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Move over, Valentine. Looks like tablet owners' favorite place to snuggle up with iPads and Kindles may be the bedroom. That's according to a recent study from Publicis Groupe agency Rosetta. Sixty-eight percent of 889 respondents said they or their families regularly use tablets in their bedroom -- more than any other location. Using tablets in the "living room while doing other things" is a close second, at 63%. Just over half of respondents said they use their tablets in the living room without other distractions.

News that Amazon is building a set-top box to rival offerings from Apple, Google, and Roku arrived today as a surprise - but not a shock. In the past several years, all of its biggest competitors have made their own plays for customers' living rooms. The simplest explanation for Amazon's entry into the set-top box space is that the company has to.

Bobby Bare is playing in people's living rooms to promote his new album - he announces a city, people offer their homes, he chooses one and turns it into a venue.  Kinda similar to Paul F Tomkins' "300" thing, where 300 fans sign up to see a show in order to get him to come.

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Bolger pointed out that people are overwhelmingly (91%) using tablets at home, typically in the living room and bedroom. Hence, the rise of two-screen viewing. More than half (53%) of those surveyed by comScore said they use their tablet while watching TV, with more than half of that group (56%) doing activities related to what they are watching.

This morning at Hulu's Upfront presentations in New York, the streaming service announced it has grown its subscriber base 30 percent year-over-year, and will reach 12 million subscribers in the U.S. this month. For comparison's sake, last year it had grown to 9 million subscribers after seeing a 50 percent increase over the year prior. Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins also said that hours per viewer was up 30 percent, and total streams were up 78 percent.

digital water faucet.  moving beyond the living room.

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Customers can browse the different trainers and exercise offerings on Wello's site, picking the ones that fit their schedule and budget. Sessions are 25, 40, or 55 minutes long, and the average price is $40. Wello takes a percentage of the price the customer pays, and customers are provided with a link to the video session to access the class.

I'm probably over reaching here...but could this be the black swan for the connected living room? Movies, TV, web content, music & games.

burberry's strategy: The flagship, by Burberry's description, has seamlessly integrated technology throughout. Full-length screens wrap the store, transitioning between audio-visual content displays, live-streaming hubs and and mirrors. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips have been attached to certain clothes and accessories so that when a customer approaches one of the screens in a fitting room, specific content - say, information about a bag's stitching and craftsmanship, or a video showing how a skirt was worn on the catwalk - will appear.

"TV tagging" - audio barcodes, SyFy execution

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