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