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Smart Technologies has updated its financial outlook for the 2016 fiscal year, and announced its intent to embark on a strategic review. New solutions are generating a growing share of Smart’s total revenue. However, sales from the Smart Kapp product line are growing more slowly than predicted. As a result, the outlook for the fiscal … Read more
Numerous branded smartphone vendors unveiled their next-generation flagship devices ahead of Apple’s iPhone 6s reveal this September. These earlier major product launches included Samsung’s Note 5, Huawei’s Mate and Sony Z5 series. Consequently, much of this year’s growth momentum in the smartphone market was concentrated in the third quarter. According to the latest smartphone shipment … Read more
Dolby and MStar are working together to deliver Dolby Vision UltraHD SoCs for HDR TVs next year. The companies will collaborate to optimise Dolby Vision for integration into MStar’s video processing engine.
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced a collaboration with MStar Semiconductor, Inc., a leading semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, to deliver Dolby Vision™ 4K Ultra HD system-on-a-chip (SoC) for high-dynamic-range (HDR) TVs in 2016. By working closely with Dolby to optimize Dolby Vision for integration into MStar’s powerful video processing engine, MStar … Read more
Newly released connected CE research from Parks Associates finds more than 330 million 4K UHD TVs will be sold globally by the end of 2019, an increase from two million in 2013. The report, Connected CE: Trends and Innovation, notes that, of U.S. broadband households planning to purchase a flat-panel TV in 2015, 56% think … Read more
Pioneering Swiss watchmaker Swatch presented SWATCH BELLAMY, the new “pay-by-the-wrist” watch, at the landmark Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai today. Swatch has joined forces with China UnionPay and Bank of Communications to introduce contactless payment “by-the-wrist” to China. The first four watches combine exciting, colorful yet functional Swatch design with built-in NFC (Near Field … Read more
Last week, Vizio and Dolby Laboratories announced pricing and availability of the Vizio Reference Series TV sets, which the companies described as “the industry’s first-ever complete High Dynamic Range solution with Dolby Vision playback technology”. The series consists initially of two models, one of which you might be interested in if you’ve had a good … Read more
German consumers have chosen LG Electronics as the fairest TV manufacturer in the country, for the second year in a row. The German Fairness Prize is presented by new channel N-TV and the German Insitute for Service Quality. Winners are chosen from 35 different categories.
Barco says that it has helped to deploy the world’s first multiplex cinema, exclusively using laser projectors. Santikos Theatres’ new Casa Blanca Theatre, in Texas, uses Barco’s flagship laser models in all 16 screens. The site will be opened early next year.
Humax may launch a version of its Freeview Play box that can support UltraHD streaming, once it adopts new chipsets. Commercial director Graham North said, at the launch of Humax’s new FVP-4000T box, that the prospect of UltraHD broadcast content is “slight”, but streamed content is more likely. Freeview Play specifications will require HEVC support … Read more
LG Display has released a video about the future possibilities of OLED technology. The concept is very similar to Corning’s ‘A Day Made of Glass’ video; the displays are large and ubiquitous, and everyone is using them – even schoolchildren. Watch at http://tinyurl.com/pezvn6k.
The University of Wisconsin has successfully sued Apple for $862 million, for unlicensed use of its microchip patents in some iPhones and iPads. The 1998 patent deals with a method to improve microchip efficiency, the BBC reports. The case relates to the iPhone 5S, 6 and 6 Plus – a separate lawsuit has been filed … Read more
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