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Over The Air 2013, “the” technology event of the season, at Bletchley Park is only 1 day away. The tent is packed and beers stowed ready for an early start tomorrow.

51Degrees.mobi is sponsoring the toilets and showers (ed: we prefer “hygiene”) and helping out generally where we can.

I'm looking forward to joining the IET and BBC at next week's John Logie Baird Lecture to debate whether the set top box is dead. The event takes place at the BBC's Media Village (ex Television Centre) on the 3rd October.

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iOS 7, Apples latest operating system was released to Apple devices on the 18th September.

Here at 51Degrees.mobi we have been detecting i0S 7 user agents since June and have been monitoring its progress. Here we take a brief look at the newest features.

The TV industry's premier annual event recently took place in Amsterdam. IBC 2013(International Broadcasting Convention) attracted over 52,000 attendees from over 170 countries around the world. To celebrate 51Degrees having exhibited at IBC 2013, we take a look at the most popular Sony TV models in August 2013.

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A great time was had by all at the IBC show in Amsterdam and we would firstly like to thank everyone who came to visit us and learn about device detection and content engagement, secondly we would like to thank IBC for managing such a great event.

Content distribution has come a long way. The first television sets were made commercially available in the late 1920s, just a few years later saw the first mass produced television sets.

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.