Google (GOOGL) will “shake up” online video streaming with Android TV in 2015, says market research firm Strategy Analytics in its “Digital Home” forecast. “The battle for control of the living room will intensify as Google debuts its Android TV platform,” said David Watkins, analyst at Strategy Analytics, in the report. Google took its first shot with Web-connected TVs in 2010. But “smart TVs” and other hardware from partners such as Sony (SNE)
Apple, Google (GOOGL), Samsung and Fitbit ranks Nos. 1 through 4, respectively, in “most interest” among U.S. consumers in the fast-emerging wearable device market, a survey found. Ipsos polled 2,011 U.S. adults for a findings that gave Apple (AAPL) the top spot even though its first wearable, Apple Watch, likely won’t be released for three or four months. Interest in the category is solid, however. Ipsos found that one in five of the people it
In its latest “Transparency Report,” released Monday, Internet search engine No. 1, Google (GOOGL), said that the number of requests from courts and government agencies around the world to remove information from its sites slightly decreased during its most recent reporting period. Google said in a blog post that between June and December 2013, it fielded 3,105 requests to remove 14,637 pieces of content, with its Blogger, Search and YouTube