The merger of iPad and television took another step forward with the release of ABC's My Generation Sync, which is the first iOS app to synchronize with live TV.
If you've ever been a "Nielsen Family," you've had a box installed in your house that sends data on your viewing habits back to the Nielsen corporation. It works by monitoring a program's unique "audio watermark" emitted by your TV; human ears can't detect the sounds. The My Generation Sync app uses the iPad microphone to check for these same audio signals, and syncs the app content to the program segment. T
