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Samsung Electronics in Germany has named Leif-Erik Lindner as business director for its TV and audio business in the country. Lindner, who took up his new position at the beginning of the year, has been with Samsung since 2008 in various sales leadership roles. Prior to joining Samsung, he held various management positions with Sony.
Virgin Atlantic has taken on Sony’s Smartwear wearable range, and is trialling its use for real-time communications. The company will use Sony’s Smart Eyeglass SED-E1 (developer edition) and the Smartwatch 3, as part of an eight-week trial at the UK’s Heathrow airport.
Interaction with the physical world while wearing a virtual reality device is difficult, to say the least – flailing arms will inevitably catch errant pens, cups of water and people while you are happily stacking blocks or flying a plane. Augmented reality does not suffer from that problem in the same way, as in this … Read more
Western Europe’s commercial tablet market is expected to exceed 11 million units in 2019, representing a CAGR of more than 130% from 2014, says IDC. Despite the maturing market, this data shows that tablets will continue to represent a significant opportunity for device makers in the future. Tablets have been well accepted by consumers since … Read more
The Digital Video Broadcast group has set up a new DVB-T team, which will begin discussions about the short- and mid-term future of terrestrial broadcasting. The new group is currently preparing a paper on its long-term vision for the platform.
Humax has claimed the title of first set-top box manufacturer to announce Freeview Play products. The company’s boxes will support HD content, with built-in WiFi to access catch-up services. There will also be three built-in tuners and 500GB and 1TB storage options.
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) and Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. (NYSE: FSL) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which NXP will merge with Freescale in a transaction which values the combined enterprise at just over $40 billion. The merger creates a high performance mixed signal semiconductor industry leader, with combined revenue … Read more
Gionee, leading global provider of mobile devices and the current GUINNESS WORLD RECORD® holder for the thinnest smartphone, announced its latest Ultra Smartphone ELIFE S7 at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Developed under the ‘making slim to perfection’ product development philosophy, the S7 focuses on performance and user experience more than just ultra slim design. … Read more
Humax claims it will be the first set-top box supplier to deliver the new Freeview Play connected TV later this year. Last month Panasonic announced that it will incorporate Freeview Play in its new 2015 line of smart TVs (Panasonic is First TV Manufacturer for Freeview Play).
Some of our readers may be surprised to hear that the US has not yet fully converted to digital broadcast. While full-power analog television station transmissions in the US ended in 2009, the statutory deadline did not apply to low-power television stations, a service created in 1982 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allocate … Read more
Developed exclusively for use in the classroom, Samsung Canada today unveiled the reliable Galaxy Tab 4 Education. Designed to facilitate teacher-student engagement, the Tab 4 Education is compatible with Google Play for Education, Google’s content store for K-12 schools which contains a variety of educational apps, videos and content. “Through our expanding education product portfolio … Read more
Almost half of all TV panels shipped in 2015 will be purchased by Sony, Samsung Electronics or LG Electronics, according to IHS. In 2014, these brands increased their LCD TV shipment market shares by an average of 11% YoY, purchasing 37% of all panel supply. The trend will continue this year, to 42% of all … Read more
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