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Variations in global currency exchange rates will mean that ‘all’ vertical industries will show negative growth in IT spending this year, according to Gartner. The firm predicts spending to reach $2.7 trillion: a 3.5% YoY decline. Appreciation of the US dollar (mainly against the euro, yen and ruble) has had a heavy impact on IT … Read more
HEVC Advance, an independent licensing administrator, today announced that technology leader MediaTek has agreed to join the HEVC Advance patent pool, which provides an efficient and transparent means for accessing and licensing HEVC essential patents. MediaTek is a market leader in cutting-edge systems-on-chip (SoC) for mobile and home entertainment devices, and is one of the … Read more
By now, most technology analysts, writers and bloggers have realized that Google Glass is no longer aiming at leading the charge of introducing augmented reality to the average consumer. Even with a revamped model, Google’s aim has shifted to the corporate and professional markets. What we are left with is the much anticipated Microsoft HoloLens … Read more
Facebook said that it is planning to roll out support for 360º video. Details were published on the Facebook blog here.
Facebook, in a blog post, said that it would support 360º videos in its News Feed. There are a number of publishers sharing new 360 videos on Facebook already, including Star Wars, Discovery, GoPro, LeBron James & Uninterrupted, NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and VICE. These videos help show the range of possibilities with this new … Read more
UK DTT platform Freeview has confirmed that the Freeview Trade Mark Licence will only be granted for HD products from the end of 2016 with the brand no longer appearing on new SD products. Freeview, alongside Digital UK – the company that manages the development and strategy of DTT and supports viewers – and the … Read more
UK DTT platform Freeview has confirmed that the Freeview Trade Mark Licence will only be granted for HD products from the end of 2016 with the brand no longer appearing on new SD products. Sales of equipment with Freeview in-built have reached more than 100 million since the service launched in 2002. Recent research by … Read more
The HEVC Advance patent pool has added MediatTek as a member.
The Nikkei Asian Review reports that 39 companies in the cable business in Japan are teaming up to deliver UltraHD content. The hope is to eventually get to 370 companies and 110 have so far expressed interest. J:Com is a market leader, Nikkei said, and is owned by KDDI and Sumitomo and is involved. The … Read more
The August shipments of notebook display panels grew 21% over the prior month to 14.43 million units, according to the latest large-size panel shipment report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce. Though the August result was impressive, inventory pressure continues to build and demand has been weak compared with the prior year. Based on WitsView’s … Read more
After many announcements, ODG (Osterhout Design Group) is now offering the R7 smartglasses for pre-order on its website. They earlier announced the R7 device as well as a more consumer-oriented device, at CES 2015 and other conferences. The R7 has a binocular design with all the consumer electronics one would dare to put in a … Read more
Click to see a bigger imageStatista published a nice chart showing how many hours of work it takes to buy an iPhone 6, according to data from the Prices and Earnings report, published every three years by Swiss bank UBS (http://tinyurl.com/o9xt7r9) It varies from 20 hours in Zurich to 627 hours if you work in … Read more
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