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• electronics Tablets, Smartphones To Spur Even More Growth by Aaron Baar

  Driven by the explosive growth in mobile technologies, the Consumer Electronics Association is projecting overall revenues for the consumer electronics sector to reach a record $209.6 billion in 2013, up 3% from 2012's $204 billion. ...Read the whole story

• OkCupid Launches App To Jumpstart Dating by Mark Walsh

  With Valentine's Day around the corner, dating site OkCupid is releasing a new app designed to get people to actually go out on dates. The "CrazyBlindDate" app launches on the heels of a Sunday 'New York Times' feature on the death of traditional dating at the hands of bloodless digital substitutes: endless text messaging, Facebook posts, and instant messaging, as well as just "hanging out." ...Read the whole story

• Mobile Developer Settles With FTC Over Background-Check App by Wendy Davis

  Two Minnesota companies have agreed to take steps to ensure the accuracy of their reports in order to settle charges that their mobile background-check apps violated federal consumer protection laws. ...Read the whole story

• Weather Channel Hits 100 Million Downloads by Mark Walsh

  Between Hurricane Isaac, Superstorm Sandy, and a Christmas snowstorm, people had plenty of reason to reach for their cell phones in 2012 for weather updates. All that activity helped the Weather Channel application cross the 100 million mark in downloads on mobile phones and tablets last year. ...Read the whole story

• Netflix Gains Exclusive Access To 'Dallas,' Amazon Goes To Wii by David Goetzl

  A week after a deal giving it access to Warner Bros. shows such as NBC's "Revolution," Netflix has another arrangement with Time Warner that covers content carried on its Turner networks, including the remake of "Dallas." Netflix will have sole streaming rights to the first two seasons of the TNT show, produced by a Warner Bros. unit, starting in January. ...Read the whole story

Tweeting The Tube: Low-Res Joy In An HD Era by Steve Smith

How curious that one of the most powerful accompaniments to our massive HD hyper-connected TVs is a clunky, truncated, text-based platform that feels like the telegraph by comparison. A lesson here about mobile's role? ...More

• 'Second Screens' Are Sill Second-Rate In The TV Business by Wayne Friedman

  A lot has been made of the so-called second screen. But I've never heard a modern media consumer say, "Hmm, I wonder what's playing on my second screen this evening?" ...More

• Digital Hyper-Tasking Will Push Mobile in 2013 by Jack Loechner

  According to comScore, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the period ending November 2012, Samsung is the top handset manufacturer overall with 26.9% market share. Google Android continued to lead among smartphone platforms, accounting for 53.7% of smartphone subscribers, while Apple secured 35%. ...More