Google, LG may unveil TV in JanuaryNovember 12, 2011 - 11:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. may unveil a television using the search giant’s software at the January Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, according to two people with knowledge of the project. The product would be LG’s first model with Google TV, said the people, who declined to be identified because the discussions aren’t public, Bloomberg reported. Google is trying to build a coalition around its Google TV software, which adds Internet features to televisions. Enlisting LG, the second-largest TV maker, may help shore up the effort amid dwindling support from an early partner, Logitech International SA. That company is backing away from the partnership after disappointing sales. Claire Jang, a spokeswoman for Seoul-based LG, and Robin Moroney, a Tokyo-based spokesman for Google, declined to comment on the discussions between the two companies. Google introduced a redesigned version of the service last month after the initial rollout failed to meet some expectations. The Mountain View, California-based company, escalating competition with Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp., unveiled the original TV service last year with Sony Corp., Logitech and Dish Network Corp. LG and its bigger rival Samsung Electronics Co. are embracing the Internet and 3-D in a bid to revive TV demand and cope with plunging prices. Sony, which sells televisions under the Bravia brand, has forecast an eighth straight year of losses at its TV business. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Pashinyan’s spokesperson denies intention to visit Baku for COP29 Pashinyan’s agenda doesn’t include a trip to Baku for the COP29 conference, his press secretary Nazeli Baghdasaryan has said. Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. |