Despite Disney apparently doing everything in its power to try to make John Carter into something it isn’t, it mustered a disappointing $30 million in its opening weekend and fell short to The Lorax in its second week.
Boxee had already announced that they were going to to stop supporting the computer application, available for PC, Mac and Linux, they had made. But they never mentioned they were going to completely remove it from their site, yet, that is exactly what they've now done.
So Contraband was the ultimate view-getter in the online world, which translated to a nearly $30 million opening weekend, coasting past The Beauty and the Beast 3D re-issue ($23 million), while Joyful Noise did a not-too-shabby $11 million.
So I will be away at CES next week (if you are going, drop me an email to meet up) and I have been putting some predictions together on what would be shown and one of those was an explosion of new species in the Google TV arena. Lo' and behold, the Google TV itself confirmed my suspicions
A recent firmware update for the 2011 Sony Bravia TVs brings with it the ability to do some social networking right on your TV without ever leaving the program, something I have stated I would like and I'm sure some others would as well. On NFL Sundays Twitter and Facebook feeds are generally aflutter with all manner of game related tweets and status updates, but it's always been a two screen approach. Sony is ready to offer a one screen solution for anyone with a 2011 Bravia TV
About a week ago we talked about how Disney movies were going to be available for rent on YouTube, and everyone rejoiced at the affordable ease-of-access of Disney's library that the deal would bring.
It fell to me to do a video gadgetry gift guide. Since I dabble in all things consumer electronics, I figured, why not
Remember when I was writing about Sony the other day, well really it was about Google TV and stuff, but I mentioned that Howard Stringer, the Sony CEO, was talking about big R&D in a new TV.
Nope, not gonna do it no mo! That's what Logitech Chairman and CEO Guerrino De Luca said recently. Shines a new light on the Google purchase of Motorola Mobility doesn't it
A lot of moves have been made suddenly in regards to online video streaming for TV and film. Netflix signed a deal hoping to quell the subscriber rebellion they’re experiencing and Amazon just got FOX .
