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Japan’s SoftBank Group has agreed to purchase ARM for £24.3 billion ($32 billion). The move underlines SoftBank’s desire to expand in the IoT. SoftBank plans to “at least double” the number of ARM employees in the UK over the next five years. ARM currently has about 1,600 employees in the country. Philip Hammond, the UK … Read more
A consortium of Chinese companies known as Golden Brick Silk Road has purchased the Opera internet browser from its Norwegian developer. The $600 million deal includes Opera’s browser business, its privacy and performance apps, technology licensing and the Opera name. Opera itself will retain its consumer division, including Opera TV and Opera Apps & Games. … Read more
It’s been a while since ZTE released a new handset in its budget Zmax brand, but the company has returned to form with a 6″ phablet for $100. Featuring some interesting functionality for its price, the Zmax Pro has a fingerprint sensor and an octa-core (1.5GHz + 1GHz) Snapdragon 617 CPU, with 2GB of RAM … Read more
Jackie Chan Cinema, owned by Sparkle Roll, and Dolby Laboratories, Inc. today announced the opening of Beijing’s first Dolby Cinema™ at Jackie Chan Cinema’s Beijing Wukesong site. Moviegoers in Beijing can now enjoy the total cinema experience, following the grand opening ceremony conducted today with the preview of the Warner Bros. Pictures feature The Legend … Read more
Since the beginning of the year, when the first Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 powered smartphones were announced, the 820 processor has been a leader in the mobile industry with over 115 premium smartphone and tablet device deployments, supporting the latest in cutting-edge mobile applications, and helping create more immersive user experiences while also being deployed in … Read more
Digital Projection today announces the launch of four new service centres across the Europearegion, as it further moves to cement its position as provider of best-in-class projection products and aftercare service to its valued and growing customer base. With a new network of Service Partners established in France, Germany, Benelux and Russia where the company’s … Read more
A Chinese company called Deepoon has produced a VR headset that combines all of the elements – including the display and processors – into a single unit. VR headsets today are all, effectively, companion devices. Some use a smartphone as the display and processor (Gear VR, etc); others feature their own display, but still offload … Read more
Vuzix has released a video demonstrating its waveguide augmented reality technology, showing footage viewed through the waveguide at Vuzix’s offices in New York.
Epson’s Powerlite series of 3LCD projectors has been chosen by readers of rAVe magazine as their favourite projector model. More than 81,000 votes were submitted, and Epson won “by a significant margin,” said rAVe founder Gary Kayye.
Two new AMOLED smartphones are incoming from Nokia, according to rumours. The phones will be manufactured by Foxconn, with marketing and distribution by HMD Global (Nokia will license its brand name to the phones). The handsets will have 2560 x 1440 resolution and Snapdragon 820 SoCs. They will be 5.2″ and 5.5″, respectively. Sources say … Read more
Dolby has launched a dedicated portal for VR content, with Jaunt VR. The titles, accessible through the Jaunt VR app, feature soundtracks mixed using Dolby Atmos. As part of the launch, Jaunt released ‘Mull of Kintyre’ in Dolby Atmos – the latest episode in a multi-part documentary series about Sir Paul McCartney.
Vodafone is said to be testing a 4G TV app, which can be used to access ‘almost’ 20 local and international TV channels and VoD services, in Romania. It is available for free to Vodafone customers. The app marks another step towards an entrance into the Romanian TV market for Vodafone.
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