The Switch: How cord-cutting is changing the kinds of TVs we buy + 5 more of the latest tech and tech policy

Today's technology and tech policy news  •  Tue., Dec. 16, 2014 View in your Web browser

How cord-cutting is changing the kinds of TVs we buy For shoppers who bought TVs during Black Friday sales, bigger was definitely better.Consumer research firm NPD Group found that over Thanksgiving week, sales of TVs that are 32 inches or smaller fell 50 percent compared to last year.  Meanwhile, sales rose 21 percent on 33-to-49-inch TVs and soared more than 35 percent on TVs in the 50- to 64-inch category.  For the biggest TVs, 65 inches and up, sales volume doubled.Read full article >>

Apple found not guilty of harming consumers in iPod case

Apple is officially free and clear of charges that its iPod software in the early 2000's hurt consumers, blocked competitors and unfairly dominated the music market. Apple stopped using digital rights management software on the iPod in 2009.Read full article >>

Sony Pictures hackers invoke 9/11 while threatening theaters that show ‘The Interview’ On Tuesday, the group claiming to be responsible for the massive Sony hack posted a message on text sharing site Pastebin threatening violence against theaters showing the movie 'The Interview,' the controversial Sony comedy action film about planning an assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The group (or someone claiming to represent the group) invoked the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while threatening screenings of the movie, which is scheduled to be widely released on Christmas Day.Read full article >>

T-Mobile will let you roll over all your unused data

T-Mobile has done it again.On Tuesday, the carrier that proudly brands itself as a renegade of the wireless industry announced that it will let users roll over their unused data from month to month. The announcement won't mean much to the estimated 20 percent of T-Mobile customers who have unlimited data plans. But those who still pay for monthly plans on T-Mobile will be able to take full advantage of the data they pay for, starting in January.Read full article >>

The four things Republicans in Congress could do to stymie net neutrality This winter, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to pass its much-anticipated rules telling Internet service providers what, exactly, it means to treat everything that moves across the Internet fairly.Read full article >>

Innovations: Just say no to digital hoarding

We have become a nation of digital hoarders. We save everything, even stuff that we know, deep down, we’ll never need or be able to find. We save every e-mail, every photo, every file, every text message and every video clip. If we don’t have enough space on our mobile devices, we move it to a different storage device, maybe even a hard drive or a flash drive. Or, better yet, we just move it to “the cloud.”Read full article >>

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