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Where To Find World Cup Coverage on Any Screen

The World Cup (…in football/soccer… in case you needed that sidenote) starts next week, and networks are gearing up, mobile apps are coming out, and the web is churning out cool sites….interconnection is everywhere.  We’ve put together a list of where you can go to get World Cup updates on almost any device….which means you [...]

Music, Portability and Convenience

This weekend, the New York Times ran a piece on music players and the degradation of music quality in consumers’ quest for ultimate flexibility.  You may ask what we’re doing talking about music quality.  Well, I don’t want to talk about that (although it’s a great subject, it’s for another time and another place), I’d [...]

Some Interesting Social Stats, and what they mean for a multi-device world

We’re always keeping up with new industry data, and thought we share a few gems we’ve gathered recently.

Big TV events like the Oscars and the Superbowl are generating more simul-surfing than ever: 14.5% of Superbowl users were online while viewing, compared with 12.8% a year ago, while the number of Oscar fans who did so [...]

Mobile Messaging - Is it an Addiction or a Way of Life?

SMS is the most widely used data application – beating email, IM, and social networking sites.  More people text than own TV’s, read newspapers or drive cars. No wonder states are scrambling to pass laws against texting while driving  - a recent Mobile Messaging Study commissioned by NeverFail found that 76% of respondents text while [...]

Are Tablets Discouraging SMS Usage? I Think Not....

I was catching up on podcasts this weekend, and listened to the Media Hacks series over at Six Pixels of Separation, the blog of Twist Image.  The January 31st episode was all about the iPad, and at one point I believe CC Chapman said – somewhat offhandedly – that this type of technology and others [...]

NYT's Ashlee Vance indicates that people want Social TV, and now

New York Times had an excellent article Sunday on how TV viewers are continually seeking ways to socialize and engage around programming (“Watching TV Together, Miles Apart,” 3 January 2010). It ended up being a great piece of consumer data for our industry, with a lot of telling insights.

First and foremost, people want to socialize around TV [...]