 It's Friday, December 14th, 2012. I'm Ellis Hamburger. This is 90 Seconds on the Bridge. Part one of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy is now in theaters. The first film, subtitled An Unexpected Journey, has so far received mixed reviews. Critics generally agree that the movie is gorgeous and the performance is strong, but the length and overall pacing seem to hurt the story. The Hobbit is the first major film to be shown in theaters at 48 frames per second, at least for some theaters, and the reaction is equally mixed. Our own Brian Bishop likened it to watching a live-action video game. Still, we're pretty excited to watch it. In fact, there's actually a pretty good chance I'm in the theater right now. Google is dropping support for Exchange ActiveSync for Gmail, Contacts, and Calendars. This means there's no longer one way to connect your iPhone to all Google services. The company will continue to support IMAP for email, CalDAV for calendars, and CardDAV for contacts, but Google would probably prefer you just use its own Gmail app. Existing users can continue to use Google Sync for the known future, but new signups close on January 30th. Finally, the US has blocked a United Nations treaty over fear of internet regulation. The move isn't surprising. An ambassador said the US was fighting to maintain a quote, open internet. It's joined by 20 other countries and refusing to sign the treaty, including Canada and the United Kingdom. The World Conference on International Telecommunications wraps up today. There's very clearly still no consensus on who should control the World Wide Web. And that's it for today's Tech Stories. Tune in tomorrow and take care this weekend.
 It's Friday, December 14th, 2012. I'm Ellis Hamburger. This is 90 Seconds on the Bridge.
 Part one of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy is now in theaters. The first film,
 subtitled An Unexpected Journey, has so far received mixed reviews. Critics generally agree
 that the movie is gorgeous and the performance is strong, but the length and overall pacing seem to
 hurt the story. The Hobbit is the first major film to be shown in theaters at 48 frames per second,
 at least for some theaters, and the reaction is equally mixed. Our own Brian Bishop likened it to
 watching a live-action video game. Still, we're pretty excited to watch it. In fact,
 there's actually a pretty good chance I'm in the theater right now. Google is dropping support for
 Exchange ActiveSync for Gmail, Contacts, and Calendars. This means there's no longer one way
 to connect your iPhone to all Google services. The company will continue to support IMAP for email,
 CalDAV for calendars, and CardDAV for contacts, but Google would probably prefer you just use
 its own Gmail app. Existing users can continue to use Google Sync for the known future, but new
 signups close on January 30th. Finally, the US has blocked a United Nations treaty over fear of
 internet regulation. The move isn't surprising. An ambassador said the US was fighting to maintain a
 quote, open internet. It's joined by 20 other countries and refusing to sign the treaty,
 including Canada and the United Kingdom. The World Conference on International Telecommunications
 wraps up today. There's very clearly still no consensus on who should control the World Wide
 Web. And that's it for today's Tech Stories. Tune in tomorrow and take care this weekend.