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- CEA honors DISH's AutoHop with CES award
DISH Network has earned an award from the Consumer Electronics Association for its AutoHop ad-skipping technology. CEA honored DISH with an International Consumer Electronics Show Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering award for the feature, which comes with the satellite provider's Hopper Whole Home HD DVR. "The Hopper has been recognized in multiple reviews as the best DVR, and we thank the Consumer Electronics Association for recognizing the receiver's AutoHop feature as a leading innovation," said Vice President of Product Management Vivek Khemka. Multichannel News
(11/15)     
- Report: Google confers with DISH on wireless
Google is said to be among the companies DISH Network
has talked with to leverage the satellite provider's 40 MHz cache of wireless spectrum it wants to use to provide a national wireless service, according to The Wall Street Journal. Also, DISH said that it has won approval from the Third Generation Partnership Project, or 3GPP, working group on the specifications for deploying the spectrum, a move that will allow DISH to work with hardware companies to develop phones and other gear for its network. Sprint Nextel opposed the application, DISH said. American City Business Journals/Denver
(11/16), The Wall Street Journal
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- Gesture recognition makes TVs tablet-like
 Advances in gesture-recognition technology are making it possible for people to interact with Internet-connected television sets the way they do with tablet computers, Colin Neagle writes. "[T]he role of the TV is changing inside the home," said Stephen Prentice of Gartner, who sees TVs evolving to eventually just be "the largest screen in the house." Network World
(11/14)
- Survey: Consumers prefer to have home automation installed by a pro
Contrary to some prevailing beliefs, a large number of consumers want a professional to install their home automation system, with security the leading factor in persuading a homeowner to build such a network, according to a study from the Consumer Electronics Association. The CEA found 67% of respondents prefer that a professional do the job, compared with 18% who would do it themselves. Also, 88% asked for a single, integrated application over separate apps for each part of the monitoring system. CEPro.com
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- Bank of America to let small-business owners accept mobile payments
Bank of America will set up a mobile payments system for small businesses and will become the latest financial institution to compete with industry-leading Square when it launches the service Dec. 3. The bank will provide its card reader free to merchants, which will allow them to accept payments from most smartphone-wielding shoppers. Merchants will pay 2.7% for each transaction. All Things D
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