LG acquires WebOS for use in Smart TVs

 

More news from the MWC 2013. Now that HP has shown an interest in the Android platform, LG has been interested in the platform initially developed by Palm long ago, WebOS. According to a report, LG has acquired WebOS for use in future Smart TVs.

WebOS may remember that at the time was an innovative mobile operating system that Palm developed based on HTML and JavaScript, but the company was acquired by HP in 2010. That was almost the end of WebOS, because in little more than a year left HP hardware used to develop the operating system and so became an open source project.

Now, everything about WebOS, ie the code, documentation, websites, etc.., Has been sold to LG, who also obtained a license to use WebOS in its own products.

LG's new strategy is, as we said, WebOS implement in future models of Smart TVs.

We do not know what will happen with the project open source WebOS, but we assume that still exist in the phase that is currently.

We hope to have more news in the coming days.

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Users of Smart TVs tend not to use certain applications on them

Televisions are devices that have evolved over the past decades due to advances in the technology . The Smart TVs are without doubt the most advanced television market and are even able to connect to the Internet and allow us to run all kinds of applications, but it seems that is not the place to use apps . People are not interested in using applications like Facebook or any other similar in television, prefer otherwise.
As mentioned, users choose content apps media, streaming services and music. Obviously among the most used can be found at Netflix and Hulu, two popular video streaming services, series and movies. Pandora is also used for music.
But their use is not typically give is to watch YouTube videos, read books or surf Facebook.
Does this look like a normal or something surprising?

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GameStop's cloud platform will exlcusiva PC, tablets and Smart TVs

 

The cloud platforms for gamers are forming slowly, and of course an industry giant such as GameStop gamer does not want to stay out of the business. After a year of testing in a private beta, the company has decided to dismiss consoles and instead focus on PCs, tablets and Smart TVs as their hardware of choice.
If you want to play on your PS3 or Xbox 360 using the client directly GameStop, then you better go looking for other alternatives. According to Gamasutra features, support for the above consoles was shelved due to technical problems and other problems that could not be solved.
However, both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 and are about to be retired. Rumors say that the future Xbox (codenamed "Durango") and future PlayStation (called "Orbis") will both have their own cloud platform gamer. The recent purchase of the cloud platform Gakai by Sony is a major test of what the company plans to do with your console.

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New Samsung 55-inch

 

Samsung launches with all the emerging market for smart TVs with the new UE55ES7000, a 55-inch TV that is part of the 7000 series and will include all kinds of gadgets and novelties to have a next-generation phone. 
Its slim design includes a chrome pedestal shaped blade that rotates from left to right. At the top is a built-in webcam that will use the popular service Skype video calls to be connected with our friends from the comfort of a large TV.

The new Samsung monitor is 55 inches and offers Ultra Clear High Definition Full HD 1080p. The refresh rate is 800 Hz and has a specific local backlight control and microzones.
The TV comes with two pairs of Active 3D glasses and has a drive device 2D to 3D, so you never miss the opportunity to enjoy three-dimensional effects in movies and popular series.
Internet videos for the new Samsung TV UE55ES7000 also has unique characteristics. In this case a 3D image engine HyperReal improving performance via streaming video. The TV is always connected to the Internet through a web browser itself, as well as the latest version of the control center known as Smart Hub and controls the main actions of an intelligent TV.
This will download applications from Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, among other places. Thanks to the integrated dual-core processor, the TV can open multiple applications simultaneously and Samsung also promised to get updated content until 2016, so it will be a long service life.

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