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Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) and JT Bioscopen today announced that JT Hilversum will be JT Bioscopen’s second Dolby Cinema™ location in the Netherlands. Dolby Cinema, featuring Dolby Vision™ and Dolby Atmos®, is a premium cinema offering for moviegoers that combines spectacular image and sound technologies with inspired design to make every visit a completely captivating … Read more
The name of Huawei’s new tablet, the T1 10″, is slightly misleading, as it isn’t actually a 10″ (or even 10.1″) model at all – the display is 9.6″. According to Techradar, which asked Huawei for clarification, the company’s response was, ‘[T]he Huawei T1 has a 10″ screen and offers a 9.6 inch IPS LCD … Read more
Dutch company Fairphone is a phone maker with a difference. The company’s self-named smartphone uses ethically-sourced materials and is designed to have a long lifespan: it is modular, but in a different vein to Project Ara. Rather than users replacing the display module when they want a larger screen, or adding better speakers, the Fairphone … Read more
According to an AMD representative on the Overclockers UK forum, AMD’s new ‘Fiji’ chip (AMD Has Big Plans for UltraHD) does not support an important part of the HDMI 2.0 standard: the ability to transfer UltraHD signals at 60fps. Instead, users are recommended to use DisplayPort. Commentators agree that this will severely hinder the chip’s … Read more
Toshiba has announced a range of laptops that will go on sale at the start of July, just before the launch of Windows 10. Each one uses either a new AMD Carrizo or a fifth-generation Intel chip; they will run Windows 8.1, with a free upgrade to Windows 10 later in the month. The four … Read more
Around 1,500 police officers in Cumbria (UK) have been issued with a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 device, as part of an effort to modernise policing in the area. The move is part of a £1.8 million ($2.6 million) initiative by the Cumbria Constabulary. Samsung’s phones are pre-loaded with policing apps and services, so officers can … Read more
Radiocom, the Romanian national transmission company, has begun DVB-T2 tests. The tests are taking place in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi and Timisoara. All transmitters for DVB-T2 should be in place by the end of 2016.
The BBC is trialing a way for people to control their TV using the power of their thoughts. BBC Digital created the prototype with The Place. 10 BBC employees used a headset, measuring electrical activity in the brain, to open the iPlayer and start viewing a programme, without touching a physical controller. Concentrating hard enough … Read more
A second Dolby Cinema (Dolby to Take on IMAX in Large Format Theaters) is to be opened in the Netherlands. The location will be JT Bioscopen’s JT Hilversum theatre, following an opening in Eindhoven last year. It will be officially opened on 15th July.
HP has shared more details, as well as a launch date, of its first USB-C hybrid: the Pavilion X2, which was teased at Computex this month. Set to arrive at the same time as Windows 10, this convertible PC shares a name with the 2014 model, but uses a different design. A magnetic hinge is … Read more
Landline phone maker Gigaset has announced plans to enter the smartphone market. It hopes to compete with Samsung and Apple on high-end units. An Android smartphone range will be launched in multiple global markets, with an official launch at IFA 2015 in September. Details have leaked about one of the devices, the ‘Sloan L’. It … Read more
Reuters reports that Sony and Panasonic have no plans to abandon their TV businesses, despite reporting mounting losses in recent years. According to Reuters, both companies believe that retreating from the TV market would close off more promising opportunities. With a focus on the premium sector of the TV market, both Sony and Panasonic are … Read more
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