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Conceived at the company’s R&D facilities in Tampere, Finland, Nokia introduced Ozo at a recent event in Los Angeles attended by representatives from major studios, production houses and media and technology companies. OZO is billed as the first commercially available virtual reality camera designed and built for professional content creators. This product is the first … Read more
Breakfast LLC (Brooklyn, NY) bills itself as a company that can rapidly design and prototype systems and develop IP for client companies and brands. The most recent device produced by Breakfast took 1½ years to create. It is called a “Thread Screen” and it is unlike any other display of which I am aware. First … Read more
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for the Nvidia Shield 8″ tablet. WASHINGTON, July 31, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2015/NVIDIA-Recalls-Tablet-Computers/ The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1973 and charged with protecting the American public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from … Read more
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for the 8″ Nvidia Shield tablet. The battery in these products (model numbers P1761, P1761W and P1761WX) has been found to occasionally overheat, posing a fire hazard. About 83,000 tablets were sold in the USA, and 5,000 in Canada. Consumers should contact Nvidia for a … Read more
A consortium of Audi, BMW and Daimler has agreed to buy the HERE digital mapping and location services business from Nokia. Nokia completes next stage of transformation with agreement to sell HERE to automotive industry consortium at an enterprise value of EUR 2.8 billion Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced an agreement to sell its … Read more
A consortium of car companies – Audi, BMW and Daimler – have agreed to buy Nokia’s Here digital mapping and location services. The deal has been valued at €2.8 billion. Nokia and the consortium expect the deal to close in Q1’16, subject to conditions and regulatory approvals. When this happens, Nokia estimates that it will … Read more
Smartphone growth continues to slow worldwide – but demand for LTPS TFT-LCD screens for these products is on the rise. According to IHS, LTPS TFT-LCD smartphone display shipments grew 31% YoY in the first half of 2015, to reach 251 million units. Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus drove this growth, representing 52% of shipments. … Read more
The Wall Street Journal says that Google is quietly relaunching Google Glass – but only for business users. According to the source, Google has redesigned the headset; instead of a frame, it is supplied with a ‘button-and-hinge’ system to be attached to existing glasses. The screen has been improved, to make it longer, thinner and … Read more
Microsoft said in a blog that it already had 14 million devices with Windows 10, just 24 hours after launch. You can see the blog here.
The finalists for the DTG’s Television Innovation Awards (DTG Holds Third TV Innovation Awards) have been announced. Having made it through the finals on the 21st July, goHDR, Motive Television, Parabola, Smartzer, TV App Agency and Twocashew will exhibit in room G.001 at IBC in September. Here, gold, silver and bronze winners will be selected.
Amidst falling TFT-LCD revenues, OLED is the only display technology with an expected revenue increase, says IHS. Revenues for the overall flat panel display (FPD) industry are expected to fall 2% YoY in 2015, from $131.4 billion to $129 billion. As well as falling TFT-LCD revenues, the industry is also being affected by declining PC … Read more
We saw a very interesting article in the SMPTE Newswatch newsletter on the challenges for live TV broadcasters that are created by the move to UltraHD. The article, by Michael Goldman, highlights how productions will probably use a mixture of FullHD and UltraHD cameras.
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