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Lenovo has unveiled a bevy of new devices at an event in Beijing, including a Chromecast rival. First are three new laptops for consumers: the Z41 and Z51 are for multimedia use, and the Ideapad 100 for simple (read: basic) functionality. The Z models are 14″ (Z41) and 15″ (Z51), with 1920 x 1080 resolution … Read more
Pimm’s has taken space on 12 of Ocean Outdoor’s premium sites in London and Birmingham, to prepare the UK for the sunny weather. Showcasing the power of digital advertising, the advert is activated when the temperature rises, with changes either side of 21°.
City Outdoor has won a tender by Newcastle City Council to install and operate a double-sided, large-format full motion screen in the UK city. The screen will be live in September and will be placed on Northumberland Street, lending it the name Northumberland Street Live.
Truly Optoelectronics expects to begin AMOLED production at its own facility in Q1’16. The Chinese company has said that construction of the G4.5 fab will be completed in June, and equipment will be installed in October. Monthly output will be about 15,000 substrates.
OVAB Europe’s Digital Signage Business Climate Index tracks the sentiment of the industry in several regions across Europe. Most recently OVAB has released the May/June results for the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland). Sentiment fell 8.2 percentage points from the last survey in March, to 51.35. This accompanied a slight (2%) fall in the … Read more
Sony devices have been used in a succession of four cataract surgery procedures, which were filmed and broadcast live in 3D at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons’ (ESCRS) Winter Meeting in İstanbul. The operations used one MCC-3000MT and dual PMW-10MD 3-chip CMOS cameras, as well as an LMD-3251MT 3D monitor.
Oculus has announced its acquisition of Surreal Vision, a UK-based company which has been working to refine software that can accurately and quickly build 3D maps of physical environments, which it calls simultaneous location and mapping. Financial details were not disclosed. Surreal Vision describes itself as a “team of computer vision scientists tackling the most … Read more
Foxconn chairman Terry Gou has said that the company is aiming to develop between 10 and 12 facilities in India, and could spend “a few billion dollars” on them. “A lot of our customers, especially Chinese customers, need us to manufacture…in India, to make phones, tablets, TVs, as soon as possible”, Gou said in an … Read more
A new LG monitor has appeared on the company’s Australian website, with no accompanying announcement. The page is currently pretty sparse, with only the key features of the monitor listed. It is a 27″ unit with UltraHD resolution and is called the 27UM67. As well as 99% sRGB coverage, an IPS panel and 10-bit colour … Read more
A new smartphone from Gionee has appeared in a TENAA listing in China. The M5 is the successor to the M3, featuring two batteries and four days of lifetime. The display is a 5.5″ AMOLED unit (1280 x 720). Android 5.1 runs on a 1.3GHz quad-core CPU with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage.
When the thing that you take away from this image is that he named his Pikachu Platypus, you know that you’re of the Game Boy generation.A Belgian student, known as Raz, has built what might be the world’s largest Game Boy. Remember the original? A handheld hunk of white plastic that consumed a generation. Raz’s … Read more
Credit: CnetA titanium-body smartwatch prototype, running Android 4.4, was recently spotted at CES Asia. The Rockioo Watch is currently being funded on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/oa8hfqq). It has a 1.63″ OLED display (320 x 320) and features 3G connectivity, as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. A micro-SIM card enables text messaging and voice calls. Fitness is the … Read more
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