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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
Reports from Taiwan say that HTC will show off a new smartphone called the HTC One A9 on the 21st October. Featuring a 5″ AMOLED display, the phone will run on an octa-core Snapdragon 617 CPU, and be launched in London, New York and New Delhi. It will also support fingerprint identification.
Parks Associates predicts that more than 330 million UltraHD TVs will have been sold worldwide by the end of 2019 – an increase from 2 million in 2013. A new report by the firm notes that, of US broadband households planning to purchase a new flat-panel TV this year, 56% consider UltraHD an important feature. … Read more
EInk and Palladio, a secondary packaging supplier to the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry announced a new design of pharmaceutical packaging using an electrophoretic display panel. The display from EInk is basically a small version of its electrophoretic module. The goal of the new packaging is to include sensors with a bistable display that will show … Read more
ISE, which has been extended to a four-day show in 2016 (9th – 12th February), is now fully booked. All 43,000m² of exhibit space – an 11% increase on 2015 – have been taken. Samsung, which expanded its stand to the maximum allowable space last year, has taken the all of the new Amtrium building … Read more
Sony has acquired Softkinetic Systems, a Belgian software company. Softkinetic’s DepthSense range includes sensors, cameras, modules and other products covering gesture tracking, contextual awareness and 3D data acquisition. Sony’s purchase of the company is part of the push to develop range image sensors, as well as to integrate gesture recognition into its products. As well … Read more
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