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UK Satellite Could Support 30 UHD Channels

UK regulator Ofcom is examining future demand for satellite bandwidth in a new consultation document, which is open for comments until the 10th May. One of the body’s key findings is that it believes that there will be enough satellite spectrum to deliver “30 UltraHD channels and continued growth in the number of HD channels”. … Read more

UDC Signs OLED Agreement with Osram

Universal Display Corp. (UDC) and Osram have signed a collaboration and evaluation agreement, which will see Osram begin sampling UDC’s phosphorescent OLED (PHOLED) materials for use in lighting. The news comes just one month after Osram CEO Olaf Berlien said that OLED is too expensive to become more than a niche lighting technology. At a … Read more

Blippar Claims Project ‘Bigger Than the Internet’

Augmented reality app maker Blippar has raised $54 million in Series D funding, to help it build a ‘visual browser’ to help in augmented reality (AR) applications. CEO and co-founder Ambarish Mitra told Business Insider last year that the project “is bigger than the internet itself”. The company is attempting to build a visual catalogue … Read more

JPR Hosts Breakfast Briefing at GDC

Portrait Displays has announced that it will sponsor the Jon Peddie Research (JPR) press briefing breakfast at the Game Developer’s Conference. The breakfast will take place at 8:15 AM on the 16th March, at the SF Green Space conference centre. JPR is also expected give an update and overview of the PC gaming hardware market, … Read more

OLED Emits RGB From Same Materials

A research group at the Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) (Kyushu University, Japan) has developed an OLED technology that can emit red, green and blue light using the same organic material. Today’s OLEDs require three different kinds of organic molecules to achieve the same effect. The energy emitted by OLED molecules shifting … Read more

Microsoft Launches Pre-order for HoloLens and Meta Follows Suit

After a long waiting period, we can finally see the Microsoft HoloLens device being offered for pre-order. The HoloLens device is an augmented reality headset with two displays and some form of holographic technology that Microsoft has not yet got around to explaining in detail. It may be safe to assume that the holographic part … Read more

iPhone 5SE Renamed – Before Launch

According to reports, Apple’s new iPhone will ditch its numbering system entirely. Rather than the previously-rumoured ‘iPhone 5SE’ (Apple Goes Back One Gen With New iPhone), it will instead be referred to simply as the ‘iPhone SE’. We hear that it will be announced on the 21st March, along with a new iPad and Apple … Read more