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In the three months ending in February 2015, smartphones had penetrated almost 77% of the US market, according to Comscore – up 5% on the September – November 2014 period. The result represented 186.3 million smartphone owners. Apple led the market, with a 41.7% share, and Samsung followed at 28.6%; all other vendors had single-digit … Read more
A report on video-on-demand has been published by the European Commission. ‘The development of the European market for on-demand audiovisual services’ was prepared by the European Audiovisual Observatory. It presents statistics for European VoD in 2014, as well as covering five different sections as they relate to the sector: online advertising; developments in the SVOD … Read more
A UK company called Spectral Edge has announced an HDMI adapter for colour blind TV viewers, called the Eye2TV. The device is meant to make it easier to distinguish between red and green, as well as defining on-screen objects more clearly. A campaign is running on Kickstarter to fund the adapter (http://tinyurl.com/nt9fpqf), with the goal … Read more
Tobii has added two improvements to its Pro Glasses 2 wearable (Tobii Brings Eye-Tracking to Glasses): 50Hz sampling and MEMS components. Tobii has combined the headset’s slippage compensation technology with a 50Hz sampling rate for each of the four eye cameras. The intent is to enable more accurate and valid data collection. Additionally a MEMS … Read more
PSCo has been appointed as exclusive UK distributor for VuWall Technology. VuWall Technology develops collaborative visualisation software for video wall controllers.
ZDnet Korea reports that Samsung is developing two new Tizen smartphones. The Z2, for developing markets such as India, is said to have 960 x 540 resolution (screen size was not listed, but will probably be the same 4″ as the Z1), 2,000mAh battery, quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM. The other device will be … Read more
A new autostereoscopic (glasses-free) 3D display system is being developed at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, aiming to overcome the drawbacks of existing AS3D displays. Glasses-free 3D today, using lenticular lenses, optical gratings or micro-lens arrays, suffer from a loss of image depth, low image resolution or shallow viewing angles. The new system uses what developer Hongen … Read more
Sharp has moved to deny the latest rumour concerning its future, that the loss-making company is about to sign a $1.7 billion rescue and restructuring plan with its main lenders, Mizuho Bank and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. According to a Nikkei report, the banks will jointly invest the $1.7 billion in a debt-for-equity swap, while … Read more
Emagin has appointed Dan Cui as VP of business development for its head-mounted display group. Cui has over 15 years’ experience working in the wearable space, including at Vuzix as VP sales and business development.
The Nikkei reports that Panasonic is to set up a new innovation centre within its AVC Networks company to develop business systems based on “cutting-edge technologies” in the areas of image recognition and voice processing. Panasonic’s first area of interest is reported to be in digital signage that can be used to present product information … Read more
Image credit: InvidisSpanish department store chain El Corte Inglés is modernising. The retailer has installed two large-format LED video boards, in Madrid and Málaga. Both displays use LED modules from Daktronics. The Málaga unit was unveiled in late March with film star Antonio Banderas, who was born in the city. The screen is 13.9m x … Read more
Netflix added 4.9 million subscribers in Q1’15, according to its recent finance results – taking the total to 60 million subscribers worldwide. Of these, 41.4 million are in the USA. The new figure represents 24% YoY growth.
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