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Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., today announced vívoactive HR, a GPS smartwatch with Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate technology. The vívoactive HR helps keep track of active moments throughout the day, counting steps and floors climbed, intensity minutes, monitoring sleep and featuring built-in GPS-enabled sports apps for walking, running, biking, swimming, golfing, … Read more
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., announced that Samsung Pay, the most accepted mobile payment service that works at the majority of merchants today, has reached a global milestone – about five million registered users processed over 500 million dollars in the first six months, showing a strong adoption rate in South Korea and the U.S. This … Read more
The metro and bus workers from TMB, the main public transport operator in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, have announced plans to strike during Mobile World Congress which will be held 22-25 February 2016. The metro strike is currently expected on Monday, 22 and Wednesday, 24February, and the bus strike on Tuesday, 23and Thursday, 25February; … Read more
At the 2016 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 22-25, optics pioneer ZEISS will introduce its next generation data glasses prototype to the tech community. At Pepcom’s international media event MobileFocus Global on Feb. 21 the smart glass prototype and design will be shown in Europe for the first time. The new ZEISS optical system … Read more
Nanoco was selected as the winner of the Prism Awards, 2016 in the Materials and Coatings category, for its cadmium-free quantum dots. The award was presented at a ceremony held in San Francisco during the SPIE Photonics West Conference, which took place between the 13th and 18th February.
Digital UK has opened up on the technical specification for Freeview Play. This means that all broadcasters, platforms and equipment manufacturers can participate in the next gen hybrid DTT/OTT platform. Development of the platform has been led by Digital UK and incorporates features recently defined in the HbbTV 2.0 standard for internet services and applications. … Read more
Image credit: Nikkei,Local sources say that Sharp is to close its Tenri LCD factory in Nara Prefecture, Japan, although there will be no job losses. The move is being taken as part of a re-organisation of the company’s loss-making LCD business. Sharp’s Tenri plant began operations in 1991 and has been used to produce smartphone … Read more
Nvidia reported Q4 net profit of $207 million, up 7.2% YoY from $193 million. Turnover increased 12% YoY to $1.4 billion from $1.25 billion. For the full year, net profit was $614 million, down 3% YoY from $631 million. Turnover for the same period was $5 billion, up 7% from $4.68 billion. The fiscal year … Read more
Germany’s Wortmann AG has opened a division dedicated to mobile phones and tablets. The new business, Wortmann Telecom, is managed by Stefan Bollman. It will stock Wortmann’s own Terra tablets, as well as ‘all’ products from the main brands, such as Apple and Samsung.
The Hisense laser projection system, ‘Laser Quantcast’, won a Global Innovation Award for ‘Best Future TV’ at CES in January. The device projects strong-coloured images on a 100″ screen.
The USA’s Federal Communications Commission has published a proposal (FCC Wants to Open STB Market) that it says would break down anti-competitive barriers and pave the way for software, devices and other solutions to compete with set-top boxes that consumers lease from pay-TV providers. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) will create a framework for … Read more
Samsung’s launch event for its next phone, the Galaxy S7, was unusual. The stage was located in the middle of the room, with the press conference conducted ‘in the round’. It meant that the presenters weren’t facing our side for three quarters of the time, but lent itself well to the format. The second way … Read more
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