Yummi Media has just signed a deal with Shaw Theatres to bring Phonix, its second-screen platform, to cinemas in Singapore. The Phonix technology can recognise a number of factors – time, location, image and two types of sound recognition – Shazam-style audio fingerprinting as well as watermarking – to work out what content to serve [...]
Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. As Amazon continues to increase its offerings, it may be looking to add another important service to its list: wireless Internet [...]
Does Amazon want to be a wireless provider? According to Bloomberg, the company is at least toying with the idea. Amazon recently tested a network in Cupertino, Calif., using broadband spectrum provided by Globalstar, according to the report, which cites unnamed sources. Reps from Amazon declined to comment. The trial was in the vicinity of [...]
US airline Delta is handing out Nokia Lumia handsets for its 19,000 flight attendants to use as a POS for passengers to pay for cabin upgrades and other on board purchases. Staff will be able to connect to in-flight wi-fi so they can email receipts and access other reference materials relevant to the trip. Delta [...]
Despite the usual summer drop-off in users, the BBC has seen record traffic figures on the radio section of iPlayer, reaching 77m requests in July, including 9m from mobile and 3m more on tablet. The amount of mobile and tablet use has tripled from July 2012 to 2013, causing desktop’s share of requests to fall [...]