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In the UK, a dealer of a ‘fully loaded Kodi box’ has been accused of selling products that breach copyright laws. Kodi is a development of the XBox Media Centre, which was used to add media player facilities to the original XBox. The software, however, can also be loaded onto Amazon Fire sticks or Apple … Read more
Nvidia has posted a number of recruitment adverts that are aimed at finding developers of drivers for the Mac environment, triggering speculation that a tighter relationship between Nvidia and Apple might be on the way.
In Japan, at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, LEDs have been embedded in the court that can be used to add lighting effects including tracking the movements of players around the pitch. The LEDs are also used for half time entertainment and to display graphics and advertising. Check out the video below to get a sense … Read more
IDTechEx Research has put out the latest version of its forecast for ITO alternatives and has forecast that the market will reach $250 million by 2026. Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, Research Director, IDTechEx summarised the developments in the market which the firm has been watching for five years. Metal Mesh Gaining Traction The ITO alternative landscape … Read more
The issues related to supplying the automotive market have been highlighted by a class action that is being brought in the US against Ford Motor Co that relates to problems that are claimed to have been seen after Ford was alleged to have sold vehicles with faulty touchscreen systems that failed often, leaving drivers without … Read more
Warranty Week created an article that highlighted that it is ten years since the influential Consumer Reports magazine in the US placed adverts that told consumers that they should not buy service contracts. Although there was a big reaction at the time, Warranty Week says that consumers have forgotten the advice and that the world … Read more
In Sweden, Com Hem (a cable company) has completed its acquisition of the Boxer business which will add 500,000 DTT customers to the Com Hem business. The preliminary purchase consideration of SEK1,631 million ($190 m), including net cash of SEK301 million ($35 m) as of September 30, has been financed by SEK800 million ($95 m) … Read more
The US FCC has delayed the big vote that it was planning on the 29th September on what to do about set top boxes. The FCC has wanted to “open up” the US cable industry, basically by allowing apps or third parties to sell boxes for content, rather than allowing network operators to force consumers … Read more
Skylink of the Czech Republic said that it plans to sell an STB developed by Samsung and called the EVO-S from the 8th October at 3,390 CZK / € 124.80 (including VAT). The hybrid satellite receiver has a built-in Skylink decoder card and has dual satellite tuners. A 250GB disk can be added via USB … Read more
Another half a billion dollars was invested into virtual and augmented reality startups in the third quarter of this year, with a record $2.3 billion dollars invested in the last 12 months according to Digi-Capital which has a database and report on VR investments. Q3 2016 saw the ninth straight quarter of investment trending upwards, … Read more
MyDreamVR, a VR software developer, has introduced LightVR, a ‘virtual room simulator’ that has been made available on Steam. The software is designed to allow users to create a customised environment, such as display screens and keyboards, so that a working area can be created that matches the style that the user wants. Props can … Read more
Our friends at Jon Peddie’s Techwatch flagged up to us a new start up company in the PC-based headset market, that will have an UltraHD curved OLED display with 120Hz refresh and 10 bit colour depth, while also supporting 99% of AdobRGB. The design is a tethered type, but uses a single Type-C USB connector … Read more
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