Apple Planning Five New Macs?
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said in his Power On newsletter that Apple will have a new iPad Pro with wireless charging, as well as updates to the iPad Air and entry-level iPad. …
Tags:Apple| iPad
Amazon Gives Up Alexa Hands-free Voice Tech to Toshiba for New High-end Fire TV Smart TV Line
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Toshiba TV brand in the US has signed up with Amazon to use its Alexa app along with the FireTV. The voice operation can use a remote or not. Toshiba’s …
Tags:Smart TV| toshiba| USA| Voice Input
Wearables Shipments Grew 9.9% in the Third Quarter of 2021 as Watches Start to Displace Wristbands in the Wrist-worn Device Category, Says IDC
by Artem Alekseenko
Global shipments for wearables grew 9.9% during the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21) reaching 138.4 million units, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Hearables led …
Tags:Analytics & Tools| IDC| Wearable Market
Advanced New Medical Imaging OEM Offering Combines Lenovo Workstations And LG Monitors
by Artem Alekseenko
Lenovo and LG Electronics are working together to advance new medical imaging solutions for the radiology community. The offering bundles LG’s high-performance medical monitors with the Lenovo OEM Solutions commercial third-party portfolio of offerings. …
Tags:Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| Medical
LG Unveils First Oxide-based TFT Digital X-ray Detector, New 3mp Diagnostic Monitor at RSNA 2021
by Artem Alekseenko
LG Business Solutions USA is introducing a new oxide-based thin-film-transistor Digital X-ray Detector (DXD) and 21-inch 3MP diagnostic monitor in Chicago at RSNA 2021, the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.* …
Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| Medical
ZTE Launches Two New STBs, Supporting RDK and CBS Respectively
by Artem Alekseenko
ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, has launched two new set-top boxes (STBs), a 4K IP STB ZXV10 B870V2J supporting Reference Design Kit …
Tags:STBs| ZTE
Sport on TV – Again – the Technology Matters
by Bob Raikes
I’m following up Andy Marken’s article yesterday (Watching Sports Is Fun and Game/Industry Changing) on sport and its importance for Pay TV and for TV viewing in general and the development of streaming. Unlike …
Tags:Streaming Video| TV Viewing
Canon has developed an image sensor for photographs in the dark
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Nikkei reported that Canon has developed a new image sensor that is said to be 10 times better at detecting light than conventional devices. The sensor uses a technology called a …
Tags:Cameras| Canon| Panasonic| Sensors| sony
Samsung debuted a new AR experience called Dreamground.
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Samsung US said that it has a new AR live experience that is accessible at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles and the company’s flagship experiential store, Samsung 837, in New York …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Samsung| USA
Emotn C1, Pushing the Boundaries for LCD Projector
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Emotn launched the C1 projector based on an LCD display and with LED illumination. The unit is small at 225 x 186 x 109 and weighs 1.67kg. The resolution is 1280 …
Tags:LCD Projectors (3LCD)
US researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Optics.org reported research from the Universities of Princeton and Washington that has led to the development of a camera using ‘metasurfaces’ that is just the size of a grain of salt. …
Tags:Cameras| | Optics
Links Week Commencing 6th December 2021
by Bob Raikes
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. RAW and more updates on the Ninja …
Tags:ATSC| Automotive| Cameras| Codecs| Europe| LED| Roku| sony| Testing| Transparent Displays| TVs (TV Sets)
