Why Google TV will succeed
May 20th, 2010 admin

Chatter about a “convergence” between TV and PC has been going on since the mid-1990s. Many companies have tried — and failed. But this week, that convergence may finally happen successfully. Google announced today something called Google TV. Microsoft, Apple and Yahoo failed to do something similar. Here's why Google will succeed . Permalink | Leave a comment
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