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The tablet market in Western Europe stabilised in Q2, says IDC, with shipments falling 1.2% YoY to 7.5 million units. This was a significantly better result than the 10.5% shipment fall in Q1. The result was the smallest decline since the downturn – caused by weak consumer demand and increasing interest in hybrid devices for … Read more
Data from Statcounter shows that Windows 10’s growth, which started strongly, has slowed significantly from its first week. After launch the OS enjoyed a 177% week-on-week jump, to 3.78% of the global desktop OS market, from 1.36%. Growth in the week to 16th August was 30%, to a 4.95% share. Windows 7’s share held steady, … Read more
At Siggraph 2015, Qualcomm introduced its next-generation GPUs and camera image signal processors (ISPs). The Adreno 5xx GPU series will premiere with the Adreno 530 in the upcoming Snapdragon 820 processor, and the Adreno 510 in the Snapdragon 620 and 618. Qualcomm says that the Adreno 530 is designed to improve graphics performance by up … Read more
Ford’s VR Specialist (Visionary) Elizabeth Baron stands in front of the best darn display at Siggraph includes a 100-inch Barco dual laser image and work of love that was 5 years in the makingAnother new display milestone at Siggraph was shown in the Ford Booth, which showed its ‘Immersive Vehicle Environment’. This included crunching 120M … Read more
The International Honour for Excellence 2015, the highest honour IBC bestows, this year recognises a technology – and the company behind it – which has been a key enabler of the transformation of our industry. The award goes to ARM, the company behind the processors in virtually all of our smartphones and tablets. It is … Read more
UK-based Genee World has developed and launched an interactive kiosk solution, with a large display and touchscreen. The Genee kiosks can be loaded with existing or bespoke software, and are available in three versions: The Shard and Shard Tilt, with 54.6″ displays, and The Podium, for smaller applications. The Shard is the most traditional kiosk, … Read more
While the overall Tablet market contracts in 2015, 2-in-1 Detachable Tablets have become a bright spot. According to a new Strategy Analytics’ Tablet & Touchscreen Strategies report, traditional PC vendors like Asus, Acer, and HP have found a niche in which they can credibly compete against mobile device heavyweights, as the segment is forecast to … Read more
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., unveiled today that Samsung Pay, a secure and easy-to-use mobile payment service that can be used to make purchases nearly everywhere cards are accepted, will launch in Korea on August 20 and in the U.S. on September 28. Samsung plans to roll out the service in the U.K., Spain and China, … Read more
According to figures published by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Western European tablet market stabilized in Q2 2015 with total shipments contracting annually by 1.2% and reaching 7.5 million units. This small decline, which was the softest since the downturn started at the beginning of 2014, resulted from the combined effect of persistent weak demand … Read more
An omni-directional ‘treadmill’, designed for use with VR headsets and similar, has hit its Kickstarter target of $100,000. The Kat Walk provides a user with 360° of continuous movement while sitting in a hanging ‘chair’ above the surface. Special over-shoes are used on the surface to simulate walking. The campaign, which has now concluded, can … Read more
Fraunhofer IIS will both demonstrate and launch new digital media and cinematic solutions at IBC 2015, which takes place in Amsterdam this September. Of particular interest is Fraunhofer’s Lici codec. IBC 2015 will see the first real-world implementation of this software in a KVM set-up. It will be demonstrated with IHSE GmbH and Viscon GmbH, … Read more
I had a weak moment during the week. I thought about upgrading my system to the new Windows 10. I have been installing the latest Windows version on my system since Windows 1 in 1985. In the early days, installing Windows was really time-consuming with a big stack of floppy disks (5.25″ back then) and … Read more
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