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Displaylink Announces Native Support in Google Chrome OS

DisplayLink, the leading provider of USB graphics technology, today announced its docking stations and adapters work with Chrome OS Release 51 onwards. A demonstration of the native plug-and-display™ capability will be shown at Interop 2016, Las Vegas showcasing the latest Chromebooks from industry leaders such as Dell and HP. For a demo, visit the DisplayLink … Read more

Epson Expands Support of Augmented Reality Industry with Inaugural Sponsorship of Super Ventures AR Incubator

Epson, providers of the Moverio® augmented reality smart eyewear platform, today announced its inaugural corporate sponsorship of Super Ventures, the first combined incubator and investment fund dedicated to driving innovation and growth in augmented reality. This expansion of Epson’s long-time support of the AR ecosystem will assist startups in the Super Ventures incubator by giving … Read more

Entertainment, Content and Advertising Take Center Stage at CES Asia 2016

Innovations driving the entertainment and content industries will be present throughout CES Asia™ 2016, from captivating conference sessions to keynotes to show floor exhibits. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, and co-produced by Intex Shanghai, the second annual CES Asia will run May 11-13, 2016 in Shanghai, China. “As new technologies come … Read more

NEC Plans Facial Recognition at JFK

NEC America is working with Unisys to implement its face-recognition technology at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. The NeoFace Match software will be integrated into Unisys’ existing system, and will be used by US customs officials to compare images taken during the inspection process with the image stored on traveller’s e-passports.

UK Retailers Suffer in April

Ipsos says that retail performance in the UK was challenging in April; both footfall and the number of stores with conversion rate gains fell compared to last year. Ipsos’ Retail Traffic Index (RTI) showed that footfall was up 1.1% MoM, but down 4.8% YoY: the widest YoY gap in over two years. Only 46.8% of … Read more

The Future for Large OLED

We had a short week after a public holiday on Monday. We were working on the report from the IdTechEx event in Berlin, but didn’t get it finished because of the restricted time. We’ll publish it on the website as we get it done and include a summary next week. We have included a report … Read more

Digital TV Up in Hungary

Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that digital TV is growing quickly in the country. In March, 72.5% of pay-TV subscribers were using digital services. Cable and IPTV customers stood at 2.2 million, or which more than 1.3 million were digital. There were 900,000 satellite subscribers and almost 102,000 using pay-DTT platform MinDig TV Extra. In … Read more