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In an interview with China’s Xinhua, Huawei has said that its smartphone sales in CEE and northern Europe this year have been ‘gratifying’. More than 3.46 million smartphones were sold, representing a 114% increase on 2014. Sales revenue for the terminal business was up 60%, with the mobile phone business growing more than 125%.
Quick Search: Research is a new series dedicated to unpacking some of the emerging research on 3D, VR, and other dynamic visualization technologies. Refer to the introductory article for this series, entitled Chasing the Research. In today’s article, we are highlighting some informal, classroom-based “action research” effort conducted in a Minnesota elementary school. ***** One … Read more
One cool part of the analyst day visit at Dolby was a tour of a couple of forward-looking labs. In one, we saw how Dolby is measuring biometric data like EKG, eye movements, skin sensations and more – all in response to watching video content. Part of this is aimed at understanding how viewers might … Read more
One of the demos focused on Dolby Cinema. While we did not sit in a real Dolby Cinema theater (that is being constructed at the site), we did see some real images. The projector is specially designed to deliver ultra-high contrast. It is essentially two 3-chip DLP projectors in series so you get double modulation … Read more
One of the key new initiatives in sound reproduction is the move to create immersive sound. We have moved from monaural to stereo to 5.1 to 7.1 and even more channels. Now, we are adding an overhead layer and the ability to create sounds at any arbitrary point in this immersive audio dome. This is … Read more
Dolby Laboratories invited a number of industry analyst to spend the day with them in San Francisco showing off technology and discussing their business. It was an open and informative day. First, Dolby is doing well. We met in the company’s new headquarters building on fashionable Market Street in downtown San Francisco. It is a … Read more
SMPTE’s Board of Governors has formally approved the creation of the SMPTE UK Region. Bruce Devlin, chief media scientist at Dalet, has been appointed to serve as the new region’s first governor. The SMPTE UK Section grew from 83 members in 2012, to more than 500 in 2015. Any Section exceeding 500 members can petition … Read more
Apple® today announced that Jeff Williams has been named chief operating officer and Johny Srouji is joining Apple’s executive team as senior vice president for Hardware Technologies. Phil Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, will expand his role to include leadership of the revolutionary App Store® across all Apple platforms. Apple also announced that … Read more
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and DISH Network L.L.C have completed long-term carriage agreements for three of SPT’s wholly-owned domestic networks: Sony Movie Channel, Cine Sony Television and getTV. The agreements include first-time nationwide distribution of classic TV channel getTV, the addition of Spanish-language Hollywood movie and entertainment network Cine Sony Television on DishLATINO, and continued … Read more
The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that 3.2 billion people, or 44% of the world’s population, will have access to the Internet in 2016. Of this number, more than 2 billion will be using mobile devices to do so. But what are the world’s Internet users doing online? A new IDC infographic, How the World … Read more
This week we feature two stories that highlight how far down CPT and Hannstar are on a year on year basis. That reflects a range of problems at the moment for the panel industry. CPT and Hannstar are interesting companies because they are the result of a particular point in Taiwanese panel production expansion. Neither … Read more
Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced that its ANX7428 achieved USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) certification for USB Power Delivery (USB PD), receiving the Product Test ID 10970042. The ANX74XX Mobile HD family supports the DisplayPort™ over USB-C™ protocol (formally known as the DisplayPort™ Alt Mode), USB data, and USB Power Delivery. ANX74XX is a fully integrated, … Read more
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