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How Online Video Works: Flash Very Much Alive

Comments | Jan Ozer, BYTE | December 05, 2012 02:01 PM
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HTML5 video and Apple's refusal to allow Adobe Flash Player on iOS didn't kill Flash, it just changed the way people use it. Flash still offers so many features unavailable in HTML5 -- such as a variety of streaming modes, multicasting, DRM and closed captioning -- that it's still widely used, both on mobile through AIR apps and on the desktop through the browser plugin. Read More >>

Category: Video Tech
Reviews

BYTE's BYOD Holiday Gift Guide

Comments | BYTE Staff & Contributors | November 26, 2012 06:40 AM
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This year, get friends and family a gift they can really use: A bring-your-own-device -- BYOD -- gadget, something that makes it easier to use their favorite mobile device. They'll thank you every time they use it. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
Commentary

Online Backup Vs. Cloud Storage

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | November 22, 2012 09:00 AM
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Online backup services such as Carbonite, Acronis, IDrive and Mozy might be a bad deal for some users when compared to cloud storage services Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft Skydrive. The former usually just backs up files; the latter does backs up files and also gives you working access to them. Read More >>

Reviews

Dazzling Screen In Supersized HTC Droid DNA

Comments | Serdar Yegulalp, BYTE | November 16, 2012 09:00 AM
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HTC's Droid DNA for Verizon doesn't have much in the way of business-oriented features and might be too big for some hands, but it's powerful, well-built, graced with a gorgeous 1080p screen, and priced right. Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
Commentary

Don't Like AT&T's FaceTime Policy? Go Elsewhere

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | September 24, 2012 11:45 AM
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So now access to FaceTime on one's current cellular data plan is a human right. Net neutrality proponents always played a weak hand, both legally and logically, and the controversy over AT&T and FaceTime on the iPhone and iPad just exposes further the vacuousness and arbitrariness of their positions. Read More >>

Category: Video Tech
News

AT&T Blocks FaceTime, Net Neutrality Complaint Filed

Comments | Esther Shein, BYTE | September 21, 2012 04:44 PM
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AT&T is not allowing Apple's FaceTime on its network unless mobile users subscribe to the carrier's new Family Share plan. Public advocacy groups say AT&T's decision breaks the FCC's Open Internet rules. Read More >>

Commentary

Has The iPhone Peaked?

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | September 13, 2012 11:49 AM
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Prediction: Apple will sell every iPhone 5 it makes just on good execution and the strength of the brand. But the new phone already lags the competition in many areas, and it will be a year before the next major refresh. The iPhone 5 is a good incremental update, but Apple has left a big opening for Android and Windows Phone. Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
News

iPhone 5: Many New Features, No Surprises

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | September 12, 2012 04:45 PM
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There are no big surprises in the new iPhone, but many new and significant features. The screen is longer, but not wider, and movies and FaceTime look better thanks to improved HD support. Better audio and new earbuds round out the multimedia experience. The phone also supports LTE, and has a new--and incompatible--connector called Lightning. Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
Commentary

Kindle Fire HD: The Mobile Set-Top Box

Comments | Serdar Yegulalp, BYTE | September 11, 2012 07:00 AM
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Remember how set-top boxes were once presumed to be a major content vehicle of the future? In fact, the Kindle Fire HD is the set-top box of the future and Amazon is the cable company -- all one channel, but one where you can order up just about anything, from digital books to seasons of TV. It makes the aspirations of movies-on-demand and the Home Shopping Network seem downright tame in comparison. It does away not only with the set-top box, but the set itself. Read More >>

Commentary

Adobe Flash Still Popular, With Or Without Apple

Comments | Max Cherney, BYTE | August 21, 2012 09:00 AM
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Flash might be dead or dying on mobile, where it has no support on the iPad or iPhone and support has ended on Android, in favor of HTML5 video. But almost all large sites still use it, and in fact prefer it, and for good reason: It has advantages for digital rights management and advertising. Read More >>

Category: Video Tech
News

Apple to Pull YouTube App From iPhone, iPad

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | August 06, 2012 08:43 PM
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Apple states that their license for the YouTube app has expired and it will not be included in iOS 6. Google will be providing one in the App Store. The move seems to be part of a more general eviction of Google services from Apple products. Read More >>

News

Will Olympics Streaming Video Take Your Network Down?

Comments | Esther Shein, BYTE | July 28, 2012 12:27 PM
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If Michael Phelps swims his way toward medal history, people will be able to see it as it happens on their computers. For the first time, NBCUniversal is streaming live all 302 events and all 32 sports of the Olympics. Can your network handle it? Read More >>

Briefs

Olympics Viewing Habits Shift To Smartphones, Tablets

Comments | Boonsri Dickinson, BYTE | July 19, 2012 03:33 PM
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How will you watch the Olympics? Chances are if don't watch it on your computer, you'll catch it on your smartphone, or tablet--or both--according to a new survey. Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
News

Avaya Bets On BYOD With Unified Communications Update

Informationweek | July 17, 2012 01:41 PM
IP Office platform for SMBs gets Flare Experience to better support employee iPad use and other BYOD realities. Read More >>

News

Nexus Q Is Made In America, Sort Of

Comments | Dino Londis, BYTE | July 09, 2012 02:30 PM
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Is the Nexus Q, Google's new consumer device for streaming Internet content to home electronics, really made in America? iFixit took it apart to see how true that claim is. Read More >>

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