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The winners of the TV Connect awards have been announced. Held at London’s Gherkin, the awards recognised efforts to continue to transform the industry. Winners included Swisscom AG’s Swisscom TV 2.0 (Best Multiscreen TV Service); Huawei’s Huawei VideoEverywhere Solution (Best TV Multiscreen Solution); Airties’ Air4920 (Best TV Consumer Device); and Virgin Media’s Virgin TV Anywhere … Read more
Just days after the first Apple Watch began showing up in the hands of consumers, DisplayMate Labs, run by Dr. Ray Soneira, completed a comprehensive battery of tests on Apple’s first AMOLED display technology. Soneira concludes that the results were impressive, reporting Apple made the right choice with its AMOLED panel, “…there is absolutely no … Read more
After the surprising announcement of the HoloLens device by Microsoft at a Windows 10 event, we have been learning more about the HoloLens and its position in the Windows 10 platform. Meanwhile, Microsoft has also developed some professional applications that show the potential of HoloLens and augmented reality in general. HoloLens is a standalone device … Read more
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, China smartphone shipments grew 17 percent annually to reach 110 million units in the first quarter of 2015. Xiaomi maintained first position, but Apple is rapidly closing the gap with 12 percent market share in second place. Linda Sui, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “China smartphone shipments … Read more
Worldwide tablet shipments recorded a year-over-year decline for the second consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15). Overall shipments for tablets and 2-in-1 devices fell to 47.1 million in 1Q15, a -5.9% decline from the same quarter a year ago, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet … Read more
The much-anticipated new Apple Watch has the lowest hardware costs compared to retail price of any Apple product IHS Technology has researched, according to a preliminary estimate by IHS (NYSE: IHS) and its Teardown Mobile Handsets Intelligence Service. The teardown of the Apple Watch Sport by IHS Technology estimates that the actual hardware costs are … Read more
Last week Samsung Display officially released some details concerning its “most advanced display,” the third-gen flexible OLED used in the Galaxy S6 Edge smart phone. That the new details are now official does not make them surprising, but together with the accompanying verbiage in Samsung Display’s recent media backgrounder and other sources, they provide an … Read more
In the Build 2015 event in San Francisco, Microsoft focused, of course, on Windows 10 and its app development platform. As a software development conference, the heart of the discussions was always on code development for certain applications and how easy it will be to accomplish certain things in the Windows platform. I am not … Read more
We missed the first launch of V-Nova and its new codec (More Details of V-Nova Perseus Emerge), so we were pleased to catch up with the firm at TV Connect, especially as we had a long discussion with the firm’s CEO, Guido Meardi. For those that haven’t picked up on V-Nova’s technology, the company claims … Read more
We have been reporting on AirTies for six years. The company has STB products for in-home distribution of content exploiting its mesh Wi-Fi technology. The latest Air 7410X is sampling now and will be the first OTT UltraHD system using Wi-Fi. The box can support UltraHD streaming and is based on a Broadcom chip. The … Read more
Qualcomm was at the show to talk about LTE broadcast rather than making any product or technology announcements. First the company clarified how it is likely to be used. Spectrum and data connections are relatively scarce resources, even with LTE, but where there is content that is very timely, it can be multicast simultaneously to … Read more
Ruwido, our favourite high end remote control developer, was showing the R157. This replaces the silvery look of other remote controls with a copper look. Ruwido doesn’t make STBs, but develops industrial designs that can be used by its STB customers. The R157 includes voice functions and supports Nuance voice technology – local or cloud-based. … Read more
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