Chadwick Martin Bailey, a Boston-based custom research firm, conducted a recent study on more than 1,400 U.S. consumers and found that smartphones and tablets are steadily increasing in popularity. The study also indicates that consumer preference for smartphones and tablets will overtake new technology entertainment and media devices such as portable gaming systems and TVs. A growing number of consumers use their smartphones and tablets for playing games and watching feature-length movies these days as opposed to using dedicated gaming devices such as portable gaming systems and entertainment and media devices such as TV's and DVD players.
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Augmented reality apps have some work to do
Augmented reality or AR combines a camera, GPS and compass in a smartphone, so that the phone can "recognize" an object or spot that a user is pointing to by computing location data and displaying it on the screen. A traveler points the phone's camera at a particular spot and small icons appear on the screen, representing various points of interest: restaurants, museums, hotels, transit stations. Tapping on the icon renders more information: address, phone number, historical background or Wikipedia description.
Augmented reality is a nifty and fun time-waster, but I don't think it's ready for prime time in its current form. Too often, the icons are twitchy and stacked on top of others, making them difficult to separate and read. AR apps could be more helpful if they could point to a building or a structure and tell travelers what they are looking at or what shops or tenants are inside.
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Augmented reality is a nifty and fun time-waster, but I don't think it's ready for prime time in its current form. Too often, the icons are twitchy and stacked on top of others, making them difficult to separate and read. AR apps could be more helpful if they could point to a building or a structure and tell travelers what they are looking at or what shops or tenants are inside.
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MediaNews Erects Paywalls At 23 Newspapers
MediaNews Group, which publishes 57 daily newspapers around the U.S., unveiled a new online paywall model for 23 of its smaller newspaper Web sites, requiring online readers to pay for access to digital content. Unusual for the newspaper and magazine business, this includes people who subscribe to the print edition... visitors to the MNG sites will get to see up to five articles for free per month.
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