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| * Chrome beta for Android version 34 added built-in Chromecast streaming for videos so a laptop is not required to cast web videos to the TV. [http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/03/04/chrome-beta-for-android-version-34-adds-built-in-chromecast-streaming-for-videos/] Chrome 34 also introduces a new HTML attribute for responsive images and the unprefixed version of the JavaScript Web Audio API [http://blog.chromium.org/2014/02/chrome-34-responsive-images-and_9316.html], besides hands-free Google Voice Search.[http://chrome.blogspot.com/2014/02/hands-free-google-voice-search-in-chrome.html]
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| * Juniper research forecasts that revenues generated from Smart Home services are set to reach a global market value of $71 billion by 2018, rising from $33 billion last year, with 80% of that revenue expected to come from entertainment services. [http://www.juniperresearch.com/reports.php?id=694] Microsoft Research has built the prototype [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re1EatGRV0w] of a 3D browser called SurroundWeb, which allows Web pages to display content across multiple surfaces in a room [http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/209968/SurroundWeb.pdf], highlighting a role for the browser in the entertainment services segment. Apple TV device and content revenues rose to $1B last year. [http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/28/apple-made-over-1b-on-the-sale-of-around-10m-apple-tv-units-in-2013/]
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| * Data since the 1920s shows that the U.S. advertising industry has always been between 1% and 1.4% of GDP, averaging 1.29%. [http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-03/advertisings-century-of-flat-line-growth] For each “new” medium at the time — radio, television, and Internet — the growth pattern has seen similar curves. The first 5 years saw rapid (but declining) growth rates, and after the fifth year, growth rates stagnated. In this context, Google's approach with Google+ at the center [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/technology/the-plus-in-google-plus-its-mostly-for-google.html?_r=2] and Spider.io acquisition [http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/21/google-acquires-spider-io-to-help-spot-and-stop-online-ad-fraud/] is precise targeting which Fiber [http://www.techrepublic.com/article/googles-next-stage-of-internet-pwnership-fiber-targeting-34-cities-means-they-are-a-real-isp-now/], Glass, Now, Cars, etc enhance.
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