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Audi has opened a new showroom at Munich airport dubbed “myAudi Sphere”. Visitors to the Customer Private Lounge can configure their dream Audi, thanks to a VR application called “Audi Walking VR experience”.
Q2’16 was the first time that the global smartwatch market contracted YoY, with shipments falling 32%, says IDC. Shipments reached 3.5 million units: significantly down from the 5.1 million shipped in Q2’15. Apple, shipping 1.6 million units, maintained the top rank, but was the only top-five vendor to experience an annual decline. IDC does note, … Read more
Asian sources have reported that Sharp is developing a new smartphone using ing MediaTek’s 10-core Helio X20 chip (MT6797). The new Sharp smartphone, carrying a model number of FS8002, is apparently being designed and developed jointly with Foxconn Electronics.
DISH Network has recorded a decline of 281,000 net pay TV subscribers in Q2’16, compared to approximately 81,000 in Q2’15. Gross subscribers rose 527,000 in Q2, compared to a rise of approximately 638,000 last year.
A team within the Bristol Interaction Group at the University of Bristol (Bristol, UK) led by Paul Worgan is developing a novel means to address the issue of limited battery life in mobile devices. The starting point of the team’s approach is considering power as a commodity that can be shared between mobile devices in … Read more
Universal Parks & Resorts has entered into a corporate partnership agreement with Christie®, which will see Christie delivering the latest projection technologies to Universal Parks & Resortsas the Official Projection System Provider. The agreement includes Universal Parks & Resorts’ Theme Parks and CityWalk complexes throughout the United States. As a Universal Parks & Resorts corporate … Read more
Leyard, a global leader in visualization products, today announced that the La Salle des Emirats at the Palace of Nations, the European headquarters of the United Nations (UN) located in Geneva, Switzerland, has installed the latest Leyard LED display technology as a central feature of daily delegate sessions and other meetings throughout the year. The … Read more
One of the world’s most technologically advanced children’s hospitals, Alder Hey has partnered with Sony to build a powerful hospital-wide IP video network. High Definition surgical footage can be patched instantly to screens in thirteen integrated Operating Rooms – or shared with surgeons and students anywhere on campus. Medical students can see every detail of … Read more
In a note sent to customers this week, Cima Nanotech declared that it is closing down as an insolvent company. The decision was taken voluntarily, CEO Jon Brodd wrote. Analyst Comment See my editorial in this issue for more comments on this story, which we will be following up to try to get more information. … Read more
tvONE (www.tvone.com), a leading designer and manufacturer of cutting-edge video and multimedia processing equipment, has announced the shipment of their award-winning universal rack mounting solution with power and cooling that’s aimed at improving rack systems integration called ONErack. ONErack is a universal, powered mounting system that vastly improves rack installation of small devices. tvONE’s patent … Read more
Visionect has supplied its E Ink screens in Boston – the first city in the USA to feature such an installation. Boston, nicknamed ‘America’s Walking City’, now boasts a 32″ electrophoretic display on City Hall Plaza, which can be used for wayfinding. It is solar powered and water resistant, and features a connection to the … Read more
Atlona has released a whitepaper on video over IP, which the company calls ‘the final hurdle’ for IP communication. The paper deals with Atlona’s Omnistream, a product developed to address the challenges with converging video onto IP networks. Download it at http://tinyurl.com/j4t4jmz.
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