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Banking on innovation

January 13, 2012

While 17 million smart TVs have already made their way into homes, only 10% were connected to the Internet last year, up from 8% in 2010, research group Parks Associates says, because many consider the TVs confusing to use.

From the article, "Banking on innovation" by Marc Graser

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