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Strategy Analytics: Apple, Huawei and Microsoft Take 40% of Tablet Market

The latest research from Strategy Analytics shows an extremely competitive tablet market, where many Android vendors are losing share and revenue due to falling prices and little innovation compelling new consumer sales. Apple, Huawei and Microsoft each showed shipment growth in the quarter and combined to take a 40% market share. Despite these successes, the … Read more

Pico Interactive Announces G2 Headset and Results of Series A Funding Round

VR and AR company Pico Interactive, based in Beijing, China, has announced the conclusion of its Series A round of funding, having raised $24.7 million for its forthcoming standalone headset. GF Qianhe and GF Xinde Investment contributed to the funding efforts, with participation from Jufeng S&T Venture Investment and others. Pico develops VR hardware which … Read more

Canalys: Apple Watch Was the Top-Selling Smartwatch in 2018 Q2

A new smartwatch shipment report from Canalys suggests that the Apple Watch has maintained its global leadership position for the second quarter of 2018. Apple’s more expensive cellular model is proving popular and even helping some carriers retain their customers. According to the firm, Apple was the world leader in smartwatch shipments during the quarter, … Read more

VIZIO 2018 SmartCast OS Expands to Offer Free and Unlimited TV via All-New WatchFree Service

VIZIO, Inc. announced the rollout of WatchFree, an all-new streaming service designed with cord-cutters in mind. Now available on nearly all VIZIO SmartCast TVs, WatchFree, in partnership with Pluto TV, takes the entertainment experience one step further by providing free, direct streaming access to more than 100 live and linear channels. WatchFree has all of … Read more

WatchFree Service Rolls Out to Vizio Smartcast TVs

Vizio has launched WatchFree, a new streaming service designed with cord-cutters in mind. Now available on nearly all Vizio SmartCast TVs, WatchFree, in partnership with Pluto TV, provides free, direct streaming access to more than a hundred live and linear channels. The company says the service has all of the attributes associated with traditional cable … Read more

Ebu Conducts UHD HFR Tests At European Championships 2018, Featuring Five Members And 19 Technology Partners

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will be leading trials with five EBU Members and 19 industry partners of production workflows to shoot, process, record, and distribute live Ultra High Definition (UHD) content, with High Frame Rates (HFR), High Dynamic Range (HDR), and Next Generation Audio (NGA), at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin. The … Read more

JPR: Overall Computer Graphics Market to Grow to $147 Billion by 2021

Ever since it came into being during the seventies, the computer graphics (CG) industry has been a mixed bag of technologies, users and applications, and has had, for the most part, a consistently lumpy growth record, according to Jon Peddie Research. This growth, largely influenced by hardware, has slowed in the past couple of years … Read more

Smart TV Video Game Streaming Service to Close this Month

Gamefly cloud gaming services will shut down at the end of August, following EA’s acquisition of the technology. The Gamefly service is currently available on LG, Philips and Samsung smart TVs and Amazon Fire TV boxes. The streaming service has been active since Gamefly merged with existing game-streaming service provider PlayCast Media in 2015. The … Read more

Interventional Radiology In Oncology: Augmented Reality Enters The Operating Room

European Radiology EXPERIMENTAL has recently published a study on a new augmented reality system, which can guide procedures in interventional oncology. A three-step experiment proves this system to be precise and reliable enough to facilitate image guidance critical to the success of interventional oncology procedures. The developers of a new augmented reality system called Endosight … Read more

Italian Firm Develops AR Guidance System for Oncology Procedures

European Radiology Experimental recently published a study on a new augmented reality system called Endosight, which can guide procedures in interventional oncology. A three-step experiment shows this system to be precise and reliable enough to facilitate image guidance critical to the success of oncological surgery, the company says. Using a back-facing camera and a tablet … Read more