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Sony Electronics today announced that it is bringing High Dynamic Range (HDR) support to more of its 4K Ultra HD televisions. In addition to the previously announced X930C and X940C models, Sony is also adding HDR compatibility to the X850C, X900C and X910C models via a network update, available soon. With this update users will … Read more
Axiomtek’s newest panel PC, the GOT3217W-881-PCT, features a fanless design and waterproof enclosure, with an IP65-rated front panel. The unit offers optional 3G and WiFi connectivity. The intended application is as an HMI platform in shopping centres, supermarkets and factories. The 21.5″ unit runs on Intel Core i3/i5/i7 (Haswell) Pentium or Celeron processors. An anti-vibration … Read more
Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that around 3.44 million homes in the country are now taking a pay-TV service. The 10 largest pay-TV providers were responsible for 3.16 million of these. The eight largest IPTV/cable players had a combined total of almost 2.5 million subscribers, while the three major DTH companies had 900,000. Regardless of … Read more
A new study released today by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, and SpotX, the video inventory management platform for publishers, found that revenue across Europe from online video jumped from €22 million in 2012 to €375 million in 2015. IHS forecasts that €2 billion, which is over … Read more
Last year, one of the most impressive demos that we got was at Rovi when the firm showed us its natural language user interface tool. The system was good at understanding the context and likely meaning of requests. This year, the company has added Spanish to English as a supported language and there have been … Read more
Audi has shown off a concept car at the Frankfurt International Motor Show, which makes great use of OLEDs. The E-tron Quattro is an electric vehicle with a range of more than 300 miles. Not only the internal displays, but the head- and taillights are built with OLED technology. There are nine OLED lighting panels … Read more
LG Display is still on target to develop 60″, UltraHD, flexible and rollable transparent panels by 2017, the company has said – which it is working on as part of Korea’s Future Flagship Programme (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 27). Our only update since then came in February 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 8), … Read more
A leak on Chinese social network Weibo – from a source that has been correct on Samsung stories in the past – claims that Samsung will launch its ‘Project Valley’ smartphone (Rumour: Project Valley is Samsung’s Foldable Phone) in January. The source says that the phone is being tested with Snapdragon 620 and 820 chips. … Read more
Qualcomm has announced the third-generation of its Quick Charge technology, which will be able to charge an average phone from 0% to 80% in 35 minutes. It is said to be almost 40% more efficient than Quick Charge 2.0, thanks to Qualcomm’s Intelligent Negotiation for Optimum Voltage algorithm. The technology is expected to appear in … Read more
Nokia’s acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent (Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent Sign MOU) has been approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). With the clearance from CFIUS and the Department of Justice (US DoJ Approves Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent Merger), the companies have received all of the regulatory approvals required for the transaction in the USA. Nokia … Read more
Meg Whitman, CEO of HP, has said that the company will need to cut between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs in its process of splitting (HP to Split into Two Companies) – equal to about 10% of the current workforce. Whitman will become the CEO of HP Enterprise in November, which will have responsibility for servers, … Read more
The Chinese-language Liberty Times claimed that Mediatek was aiming to acquire Parade Technologies, earlier this month. Mediatek has now dismissed the article in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
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