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DTVL Deploys HbbTV 2.0 Test Suite

Digital TV Labs in the UK has announced an HbbTV 2.0 Test Suite – which it claims is the world’s first. ...

STMicroelectronics Has Sky Design Win

STMicroelectronics’ Cannes/Monaco family of SoCs are being used to power the Sky Q set-top boxes. The STBs will be available early ...

Tabletop 360º Display Can be Viewed Glasses-free

A team of researchers headed by Yongjun Lim at the 5G Giga Communication Research Laboratory within the Electronics and Telecommunications Research ...

Fragmentation and Standardisation Challenge Media Industry

The first panel of the day was titled ‘Threats to the UK media and tech industry’. It was chaired by MD ...

ViewSonic Partners with Mersive to Provide Turnkey Collaboration Solutions

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solution products, announced the company has partnered with Mersiveto offer its award-winning Solstice ...

ZTE Launches Flagship AXON 7 Smartphone, Endorsed by World Renowned Pianist Lang Lang

ZTE, a leading global mobile device maker, officially unveiled its latest flagship device, the AXON 7, at the Park Hyatt in ...

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InFocus Has a Resolution For Everyone

by Tom Allen

InFocus’ new IN110x series consists of five new models, in the low- to mid-end price range. Differing mainly in resolution, the five models (IN112x, IN114x, IN116x, IN118HDxc, IN119HDx) share many other specs. They are …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Europe| InFocus| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Huawei to Raise Japanese Component Orders

by Tom Allen

Huawei will buy up to 30% more components from Japan this year, says the Nikkei newspaper. Last year, Huawei spent ¥208.8 billion ($1.7 billion) on Japanese components.

Tags:Huawei| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Wiko Claims Thinnest 4G Phone

by Tom Allen

France’s Wiko has presented a smartphone that it claims is the thinnest 4G unit on sale in Germany: the Highway Pure, which is 5.1mm thick and weighs 98g. The phone’s thin profile is possible …

Tags:AMOLED| Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Google Exploits Android Versatility

by Tom Allen

Google has developed another new Android variant – this one for the IoT. The OS, known as Google Brillo, will run devices with as little as 32MB of RAM. The OS also incorporates ‘Weave’, …

Tags:Google| Internet of Things IOT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Samsung Stops Making TVs in Thailand

by Helen Vince

Samsung is reported to have halted television production at its plant in Thailand, though it is not known if the company has transferred production to another overseas site. Last year, Samsung announced a $560 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 22

North America Will Continue Chromebook Domination

by Tom Allen

The market for Chromebooks will grow to 7.3 million units this year, representing a 27% increase in sales from 2014, says Gartner. Education is the main application for these devices, with a 72% share …

Tags:Chromebooks| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22| Worldwide

Smartphones Rise at 7.2% CAGR to 2019

by Tom Allen

Global smartphone shipments will reach around 1.5 billion units this year and approach 2 billion units in 2019, says Taiwan’s MIC. The growth represents a 7.2% CAGR over the forecast period. Several factors drive …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 22| Worldwide

TCL Looks Overseas to Expand TV Business

by Helen Vince

TCL is reported to be considering expanding its presence into more overseas markets, such as Brazil and India, to offset disappointing sales in China. For the January to April period of this year, TCL …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TCL| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Lenovo Result 22/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Lenovo Group has released its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net profit in Q4 of $100 million on turnover of $11.3 billion, which compares with a net profit of $158 million …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

DVB-T2 Tests Avoid Simulcasting

by Tom Allen

UltraHD transport at 100fps, using the DVB-T2 platform, has been tested in Spain. The trials were conducted by the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in the University’s labs. A scalable coding system based on HEVC …

Tags:4k| DVB-T & T2| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spain| Vol 22 - Issue 22

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Fove VR Headset is Controlled by Eye Movements

by Arthur Berman

Fove, Inc. a Tokyo-based startup with offices in San Francisco, is developing a consumer VR headset that includes eye-tracking technology. This feature is intended to give the user an “immersive and completely hands-free virtual …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Wearable World Congress Also Covers IoT

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Wearable World Congress in San Francisco, organized by the Wearable World organization, addresses the development of all wearable technology and the Internet of Things. The conference was held at the Palace of Fine …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 22| Wearables