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Casio is developing ‘a watch that is smart’, rather than a smartwatch, it has told the Wall Street Journal. New president Kazuhiro Kashio said, “[W]e are trying to bring our smartwatch to a level of watch perfection: a device that won’t break easily, is simple to put on and feels good to wear”. It will … Read more
An Ubuntu-powered version of Intel‘s Compute Stick (Intel to Challenge Rivals With Thumb-PC) has been launched. The STCK1A8LFC has half the RAM and quarter of the storage of the original Compute Stick (1GB and 8GB, respectively). It is available now, for $110. Last month, LG lowered the price of its 55″ EG9600 UltraHD TV to … Read more
Smartphone sales are still an important driver for the global integrated circuit market, according to IC Insights. These devices are rapidly gaining share in the overall mobile phone market – taking 50% of shipments in Q1’13. Smartphones are expected to have 80% of the mobile phone market by Q4’15 (435 million units). By 2018, they … Read more
Chinese smartphone maker, Xiaomi, says that a slowdown in sales in the first half of the year in its domestic market were lower than the previous six months. As a result, the company’s full year sales are expected to miss Xiaomi’s target. The company sold 34.7 million handsets in the first six months of the … Read more
According to reports from Asia, notebook vendors – including Dell and HP – have been inquiring about new chassis materials. The source says that they have been looking into carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic and magnesium-alloy chassis designs. The first of these is a low-cost alternative to traditional metal chassis, but the latter is a high-cost material.
Korea’s Digital Daily claims that Apple is considering a deal with Samsung, as a potential supplier for the Apple Watch’s OLED display. This counters earlier rumours, which said that Apple would retain LG as the sole supplier (New Apple Watch Makers Unlikely). However, Samsung is apparently working on new OLED modules that would enable the … Read more
Western European OTT TV and video revenues will more than double between 2015 and 2020, says Digital TV Research. From the $894 million in 2010, and $6.3 billion expected this year, revenues will climb to $13.7 billion in five years’ time. $9 billion will be added between 2014 and 2020. The UK will contribute $2.15 … Read more
France-based Dreamvision has announced a new projector called the UST25-4000HDi that it claims is the world’s first ultra short throw (UST) FHD laser projector. Sony has a UST laser projector at 4K resolution, so this may be the first at FHD (1920 x 1080) resolution. With an impressive 0.25:1 ultra short throw projection ratio, the … Read more
Google is offering an application at the Play store that offers developers a framework and guidelines for virtual reality (VR) design. Google describes the application, Cardboard Design Lab (screenshot below) saying: “Enjoy an educational and immersive journey through principles for developing virtual reality experiences. Designing great user experiences in virtual reality is considerably different than … Read more
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone sales are forecast to grow from 1.5 billion units in 2015 to a record 1.7 billion by 2017. China, India and United States are the big three countries driving smartphone growth worldwide. India will soon overtake the United States to become the world’s second largest … Read more
According to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) study on tablets in enterprises, a large and increasing share of tablets deployed across U.K., French, and German companies are the only devices that employees are equipped with to perform their business activities. “The majority of tablet users in enterprises currently have at least another device to … Read more
Barco, a global leader in visualization technology, is continuing to lead the projection mapping landscape, powering numerous shows and events around the globe with its award-winning large venue projection. Its latest foray: Electronic Opus, a creation of TanZ Group and Video Games Live creator Tommy Tallarico, presenting a pioneering, immersive electronic symphonic concert featuring famous … Read more
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