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LG, Samsung, and sponsored data: 90 Seconds on The Verge

2014-01-06
it's Monday January 6 2014 I'm Nathan psyker the most important display at CES this year is the one of affection this is 90 seconds on the verge what was at one point palms flagship smartphone platform well now power LG Smart TVs utilizing the company's motion remote and displaying apps in a single line of content LG also showed off the beam bird its version of Clippy that helps users fully complete the setup process of their televisions LG is betting big on this over half of the company's TVs next year will run webOS LG is also toying with curved 4k televisions but it's not the only one Samsung today unveiled a 105 inch curved Ultra HD TV if that's not enough the company also showed off an 85-inch set that bends with a push of a button samsung says the curved quote gives you a 3d like effect without wearing 3d glasses the bendable TV is just a prototype with 105 inch curved TV that'll be on sale sometime in the future and finally AT&T is offering customers free data but it comes with a price the company has announced sponsored data which allows companies to pick up the tab for data usage whenever a particular product or service is being used for example Netflix could come all of the data you use to stream lillehammer while performance won't different between sponsored and non sponsor data net neutrality advocates worried that this will affect smaller companies that can't afford or sponsor data and that's a bit of day's top stories coming up tomorrow we go spelunking into the belly of Hell get ready
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