Toshiba working on a 3D TV that doesn’t require glasses, and this could be a game changer for 3D technology, if it works. However, some folks think that Quad HD/4K could be the next big thing in HDTVs. And — who knows? — it might filter over into Macs.
Read MoreAndrew Eisner, Retrevo.com’s director of Community and Content, predicts the next platform for apps will be connected TVs. Retrevo sees a living room where TV viewers click on a weather app or sports app instead of watching the local news.
A home where families play a board game together on the TV using the Monopoly app, or stay in touch with their friends with a FaceBook app, all from the comfort of the living room couch. Following are some of Eisner’s thoughts on the looming battler for the TV OS.
“Microsoft unlikely to win this battle
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An Apple patent (number 20100223563) for remotely defining an user interface for a handheld device has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It involves using your Mac to arrange the icons on an idevice and also thinks at an Apple watch, though I’m not holding my breath on this.
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An Apple patent (number 20100223400) has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office regarding features — both present and future — of Apple’s GarageBand app. The app is for correlating changes in audio.
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Three Apple patent applications at the US Patent & Trademark Office tie in with Wednesday’s Apple TV announcements and may point to future developments. They describe methods to improve the experience of over-the-air syncing, and browsing of Internet-based content.
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