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It’s been a long wait – four years since the Kickstarter campaign began! – but the Oculus Rift headset is finally being shipped. Those customers who were able to pre-order the consumer model of the device in January should see them arriving soon. The news was shared by Oculus VR’s CEO Brendan Iribe, who shared … Read more
Following the split of HP into two separate units, Acer has announced that it is taking the same path, in order to turn around its poor finances (revenue was down 20% YoY last year). The firm says that the new structure will address the ‘diverse development needs’ of IT products versus cloud services, smart devices … Read more
Advertising is a part of our lives, whether we like it or not. In many cases, advertising is the driving force behind the technologies that we are able to use by providing a substantial stream of income to the companies offering hardware and software to the consumer at very reasonable cost. One may argue that … Read more
Rovi Corporation today announced Rovi’s G-Guide® will power entertainment discovery on Sharp’s new models of its popular AQUOS TVs available later this month in Japan. The new LC-40W35 TVs feature Rovi’s G-Guide, providing viewers with advanced programming functionality to easily search and connect to their favorite entertainment. As the company with the largest TV market … Read more
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM today announced its call for author proposals to join Gary’s Book Club, presented by Barnes & Noble, at CES® 2017. This featured on-site event showcases the works of prominent authors in the tech industry exploring technology’s broad and evolving impact on the global society. CES attendees will again have the … Read more
From robots and drones to the future of TV and beyond, CES Asia™ 2016 conference sessions will explore the technologies changing and improving our world and bringing the next big thing to consumers. Attendees will gain access to the industry’s top voices in more than 50 conference sessions over three full days. Owned and produced … Read more
Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has commercialized an encapsulation material having a high dielectric constant that is suitable for finger-print recognition sensor packages to be incorporated in mobile devices, and will start full-scale mass production of the product in April 2016. This material helps improve the performance as well as reduce the size and … Read more
TCL has released its spring line of TVs that feature the latest Roku operating system. In a briefing in New York the other day, we had a chance to take a look at the TVs and get a briefing from TCL and Roku executives. Chris Larson, VP sales & marketing of TCL, started out by … Read more
Daktronics has acquired Canada’s Adflow Networks – and, in the process, Adflow’s Dynamic Messaging System digital signage platform. Adflow will operate as a subsidiary of Daktronics, and the workforce will remain intact. Further details were not disclosed. Analyst Comment This acquisition marks a change for Daktronics, which is known for producing large-format displays based on … Read more
Nielsen’s data about connected TV devices will be available to clients beginning on the 25th April. The company is creating a new ‘viewing source bucket’ called Total Use of Television (TUT), which adds TV-connected device usage to traditional television usage, for a complete view of the use of the TV set. It will show how … Read more
Vodafone has began marketing a new UltraHD-capable TV decoder, which uses an xDSL receiver. it is the first on the Spanish market to do so, the firm says. Festival Fun Box 4K UHD, Slow Channel and Insight TV are among the channels that have debuted on the receiver
Germany will begin its rollout of the DVB-T2 platform on the 31st May this year. The first multiplex, carrying six public and commercial TV channels, will serve urban areas. These will include sections of Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover, Bremen, Munich and Cologne. A regular service, carrying around 40 channels, will be launched in the trial areas … Read more
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