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At IBC 2013 in Amsterdam, there are a small but significant number of exhibitors focused on remote controls. The most significant innovation is the use of Bluetooth to replace infrared and placing a microphone into the control to enable voice control of the TV and set top box. Some vendors have also turned the control into a pointing device such that it can be used to move an on screen cursor. Other than these, the remote control doesn't look like its set to change.

The number of vendors large and small promoting web enabled set top boxes will not escape the attention of those attending the IBC show in Amsterdam 2013. Manufacturers are all showing web browser enabled devices. Most of the operating systems and related browser software comes from the mobile world with Android by far and away the most popular operating system coupled with the Chrome Mobile browser.

Smart TVs, glasses, watches and other devices are the future of web content consumption and 51Degrees has added support for website owners to offer optimised experiences for these new technologies. Gesture and voice controls will become the new touch & swipe and users will interact with digital content in a completely different way.

The TV industry's premier annual event is kicking off in Amsterdam today. IBC 2013 (International Broadcasting Convention) attracts over 50,000 attendees from over 160 countries around the world. Come and visit 51Degrees.mobi!

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The TV industry's premier annual event is kicking off in Amsterdam today. The IBC 2013 (International Broadcasting Convention) attracts over 50,000 attendees from over 160 countries around the world. To celebrate 51Degrees exhibiting at IBC 2013, we take a look at US web traffic from the most popular TV screen sizes in August 2013.

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Today's the first day of Ad:Tech London 2013, “The Event for Digital Marketing”. With 7.6% of web traffic coming from Tablets, and 23% from mobile devices globally in August 2013, the organisers dmgevents should know that mobile is important to web marketing. I was therefore more than a little surprised to receive the following home page, and floor plan when I accessed the events web site on a mobile phone.

With Microsoft purchasing mobile hardware vendor Nokia earlier this week, 51Degrees takes a look at web traffic from Nokia mobile devices over the last 8 months.

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