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At the World Climate Summit in France, Philips has announced that it is committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2020. The company expects to have reduced itts carbon footprint by 40% this year, since 2007, but wants to accelerate that process over the next five years. More than half of the company’s energy use now … Read more
Kraaft is a gaming venue in France, with brands BarKraaft and Kraaft by Hub. Here, gamers can come together to eat, drink, chat and – of course – play! The company, which is expanding through the country, has chosen to use Eizo’s Foris FG2421 as its display of choice. New hubs are being opened in … Read more
Hannspree has produced an update to its HannsG HT Touch monitor line, the 27″ HT273HPB, which replaces the HT271HPB. As well as better viewing angles thanks to the TN-to-IPS conversion, the screen is slimmer, with a faster touch response time. ‘One of the highest levels of touch control on the market’ is Hannspree’s claim for … Read more
VESA’s membership roster has exceeded 230 companies. The organisation attributes much of its recent growth to increasing adoption of the DisplayPort standard, which is being supported by DisplayPort Alt Mode in USB-C. VESA will show DisplayPort over USB-C, Adaptive Sync, Display Stream Compression and Panel Self Refresh technologies at CES 2016 next month.
Dell has extended its ongoing partnership with Ingram Micro to France. By the end of the winter, Ingram will be able to distribute Dell’s full product portfolio in the country. Ingram joins Tech Data and MCA Technology.
Apple has long been rumoured to be developing an IPTV service, with the last update – a delay to 2016 – coming in August (Apple TV Service Hits Delay). Now both Bloomberg and CBS‘s CEO say that the company has ‘suspended’ its plans. Instead, it will focus on acting as a platform for other companies … Read more
HTC will narrowly miss the Q1’16 launch of its HTC Vive headset, which it provided in September (Valve and HTC Backtrack Over Vive Launch). The company has now said that the wearable will be launched in April.
ET News of Korea has said that Samsung Electronics doubled its LCD panel purchases between Q2 and Q3’15. The company is preparing for a busy Christmas period in North America, as well as high demand in early 2016 during China’s Lunar New Year. Most purchases were made by Samsung’s Visual Display and Consumer Electronics businesses.
ANFR, the French communications regulator, has allocated an €82 million budget, to help viewers migrate from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 AVC on the DTT platform. The switch must occur before the 5th April. It is estimated that 6.3 million TV sets will need to be upgraded.
The Port Lympne Reserve for wild animals in Kent, UK, is accustoming its lemurs and langurs to living with others of their kind, using the magic of technology. UltraHD TVs from Son have been installed in their enclosures, showing footage of their own wild cousins to prepare them for release away from man-made reserves. Port … Read more
DISH Network has said that it added approximately 751,000 gross new pay-TV subscribers in Q3, compared to approx 691,000 gross in the same period last year. However, net pay-TV subscribers declined 23,000, compared to a loss of 12,000 in Q3’14. The company closed Q3 with 13.9 million pay-TV subscribers, against 14 million last year.
I have just returned from the I/ITSEC 2015 trade show, North America’s big event for training and simulation. As expected, solutions continue to become more complex and more realistic, and displays play a key role – from collimated Level D flight simulators to virtual and augmented reality headsets. The other major element of great simulation … Read more
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