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TPCAST Reveals World’s First Tether-less VR Upgrade Kit for HTC VIVE(TM) Devices at Alibaba’s Tmall 11/11 Global Shopping Festival

November 14, 2016 by Isaac Oburu

HTC Corporation (“HTC”), a pioneer in innovative, smart mobile and virtual reality (VR) technology, today is proud to support the unveiling of a breakthrough tether-less VR upgrade kit (preview edition) for VIVE™ VR system developed and produced by TPCAST, a Vive X Accelerator invested company. This kit will enable for the first time, users of … Read more

AirFuel Alliance to Drive Resonant Global Wireless Charging Standards for PCs

November 14, 2016 by Isaac Oburu

The AirFuel™ Alliance, a global consortium of industry leaders focused on enabling and accelerating the adoption of wireless power technology, announced the formation of a new PC Task Force today. Leading PC and semiconductor manufacturers including Dell, Lenovo, STMicroelectronics and others are helping to launch this new AirFuel Alliance Task Force and are welcoming all … Read more

CES Awards

December 21, 2022November 14, 2016 by Bob Raikes

The CTA announced the Best of Innovation Honorees for CES 2017. Chengdu XGimi Technology Co., Ltd won for the Xgimi Z4 Aurora Screenless TV, while HP won the “Computer Hardware and Components” section for the HP Spectre 13. The SevenHugs Remote (Displays at CES Unveiled) was listed along with Acer for the Predator Z301CT monitor … Read more

JCDecaux Gets up to Monkey Mischief

November 14, 2016 by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux has released a serial narrative through digital signage in the UK until the 11th December. There are 22 episodes under the title “Monkey Mischief” and they are being shown day by day over the company’s D6 network, which includes Rail and Malls as well as the London Digital Network.

YouTube VR App is Re-designed for Daydream

November 14, 2016 by Bob Raikes

YouTube has redesigned a new VR app that has been designed to work with the Daydream VR headset. The new app works with the Daydream-certified Pixel phones from Google. Early content includes a tour of the apartment of a beauty blogger as well as a cookery site. Google also added four of its other applications … Read more

HTC Adds Wireless Kit for Vive

November 14, 2016 by Bob Raikes

HTC is making available a new wireless upgrade kit, the TPCast that mounts to existing Vive headsets on the Chinese HTC Vive headset. The unit has a battery on the back that supports the headset for around 1.5 hours of use, although there will be a bigger one as an option later, although it may … Read more

NEC Display Solutions to Continue Innovation in Strategic Healthcare Areas

November 14, 2016 by Milos Pavlovic

NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, today announced its decision to redirect development resources away from future medical diagnostic displays and instead to focus on its extensive healthcare display portfolio. With the growing need for displays in the healthcare segment, NEC is ideally placed to meet … Read more

NEC Display Out of Diagnostics

November 14, 2016 by Bob Raikes

In a press release careful to keep the headline positive, NEC Display Solutions in the US announced that it would cease development of diagnostic medical monitors. It will remain in the healthcare market with clinical review, administration and back offic, signage, wayfinding and conferencing products. Analyst Comment We spoke to NEC who confirmed to us … Read more

MicroVision Results 14/11/2016

November 14, 2016 by Jasmine Kang Sodha

MicroVision Inc. announced Q3 FY16 results with consolidated sales of $4.0 mn with a net loss of $4.1 mn. The quarterly sales were up 67% from Q3 FY15 sales of $2.4 mn, while the net loss was also more than Q3 FY15 net loss of $3.5 mn. The sales for first 9 months of FY16 … Read more

Pegatron Forecasts Notebook Growth

November 14, 2016 by Yvette Raikes

Including non-operating losses of NT$1.2 billion ($37.9 million), mostly from foreign exchange, Pegatron Corporation recorded Q3 net profits of NT$2.1 billion ($65 million), down fom NT$11.3 billion ($353 million) last time, on turnover of NT$316.2 billion ($9.9 billion), up from NT$309.5 billion ($9.7 billion). For the nine months profits fell to NT$7.8 billion ($244 million) … Read more

EU Backs DTT Future

November 14, 2016 by Bob Raikes

The industry committee of the European Parliament has decided to leave the spectrum space below 700MHz (470-694 MHz) for DTT until at least 2030. The 700MHz band will be moved to be used for broadband by 2022 and frequencies above 800MHz have already been left. The EBU and DigitalEurope have welcomed the move which gives … Read more

Walmart Has TV Offers for Black Friday

November 14, 2016 by Bob Raikes

Walmart in the US has some good deals for next week’s Black Friday with a 55″ special purchase Philips UltraHD TV at $298 (although the model code of 44PFL5601 might suggest a smaller size). There’s a 40″ Hisense TV (40H3B) at $125 and an Element 50″ (ELEFW504A) at $225. There will also be a 60″ … Read more