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The wearables market maintained its upward trajectory in the first quarter of 2015 as new vendors, including Apple, prepared to enter the market. A new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker estimates that 72.1 million wearable devices will be shipped in 2015, up a strong 173.3% from the 26.4 … Read more
We hear that Comcast has held talks with Deutsche Telekom, about a potential acquisition of the T-Mobile US mobile network. Dish is also said to be interested.
Through a partnership with AMD, Samsung is readying two new thin client displays. Powered by AMD’s Embedded G-Series SoCs, the 21.5″ TC222W and 23.6″ T242W feature fast data transfer and a compact form factor. Both devices run Windows Embedded 7 (32- or 64-bit) on AMD’s 2.2GHz dual-core GX222 APU. They feature 4GB of RAM and … Read more
Epson’s Brightlink Pro 1430Wi projector has won the Commercial Integrator’s ‘Best’ award, in the Interactive Whiteboard category at Infocomm 2015. BenQ also won awards at the show; its HC1200 was chosen as the projector with the best overall picture quality at Insight Media’s Display Summit, just prior to Infocomm.
HD Guru has published an interview with Mark Turner, of Technicolor, which goes into detail about HDR, UltraHD and wide colour gamuts. To find it, visit http://tinyurl.com/onc4o7w.
Intel has completed its acquisition of Canadian smart eyewear company, Recon Instruments, which was first announced at CES earlier this year. In a post on Intel’s blog, Josh Walden, senior VP and general manager of Intel New Technology Group, said: “This acquisition gives Intel a talented, experienced wearable computing team that will help us expand … Read more
Huawei has entered into an agreement with Elko in Russia, which will see the distributor offer Huawei smartphones and tablets throughout the country.
Ingram Micro has opened a subsidiary in Casablanca, Morocco, which will trade as Ingram Micro North Africa. This is the company’s first legal presence in North Africa and Ingram Micro says it is launching its business in the region as an Advanced Solutions proposition, with a team mainly hired from its competitor, Westcon Africa. Ingram … Read more
Fox has released its first four UltraHD HDR films: Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Maze Runner, Life of Pi and Exodus: Gods and Kings. Consumers can purchase the films on M-Go on download them to a Samsung Video Pack, for viewing on Samsung TVs. The roll-out is part of a beta launch – more titles … Read more
Click to enlargeExterion Media has launched its first DOOH screens in the Netherlands. Installed at Amsterdam Central Station, the 11 70″ displays each has 1920 x 1080 resolution. Launch partners include Google, Coca-Cola and T-Mobile.
Transparent displays have existed for several years, and development continues in both LCD and OLED technology. However, Crystal Display Systems has gone in a different direction, announcing its T-LED Glass product – standing for transparent LED. Intended as window displays, CDS’ new units can be up to 63″ in size, with transparency up to 75%. … Read more
There have been repeated rumours that a Chinese maker would build Google’s next Nexus smartphone, and now Huawei has won that honour. A source, apparently a Huawei UK employee, has told IB Times that the phone will be launched later this year. The source also said that a premium Huawei smartwatch would be launched in … Read more
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