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Netflix has asked the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject the planned merger of AT&T and DirecTV, unless its competitive concerns about the deal are addressed. The company said it does not object to the merger in principle but is worried about the merged company’s ‘gatekeeping power’ as it would become the largest pay-TV … Read more
Like the Grace X7 (BSI Supports Low-Light Photography for Prestigio), Prestigio’s Grace X3 (4.5″) and X5 (4.7″) smartphones focus on their camera features. Both new models use the BSI sensor that was featured in the X7, which enhances low-light photography and video capture. They also have 5MP front cameras and 8MP (X3)/13MP (X5) rear cameras. … Read more
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) saw sales and shipments fall in April, both sequentially and year on year. Sales for last month were down 9.4% sequentially and 6.9% year on year at NT$4.1 billion ($133.1 million). For the first four months of the year, CPT’s cumulative sales were down 10.5% from the same period of last … Read more
Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas’ (SMA) new memory LCD display can show eight colours. The 1.33″ module (LS013B7DH06) is designed for ‘always-on’ products, such as smartwatches. As a memory LCD unit, it can continually show an image without drawing power. The display has 128 x 128 resolution, using an RGB vertical stripe pixel arrangement. The … Read more
In its latest quarterly trading update, JCDecaux said that turnover in Q1 was 13% higher year on year at €649 million from €574.1 million in the first quarter of last year. Street furniture, which is the company’s largest business, saw revenue grow 11.9% to €291.3 million, with transport, the second largest sector, achieving growth of … Read more
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
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