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Huawei was keen to make an impression and had a big booth highlighting its capabilities in communications. We spotted a demonstration of an ip camera that supports the H.265 codec that was running 1080P at just 1Mbps, compared to an H.264 version that was running at 4Mbps. The signage (and staff) indicated that the image … Read more
CeBIT (or SnowBIT as it is often called by those that have experienced it) is one of the great institutions of the computing world. I first went (multiple times) in the 1980s and early ’90s, as a vendor of monitors and in 1995 I went for the first time as press. I managed to delegate … Read more
Dashbon was a new name to us and the company was showing its Flicks boombox. This is a full projection system that is built into a unit that includes a full featured audio system that can be independently be used as a bluetooth stereo speaker system. The projector supports 700 lumens of brightness and was … Read more
Zotac is not a company that we have often spoken to. From a start making Nvidia-based graphics cards, which it was also showing at CeBIT (with all of the water cooling and other high end features), the company had also used experience it gained in 2007 in developing mini-ITX motherboards to develop new mini-PCs in … Read more
Acer was on the API booth and was said that in monitors, it was currently a case of “Go bigger or go home”. It said that interest in 21:9 models is increasing and that it plans to introduce curved 21:9 models later in its B2B monitor line. As we had previously seen at CES and … Read more
The latest software update for Android Wear has been rolled out to the Asus Zenwatch 2 (WI501Q and WI502Q). This version adds speaker support; wrist gestures for control and screen dimming; and video and audio message playback.
ViewSonic has unveiled three new members of Lightstream DLP projector product range, focusing on colour accuracy and sound output. They are the Pro7827HD; PJD7828HDL; and PJD7720HD. Each projector features ViewSonic’s PortAll system: a hidden compartment containing an MHL-HDMI port and able to house a dongle for wireless media streaming. A micro-USB port is also featured. … Read more
SES has announced that it is now serving 317 million homes worldwide, including 156 million in Europe. 5 million new homes were added in the past year, and there has been 23% growth since 2011: the equivalent of adding a TV market the size of Poland each year! Satellite remains the most popular platform and … Read more
Omega is now distributing all of Samsung’s brown goods, such as TVs, in Austria.
Qualcomm has launched the Snapdragon VR SDK for its new Snapdragon 820 chips. Developers can use the SDK to access ‘advanced’ tools, which will simplify development of VR applications and raise power efficiency. The development kit features digital signal processing sensor fusion, which developers can use to combine high-frequency inertial data from sensors like gyroscopes. … Read more
The Taipei Times says that Foxconn and Sharp are (again) delaying finalisation of the takeover (Sharp Accepts Foxconn Bid), as Foxconn looks into Sharp’s financial performance in the current quarter. Sources say that Foxconn has requested Sharp’s latest financial results. Meanwhile, Sharp claims that it expects an operating profit of ¥10 billion ($87.8 million), compared … Read more
Acer has appointed Jorge Tunon and Francisco de Casto as co-general managers of Acer Latin America. Tunon and de Castro currently manage Acer’s operations in Chile through their distribution company, Netnow. While they will continue to run this business in Chile, they will also manage the company’s entire LATAM sales operations, based in Miami. They … Read more
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