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Four companies have been announced as producing Roku TVs (TVs with the Roku smart functionality built in): TCL, Hisense, Haier and Insignia. Now, Sharp has joined this small-but-growing group. Both new TVs – the 42.6″ LC-43LB371U and 49.7″ LC-50LB371U – will be on sale exclusively at Best Buy in the USA and Canada. Sharp told … Read more
Sony’s Xperia C4 is its next-generation ‘selfie phone’. A follow-on to the C3, the C4 uses a 5MP front camera with a 25mm wide-angle lens. An Exmor RTM for mobile sensor, soft LED flash and HDR feature is built-in to enhance photographs, even those taken in low light. Steadyshot, another feature, is Sony’s own optical … Read more
It was hinted at earlier this year (Facebook Earnings Call Implies No Oculus in 2015), and now Oculus has confirmed that the Rift headset will not be launched in 2015. The good news, though? A release date has finally been announced. The Oculus Rift will be launched in Q1’16, according to a new blog post. … Read more
The Spanish Observatory of Telecommunications has said that pay-TV ARPUs fell 6.3% YoY in 2014, from €30 to €25.60. In Q4, households spent €253 million on pay-TV – down 38.6% from Q4’13’s €412. Pay-TV penetration reached 21.9%, although 49.1% of pay-TV homes in Spain said that they were unhappy with the service they were receiving.
In recent months we have been talking about Ultra High Definition/4K TVs a lot, while the majority of people are still using FHD, HD or even SD televisions in their homes. While we can now buy UHD TVs from many manufacturers, content is still sparse to say the least. Now many in the TV industry … Read more
After Google Glass decided to scrap the sale of Google Glass to consumers by cancelling the explorer program, many saw this as a step back in the deployment of augmented reality technology in the consumer market. That lasted at least until Microsoft pushed its HoloLens program at the Windows 10 announcements. One of the reasons … Read more
The University of Georgia (UGA) has been teaching classes for virtual reality for some time now. Kyle Johnsen, an assistant professor in the College of Engineering is offering one of the first courses addressing virtual reality technology. Johnson stated in an interview “Teaching “Virtual Reality” in the spring is the highlight of my academic year. … Read more
Furniture retailer IKEA at Milan Design Week 2015 has unveiled its “Concept Kitchen 2025” which illustrates the firm’s vision of the future network integration and utilization of sensors and projection displays in the home environment. IKEA has collaborated with design firm IDEO, and design students at the School of Industrial Design at Lund University as … Read more
Roku, Inc. today announced that it has added the Sharp brand to the Roku TV program. Sharp Roku TV™ models will soon be available for purchase exclusively at Best Buy stores as well as atBestBuy.com. Available in 43” and 50” screen sizes, Sharp Roku TV models represent a new generation of smart TVs that are … Read more
The GSMA (Groupe Speciale Mobile) has announced a partnership with the Shanghai International Information Consumption Festival. This year’s GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai will run concurrently with the SIICF, on 15th – 17th July at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Together, the events are expected to attract between 30,000 and 50,000 visitors over the … Read more
Sony Corporation succeeded in narrowing its net loss in the fourth quarter and for the year, as well as increasing turnover. Sony’s net loss in Q4 was ¥108 billion ($903.1 million) on turnover of ¥1.9 trillion ($15.9 billion), which compares with a net loss in the final quarter of the previous year of ¥138.2 billion … Read more
Touch Display Research has published a new report on ITO replacement materials and technologies. The company predicts that the ITO-replacement market will be worth $10.9 billion by 2022. The fifth edition of ‘ITO Replacement – Non-ITO Transparent Conductor Technologies, Supply Chain and Market Forecast Report’ (paid) can be found at http://tinyurl.com/kpkbcnv.
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