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Media Analyst Peter Cox - Talking Technology 2012 - Ep41
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:37:59
Publish Date: 2012-11-01 20:14:59
Description: Interview with media analyst Peter Cox on the digital issues facing media Leon and Garry discuss issues including: The iPad Mini setting the cat amongst the pigeons, with two rivals launching attacks on Apple's newest product. Amazon has used its front page to claim that its Kindle Fire is cheaper, better, and high-deffer than the Mini, while Microsoft called it “a $329 recreational tablet” New data from IDC showing that Samsung and Apple are dominating the smartphone market. Now they're actually generating more than 100 percent of the industry's earnings - 106 per cent, to be precise - according to a report from Canaccord Genuity because rivals -- like Research In Motion, Nokia, and Motorola -- posted operating losses during the September quarter. Samsung announcing a record $7.4 billion profit. Apple announcing the biggest management shakeup since Tim Cook took over. It has announced that two senior vice presidents, Scott Forstall and John Browett, will be leaving Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system going on sale on October 26th, and the company has just announced it has already sold four million upgrade copies. The new Windows 8 phone has some really cool features too Google announcing the Nexus 4 smartphone, the Nexus 10 full-sized tablet, and a minor update to the budget Nexus 7. All three devices will ship with Android 4.2, which carries on the Jellybean name. Telstra reigniting its tablet computing ambitions, launching its own branded tablet that is set to harness the capabilities of its 4G network. The 10.1 inch HD enabled device is set to cost around $480 outright, but in a bid to encourage 4G use, the telco is also offering the tablet as part of a 4G connection bundle for $49 per month over 12 months. HTC Corp., Asia’s second-largest smartphone maker, forecasting its lowest sales in 11 quarters, missing estimates, as new models fail to arrest a slide in market share amid competition from Apple and Samsung. Yahoo buys a small, mobile start-up company in New York, Stamped, which lets consumers share favourite restaurants and music on their smartphones Penguin and Random House facing up to the threat of bookselling colossus Amazon by forming a joint publishing venture that will account for a quarter of the US and UK markets New research showing that smart phones are killing the camera industry. Researchers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida testing a rotor system that would let space capsules fly like helicopters Researchers at Carnegie Mellon developing a system for letting a computer analyse what's going on in video footage Philips selling its Hue light bulbs exclusively in Apple stores across the country, bringing personal wireless lighting into the home. Philips calls Hue the world’s smartest light bulb. It’s actually a web-enabled LED home lighting system that, when used with the free mobile app, lets consumers control and play with the lights in their home. Nissan working on a material for its car seats that will replicate the texture and softness of human skin
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