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According to UK regulator Ofcom, 61% of adults in the country take a pay-TV service, an increase from 58% in 2013. DTT coverage is ‘almost universal’ (98.5%), although there was an increase in non-ownership of digital TV (from 2% to 4%), which was most notable amongst 16-24 year-olds. 83% of households have internet access and … Read more
73,000 subscribers joined AT&T’s U-Verse service in Q4, to reach almost 6 million for the year overall. At the end of the quarter, U-Verse TV penetration was about 22%.
French designer Benoît Dereau has produced a striking example of the capabilities of computer graphics (CG). His Unreal Paris video (embedded below) created using Unreal Engine 4 illustrates for me the manner in which advances in computer graphics drive display applications in gaming, architectural rendering and more. I watched Unreal Paris at my desktop computer monitor and found that the overall design, … Read more
Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI) (“Vuzix” or, the “Company”), a leading supplier of video eyewear and smart glasses products in the consumer, commercial and entertainment markets, announced that its M100 Smart Glasses along with warehouse “vision picking” software developed by Ubimax, a leading wearable computing solutions company has successfully delivered hands-free warehouse solutions for DHL, the world’s … Read more
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), a leading provider of programmable connectivity solutions, and Silicon Image, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIMG), a leading provider of wired and wireless connectivity solutions, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement, pursuant to which Lattice will acquire Silicon Image in an all-cash tender offer of $7.30 per share, representing an … Read more
The last financial results from Microsoft for the 4th quarter of calendar year 2014, which is the 2nd quarter of the Microsoft fiscal year, are showing a positive development overall. The following chart shows the top level view. Source: Microsoft The total revenue grew by 8% over the same period a year ago, while the … Read more
Object tracking technology supplied by CAST BlackTrax Ltd (Toronto, Canada) was used by Production Technology LLC (Protec, Dubai, U.A.E.), at the Hamdan bin Mohammed Programme for Smart Government awards (HbMPSG) in late 2014. Protec is said to be the largest live events production and equipment rental company in the Middle East and the fifth largest of this type … Read more
On January 5th, Sensio (Montreal, Québec, Canada) announced a new 3D format at CES 2015 for streaming 3D content to UHD televisions called the Sensio 3D/4K format. According to the company, this format is compatible with all video compression codecs including HEVC. The format makes it possible to distribute 3D HD content without any stereoscopic compression loss, … Read more
Eye tracking: bringing back jamjar specs one face at a timeSensomotoric Instruments has teamed up with Omnivision to develop a new eye-tracking platform, for both consumer and professional applications. The platform combines OmniVision’s imaging solutions and SMI’s iView NG eye tracking software. It will be available to manufacturers this year. A video is available at http://tinyurl.com/pjc6rgd. … Read more
The Blade S6, ZTE’s newest smartphone, boasts six key features – hence the name (Samsung is probably unhappy right now – TA). Gesture motion control (‘Smart Sense’) is the first feature. Users can make a gesture that will turn on the flashlight, activate a mirror app, take rapid photos, play music and enable other functions. … Read more
2015 will be a significant year for smartglasses, with predicted unit shipment growth of almost 150% YoY, says ABI Research. The majority of growth will come from the enterprise and public sector, rather than consumers – more than 90%. Enterprise and public includes industries such as remote assistance, police and military, security, warehouse and barcode scanning. … Read more
3M Inc has announced its fourth quarter and full year results, recording a net profit in Q4 of $1.2 billion on turnover of $7.7 billion, which compares with a net profit in the final quarter of last year of $1.1 billion on turnover of $7.5 billion. For the year the company posted a net profit … Read more
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