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Samsung and Roku have signed up to Comcast’s new Xfinity TV Partner Programme, which expands the range of devices that customers can use to access their Xfinity TV service. Samsung’s and Roku’s partnership means that Comcast customers will soon be able to access Xfinity on 2016 Samsung smart TVs and Roku media players directly, without … Read more
AOL has announced plans to acquire RYOT, a VR content studio based in Los Angeles. The Huffington Post, owned by AOL, will use RYOT’s experience to deliver 360° and VR content.
China’s LeTV rebranded itself as LeEco earlier this year, marking a change in focus for the firm to both the environment and its ecosystem. Four new products have been revealed at an event in Beijing, including phones and a TV. Three smartphones (which LeEco calls ‘Superphones’) were shown off, each featuring USB-C and LeEco’s Continual … Read more
Fraport AG, the operator of Frankfurt Airport in Germany, has installed multiple interactive airport desks based on Pyramid’s Polytouch product. The desks deliver real-time flight information and directions. Currently the desks, each using a 46″ display, are being trialled. When this is complete, an unspecified (but confirmed to be double-digit) number will be installed throughout … Read more
Audio brand Waves is using Intel’s Realsense technology to enable positional audio – with headphones. The Waves Nx product runs on PCs, laptops and other devices and is said to bring the same quality of depth, reflections and panoramic imaging to headphones as normally heard on speakers. An Intel Realsense SR300 camera trackers the user’s … Read more
DS Broadcast is using Semtech’s portfolio of 12G-SDI solutions in its BGE9000 UltraHD TV broadcast encoder. The encoder is currently being used in UltraHD broadcast trials in South Korea.
Vaio has left the talks revolving around a merger of its PC unit with that of Fujitsu and Toshiba (New Toshiba Plan May Include PC Sale), according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal. The discussions now risk collapsing, and the companies may need to find a way to survive separately. Japan Industrial Partners, … Read more
Paul Gray at the 2015 IFA Global Press ConferenceThe IFA Global Press Conference is a pre-cursor to the main event in Berlin in September. This year it was held in Hong Kong and Shenzen, China, in mid-April. At the event, Paul Gray of IHS said that LG Display and Samsung Display will turn their attention … Read more
Scientists have replicated the patterns of a firefly’s wing to create a more efficient OLED light. Fireflies emit the most bio-luminescent light of any creature – largely due to the optical properties of the light-emitting cuticle, which is patterned with small hierarchical structures, Man-made lights, by contrast, are smooth. Led by Ki-Hun Jeong at the … Read more
Modernisation work is ongoing at Geneva Airport, with Swiss Neo Advertising SA announcing that five 84″ UltraHD displays have now been installed. These represent the first step in the move from Full HD to UltraHD in the airport. More are to be installed before the end of summer 2016, with 60 to eventually be in … Read more
Sources in Asia say that Toshiba is to sell its notebook factory in Hangzhou (eastern China). The company has apparently inquired about interest from several Taiwanese ODMs. These firms are unlikely to be interested solely in the factory, but may purchase it if Toshiba bundles it with other businesses, such as IoT and industrial computing.
Intel reported Q1 2016 net profit of $2.0 billion, up 3% YoY. Turnover was $13.7 billion, up 7% YoY from $12.8 billion. Each business segment with the exception of non-volatile memory was up YoY, led by Internet of Things Group revenue, which was up 22% YoY.
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