comes to manufacturing and retail distribution.
“If you think about it from a sales and marketing perspective, we are calling the same retailers,” said the former Nest manager.
There has been no official confirmation about this as yet either from Alphabet, Google, or Nest. The report suggests that this could happen sooner rather than later. If that is the case then official word about the merger should be coming soon.
Google Might Merge Nest With Its Hardware Team , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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