Facebook to Roll out 360-Degree Video Support
Facebook said that it is planning to roll out support for 360º video. Details were published on the Facebook blog here.
Facebook to roll out 360-Degree Videos
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
Freeview confirms HD product future
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
Freeview Boxes to be HD Only
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
HEVC Advance Gains MediaTek
The HEVC Advance patent pool has added MediatTek as a member.
Japanese Cable Cos Plan for UltraHD
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
TrendForce Finds Panel Makers Turn to Developing High-Value Products
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
Osterhout Design Group Opens R7 Smartglasses For Pre-order
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
How Long Do You Work for an iPhone 6?
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
IHS Analyses Samsung & LG Small OLED Developments
IHS has released a report that looks in detail at the OLED plans for LG and Samsung. Samsung hnow has five years of experience in making small OLEDs for its Galaxy smartphones and has boosted performance in brightness, resolution and lifetime. After a slump in 2013, there have been developments in flexible OLEDs. The Galaxy … Read more
IHS Analyses Samsung & LG OLED Developments
The Galaxy series rolled out by Samsung Electronics Co. has turned AMOLED into a household name. From the Galaxy S to the Galaxy S6, which were released in 2010 and 2015, respectively, many improvements have been made to resolve the issues associated with AMOLED, which were identified at the outset, including lower brightness, lower resolution, … Read more
Asustek Aims at Affordable Smartphones in India
Asustek has launched a new ZenFone Go phone in India. The product costs 7,999 rupees (US$121) and is intended to be more affordable than products previously sold in that country. The phone has a 1280 x 720 IPS LCD display and runs Android 5.1 on a Mediatek MT6580 processor. The Taipei Times reported that Asus … Read more
