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This week, I spent a number of days at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The event is currently the hot event for the world of mobile phone operators and makers, so much so that the exhibitors charge €750 just for the right to walk around the show floor – and I won’t bore you … Read more
This Display Daily article will provide some background on Google’s Project Ara modular phone project and report on recent developments at phone maker Yezz (Miami, FL) that are turning this project into a product. The Project Ara Android-based modular smartphone originated within Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group. It utilizes a so-called “endo,” which is … Read more
Today, touch screens are everywhere, from smart phones and tablets, to computer monitors, to interactive digital signage and displays. Many touch screens are made of layered thin (billionths of a meter thick) films of indium-tin oxide, an inorganic material that is electrically conductive, which allows electrical signals to travel from the “touch” to the edges … Read more
Via Embedded, a division of Via Technologies Ltd. (New Taipei City, Taiwan) announced on March 4th that it will demonstrate its two low-cost (Under $200) Android media players at Digital Signage Expo (DSE 2015) in Las Vegas March 11 – 12 (Booth #1845). The new unit, the VIA ALTA DS 2 will drive either two … Read more
Sony is to phase out eight of its remaining 10 Sony stores in the US and expand its retail presence through the dealer channel by rolling out 100 more Sony Experience in-store locations. The stores will close over the course of the next fiscal year, with Sony’s Los Angeles and New York outlets being the … Read more
Delegates at a roundtable discussion on digitisation and cable TV in Serbia have been told that as many as 43% of the population are still unable to receive digital TV signals. 100,000 digital receivers will be distributed to citizens for free, but this will not cover everyone who needs one. Analogue switch-off is scheduled for … Read more
GfK says that HbbTV has firmly established itself in Germany; 92% of connected TVs sold last year – 4.2 million devices – were compliant with the platform. 60% of all TVs sold (4.8 million sets) were connected units.
Dataxis estimates that the Televisa Group passed 10 million pay-TV subscribers for the first time in its history in Q4’14. At the end of Q3’14, the company had almost 9.9 million pay-TV subs. The acquisition of Mexican cable operator Telecable, in January, will add almost 400,000 additional subscribers when it is approved by regulators.
Figures from Portuguese regulator Anacom show that there were around 3.35 million pay-TV subs in the country at the end of 2014; a 5.7% YoY increase, and representing a 56.5% penetration rate. Cable remains the most popular distribution platform, with a 40.8% share. xDSL/IP follows (22.6%), with fibre (18.7%) and STH (17.9%) in third and … Read more
AOC will be the official monitor provider to the ESL UK Premiership eSports competition. Covering teams from the UK and Ireland over three seasons, qualifiers began in late February. The finals, for games including League of Legends and Counterstrike, will take place at MCM Comic Con between 22nd and 24th May.
I’m still trying to convince myself that some combination of features and design elements can make smartwatches a large-volume consumer category. Moto 360 (Photo: Ron Amadeo)In 2014, manufacturers shipped 720,000 Android Wear watches according to Canalys – a very modest number for a consumer product – with the Moto 360 being “the clear leader” despite … Read more
In a perfect example of 21st century Darwinism, an armed man who robbed a Tesco store in the UK was arrested shortly after the act – because he posted about it on Facebook.
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