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TCO Certified Announces “Conflicts and Violence” Webinar

by Andrew Fenn

TCO Certified has announced a new webinar called “Conflicts and violence when smartphones are manufactured” to take place on June 13th, with one session at 9 am CET and another at 5 pm CET. …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Mobile Display Monitor| TCO Development| Vol 25 - Issue 21

HTC Releases Major Update to Vive Focus Firmware

by Andrew Fenn

HTC has released firmware version 2.0 for its Vive Focus standalone VR headset. The device is currently only available in China, but releases in the US and other Western territories are planned for later …

Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 21

New Technology Enables 360° Video Capture from a Single Photograph

by Andrew Fenn

At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which took place earlier this month, VR studio DVMobile demonstrated its new technology, VolumeCapture, which facilitates the capture of 2D and 3D models from real-time scene data with …

Tags:360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Samsung Gear S4 Could Run Wear OS Instead of Tizen

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Gear S4, the company’s next smartwatch, could abandon its proprietary Tizen operating system and make a return to Google’s Wear OS platform (previously known as Android Wear) according to the rumour mill, including …

Tags:Android Wear| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Report: Essential Has Cancelled New Smartphone and Is up for Sale

by Andrew Fenn

Essential Products, the smartphone startup headed up by Android founder Andy Rubin, has cancelled development of its next smartphone and is reportedly going up for sale. Rubin downplayed the reports in a tweet but …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Samsung to Stage “TV Blackout” with UK Ad Campaign

by Andrew Fenn

Millions of TV sets across the UK will appear to turn themselves off this weekend as part of a marketing campaign by Samsung, which aims to showcase the evolution of television and its role …

Tags:Advertising| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Apple Knew iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Were Bendier than iPhone 5S

by Andrew Fenn

Apple was aware that its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices were more prone to bending than their predecessors. That’s according to documentation that reportedly came to light during a class-action lawsuit against the …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 20| warranty

Successors to Sony OLED and LCD TVs Discovered Online

by Andrew Fenn

It is believed that Sony may have accidentally leaked the existence of successors to its A8F OLED and Z9D LCD TVs via a slightly premature update to its support website, which has subsequently been …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Apple Blocks Release of Steam Link App on iOS and Apple TV

by Andrew Fenn

Following the news that Valve’s Steam Link app was about to be released on Android and iOS devices, including Apple TV (Steam Link App will Stream PC Games to iOS and Android Devices) Apple …

Tags:Apple| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 20

MaxLinear and Pixelworks Selected by Nuvyyo for New OTA DVR

by Andrew Fenn

Nuvyyo has selected MaxLinear’s MxL69x ATSC receiver for its new Tablo Dual Lite OTA DVR product that streams live HDTV and recorded OTA content to any internet-connected TV, streaming media player, gaming system, computer …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Telefónica to Integrate Netflix Into its TV and Video Platforms

by Andrew Fenn

Netflix and Telefónica, a telecommunications provider in Europe and Latin America, have announced a global partnership to integrate Netflix’s service into Telefónica’s TV and video platforms in these two regions. Each country will communicate …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Qualcomm to Reveal New AR/VR Processor Next Week

by Andrew Fenn

It has been revealed that Qualcomm is planning to officially announce a new chip built for VR and AR headsets at next week’s Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, US. Snapdragon XR1 will reportedly …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| CPUs| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 20