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The BBC’s Connected Red Button service will be rebranded to ‘Red Button+’ this month, with new features launched, such as picture-in-picture browsing of news, weather and video highlights. The service will be available on TVs from Samsung, Sony, Sharp, Toshiba, Panasonic, LG and more.
The UK’s Digital Television Group has launched the D-Book 8. The new version provides the DTT industry with the tools to support Freeview Play and manage the clearance of the 700MHz spectrum. Also included are support for future HEVC broadcasts; a new method to deliver software updates over broadband; and ‘hundreds’ of minor updates to … Read more
In the high stakes game of moving everything to the cloud, the idea of truly Open Source code (implementation) and protocol specifications for the Internet of Things ( IoT) can be elusive. Now Panasonic has committed to a patent non-assertion policy on some of its core software code used to connect everything from in-flight entertainment … Read more
Best Buy Canada is to consolidate its Future Shop and Best Buy stores and websites under the Best Buy brand, unveiling a plan to build a multi-channel customer experience. As a result, 66 Future Shops, which are co-located with Best Buy stores, are to be closed, leaving the retailer with a total of 192 locations … Read more
Apple and Samsung managed to maintain control over the branded tablet market in 2014, although Apple carried the market as expected, according to new data from market intelligence firm ABI Research. Apple’s iPad experienced a decline of 15% in shipments between 2013 and 2014 but gained 9% market volume QoQ. In contrast, Samsung managed 7% … Read more
Atheer, the company pioneering Augmented interactive Reality (AiR™) Smart Glasses by combining the power of mobile 3D augmented reality with gesture-based interaction, will be showcasing their latest technology through live, hands-on demos at the SPAR International Conference. WHAT: Atheer invites partners, potential customers and media to experience first-hand how the AiR platform can be used … Read more
Insights in Education This is the second installment in my new series that shines some light on the thinking, preferences, and tendencies of your education market customers. I know them well. I am one of them. I’ve been an educational technology director for 25 years, with a significant track record in large educational technology purchases … Read more
Earlier this year Corning released a new glass type called Iris. We have reported on this new material before but at the time Corning only released general goals and the name of the new material. Now the company has released the data sheet. First of all Corning is promising better colour performance based on a … Read more
HTC America Inc., a leader in mobile innovation, will begin selling its highly anticipated new flagship device, the HTC One® M9 that comes with the industry-leading UH OH™ Protection, online in the U.S. at 12:01 a.m. ET on Friday, March 27 and in-store on April 10 at major carriers and retailers. Widely considered smartphone of … Read more
Recon Instruments, the award-winning technology company behind the world’s first consumer heads-up displays for sports and high-intensity environments, today announced it has been working with SAP to integrate its new Jet smart eyewear with augmented reality (AR) mobile apps from SAP SE (NYSE: SAP). Jet smart eyewear will enable workers in industries like manufacturing, field … Read more
This week, we have had much discussion in the team about the newsletters. When we merged Display Monitor with Large Display Report and Mobile Display Report, I said in my editorial that we wanted to combine the completeness of the Display Monitor coverage, with the depth of the Large and Mobile titles. I think we … Read more
Leader Instruments’ LV5490 UltraHD waveform monitor has been chosen by the Mobile TV Group, to be used in the first UltraHD mobile production unit in North America. The Mobile TV Group created the MPU, which is capable of handling sports and entertainment events using 14 UltraHD cameras. It will be active in the middle of … Read more
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