Can Amazon Find Room by the TV?

摘要

Technology companies have distracted us with phones, tablets, social networks, and dating apps. Yet one thing continues to confound and infatuate them: the number five. That's how many hours, according to Nielsen, the average American adult spends watching a TV set each day. In their drive to control our every waking hour, the tech giants have long tried to commandeer those five precious hours-and they have the bruises to show for it. Google and Apple, along with Roku, have managed to establish modestly popular set-top boxes that stream movies and live shows to TVs. Sony and Microsoft have their gaming consoles, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. None of these big names has managed to unseat the likes of Comcast or DirecTV. Most people still cling to their cable or satellite box and the attendant large monthly bill.