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Intel Teams up with New Balance on Smartwatches

Smartwatches have declined in sales and with the demise of Pebble (Fitbit/Pebble Deal is Confirmed), a supposed decline in Apple Watch sales and key Android Wear partners deciding to back away, Intel believes we are not witnessing the end of the time-telling wearable, according to an interview with Ethan Fosset. Intel has helped in the … Read more

NaturalPoint Acquisition by Planar is Finalised

The merger and acquisition agreement between NaturalPoint and Planar Systems has now been finalised. The acquisition, which was announced in November 2016, will help Planar with opportunities in augmented and virtual reality and in other market segments like CAVEs, drone tracking, movement sciences, sports performance, computer visualization and animation, it believes. NaturalPoint, makes OptiTrack, TrackIR … Read more

VR is in the House: The FETC Expo

The US ed-tech conference season kicks off at the start of the year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC 2017), held each year in Orlando, Florida. FETC tends to set the tone, previewing what’s coming for educational technology in the U.S. for the upcoming year. Having spent considerable time crisscrossing … Read more

Lars Borg Explains Dynamic Metadata

SMPTE organized a webinar conducted by Lars Borg, a principle scientist at Adobe, but who was also very active in the development of SMPTE standard ST-2094. In the webcast, Borg describes the various versions of dynamic metadata described in ST-2094 and why these will improve the viewing experience for HDR content. Borg started with some … Read more

TI Releases New 0.33-inch 1080p Pico Chipset

If you thought pico projectors and related products were a small backwater in the projection industry, think again. PMA Research projects sales to reach close to 3.5 million units this year, which is not ‘chicken feed’ in this market. Mobile smart TVs, pico projectors, smart home displays as well as commercial and industrial products, plus … Read more

Vivitek’s AV Solutions Out in Force at ISE 2017

During 2017 ISE, Vivitek will show its commitment to further develop projection and visual solutions that aid collaboration and boost productivity for both private and public sector organisations. At the same time, it will reinforce its ambition to provide solutions for meeting rooms and venues of all sizes and for every budget. A broad range … Read more

0.33-inch Full-HD DLP® Pico™ Chipset from Texas Instruments is Industry’s Smallest 1080p Display Solution with Unmatched Brightness Capabilities

As brands and developers have been eagerly awaiting a solution that will allow them to create smaller form factor products integrating 1080p projection displays, Texas Instruments (TI) today announced its DLP Pico 0.33-inch full-HD chipset. Consisting of the DLP3310 digital micromirror device (DMD) and DLPC3437 controller, this is the industry’s smallest 1080p display chip solution … Read more

Sky Result 27/01/2016

Sky has reported its FY17 H1 results with a consolidated revenues of £6,410 mn ($8,012 mn) and operating profit of £679 mn ($849 mn), resulting in an operating margin of 10.6%. The net profit was reported at £483 mn ($604 mn). The first half revenues were 12% higher as compared to FY16 corresponding figures while … Read more

Another Lithium-ion Battery Recall by HP

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Due to potential burn and fire hazards, HP is expanding its recall of laptop batteries for notebooks under its brand of Compaq. A statement from the Consumer Product Safety Commission says HP will recall an additional 101,000 batteries having already recalled 41,000 batteries last year. The recall involves lithium-ion batteries found in HP notebooks shipped … Read more