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OTT Revenue Will Double in Five Years

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

Dreamvision Releases the World’s First UST Laser FHD Projector

Dreamvision UST

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 Cardboard App Provides VR Design Guidance

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

India Will Overtake US to Become World’s Second Largest Smartphone Market by 2017

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

Tablets Drive Business Transformation in Enterprises and Create New Usage Scenarios

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 Chosen for Massive Projection Mapping for Electronic Symphonic Concert

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

State of Android Changes by Region

Android remained the USA’s most popular smartphone operating system in the three months ending in May, data from Kantar Worldpanel shows. Google managed to increase the share of its OS by 2.8 percentage points, taking Android to 64.9%. However, the story was different in Europe’s ‘big five’ countries (Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain), … Read more

ViewSonic’s High Definition Series of LightStream Projectors

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solution products, introduces the LightStream™ PJD7 High Definition Series of Projectors, adding to the existing line of LightStream projectors which deliver the ultimate in True-to-Life colours in any lighting condition. With the new PJD7-HD Series of LightStream projectors, ViewSonic aim to address the needs of a variety … Read more

Rising Dollar Cuts IT Spending

Worldwide IT spending will fall 5.5% YoY in 2015, says Gartner, due solely to the strength of the US dollar. Spending will reach $3.5 trillion – a 2.5% rise in constant currency terms. The new forecast is down from Gartner’s previous prediction, in April, of a 1.3% decline and 3.1% rise in constant currency. “We … Read more

Samsung Reclaims Smartphone Crown

Samsung lost its leading position in the US smartphone market to Apple in the three months ending in April, according to Kantar Worldpanel. The company passed its Californian rival to take back its first-place the following month, however. The three months ending in May encompassed the first full month of sales of the Galaxy S6. … Read more

IDC: Tablets Are Replacing Traditional Client Devices

According to IDC, tablets are seeing increasing use as the only device used by employees in enterprise. The majority of enterprise tablet users in the UK, Germany and France still have at least one other device – such as a desktop, smartphone or workstation. However, a large and growing number use a tablet as their … Read more