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    The Wall Street Journal apparently decided to move away from its standard topics and delve into investigations, one way or another connected with the largest IT corporations in the world. And now, WSJ again raises a rather interesting topic - is Google going to invade the world of cable television?

    For those who are closely following the news around the corporation of good, this news is definitely not a surprise - rumors that Google is preparing something for set-top boxes have been surfing the Internet for a long time. However, not a single publication like the Wall Street Journal with sources that can be trusted has either been refuted or confirmed by any of them. Up to this day.

    WSJ reporters assure that at the Google I / O conference next month, the company will introduce some software for STB, which (as usual) will change the cable television industry, and developers from around the world will begin to write their applications for this platform. It is unlikely that Google TV will be a complete product that includes not only the soft shell, but also the hardware itself, produced somewhere at the Google factory - sounds a little implausible. However, a certain version of Android, adapted and optimized for the needs of receivers, has a good chance of existence. Moreover, WSJ writes that Sony, Intel and Logitech are interested in the release of devices that will work on Google software. Another interesting detail is that Google and Dish are currently testing the “television search,”

    What all this will result in is still unclear - the market already has a sufficient number of devices, and at a low price, providing almost the full range of capabilities of a theoretically ideal set-top box. However, if the interface is good, the services work, and the users are happy (as is usually the case with Google) - the new device, or rather devices, can be successful.

    WSJ via ArsTechnica

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