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Worldwide Smartwatch Market Will See Modest Growth in 2016 Before Swelling to 50 Million Units in 2020, According to IDC

A year after the launch of the Apple Watch established a new benchmark for the worldwide smartwatch market, new smartwatch shipments are expected to see only modest growth for the rest of 2016 due to late-in-the-year and iterative product releases. According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device … Read more

Gartner Says PC Leaders Must Overhaul Their Businesses or Leave the Market by 2020

Business leaders of PC vendors face a stark choice and must decide between overhauling their businesses or leaving the PC market by 2020, according to Gartner, Inc. If they decide to stay, they need to rapidly determine what changes to make or what alternatives to adapt in today’s over-penetrated PC market. “The PC business model … Read more

Gartner Says PC Vendors Must Change

Gartner said that Business leaders of PC vendors face a stark choice and must decide between overhauling their businesses or leave the PC market by 2020. If they decide to stay, they need to rapidly decide what changes to make or what alternatives to adapt. “The PC business model as we have traditionally known it … Read more

Toppan & E Ink Develop 32″ Flexible Color E-paper

Toppan said in a press release that it has developed a 32″ flexible colour electronic paper display in collaboration with E Ink, using E Ink’s Pearl technology and its own Mobius flexible plastic backplane which has been optimised for this application. Toppan has also optimised its colour filter to provide better colours than on previous … Read more

IPTV Shores Up Nordics Pay-TV market

Generally over Western Europe there has been a rise in pay-TV subscriptions and this is forecast to continue. But IPTV in particular has seen a doubling of its subscriber base and now outnumbers satellite TV households according to Mediavision. The Nordic countries reflect this, with an overall increase of 0.4% YoY to 11 million pay-TV … Read more

Slimmed-down TV Packages Have Mixed Results

Almost 70% of 18-14 year olds in the USA, who currently don’t subscribe to pay-TV, say that they would only consider “more affordable channel lineups that fit my viewing tastes”, according to Altman Vilandrie’s annual consumer video survey. Far fewer young consumers subscribe proportionately than other age groups. To attract them, less expensive “skinny” bundles, … Read more

Twitter Enters the Video Streaming Business

Twitter announced the release of a new app that allows users of Apple TV, Amazon Fire and Xbox One to view live stream video available anywhere on Twitter. This new app is not only free for the user, it also allows people without a Twitter account to see all live video streams on Twitter. It … Read more

Fraunhofer Developing a 3D Body-Capture Camera System

At recent trade fairs IFA in Berlin and IBC in Amsterdam, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute (Berlin, Germany) showed a new technology that they call “3D Human Body Reconstruction.” The HHI system is a multi-camera system that captures every aspect of a person in 3D. Using this technology, full sized, … Read more

AGC Releases Newest Chemically Strengthened Specialty Glass for Mobile Devices

AGC Asahi Glass (AGC) has announced a new, stronger lineup of its Dragontrail series of chemically strengthened glass used globally in smartphones and tablets. Called Dragontrail Pro, the new line features a rounded edge with improved strength, and is intended to help enable a wider range of more stylishly designed smartphones. AGC said that emphasis … Read more

AGC Releases Newest Chemically Strengthened Specialty Glass for Mobile Devices

AGC Asahi Glass (AGC) , a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, today announced a new, stronger lineup of its Dragontrail™ series of chemically strengthened glass used globally in smartphones and tablets. Called Dragontrail Pro, the new line features a rounded edge with improved strength, and will help enable a wider range of … Read more