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Verizon Plans to Start OTT Service in the Summer of 2015

Last year Verizon announced plans for an OTT service to be launched in 2015. During the latest earnings announcement, Verizon responded to questions about the OTT service by saying that they see the subscription model for OTT services as a model being pursued by many other players as well. They were most likely referring to … Read more

Consumer Confidence Toward Tech Spending and Overall Economy Retains High Levels

Consumer sentiment toward technology spending and the overall economy shows strong readings for January after record highs in December, according to the latest data released today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Technology Spending The CEA Index of Consumer Technology Expectations (ICTE), which measures consumer expectations about technology spending, increased 0.3 points in January to … Read more

The Google Wireless Industry Play

Google Wireless’ focus of late has propelled the company once again into the forefront of mobile technology, this time targeting wireless data delivery as a mobile virtual network operator (or MVNO). The company is looking to combine incumbent carrier networks plus Wi-Fi, with the potential to offer new pricing that will alter the calculus of the industry going … Read more

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Meko is pleased to announce that the Display Central website operation has been upgraded to the new Display Daily website. The new site will show the main Display Daily news and other free news about displays. It will also allow us to publish our added value news for subscribers to Mobile Display Monitor and Large Display … Read more

Izon Aids Creation of AS3D Mobiles

US-based Izon has licensed its own glasses-free 3D technology to W.A. Howell & Associates of California, to be used in healthcare software development for portable medical devices, such as tablets and mobile phones. Comment The 3D system is different to the Ultra-D technology, which Izon is licensing from Stream TV Networks. Ultra-D is for TVs, while … Read more

AMD to Replace Kaveri With Godaveri

AMD may be preparing a new APU series codenamed ‘Godaveri’ – a refresh to the existing Kaveri platform. Swedish website Sweclockers claims that the platform will be launched in the summer. As a (supposed) refresh, Godaveri will be built on the same architecture as Kaveri, with the same CPU and GPU cores (32-bit Steamroller and Graphics … Read more

Axiomtek’s OPS Player Supports UltraHD

Axiomtek’s newest digital signage media player, the OPS883-H, is an OPS-compliant model that supports UltraHD resolution. Driven by a dual- or quad-core Core i3/i5/i7 Haswell processor, the media player can be used in multi-display and large-venue applications. It measures 200 x 119 x 300mm and can connect to an OPS display via a JAE TX-25 connector. An internal … Read more

Apple Leads Tablet Processors, while Qualcomm Dominates Phones

The global market for tablet application processors rose 16% YoY in Q3’14, to $1.4 billion, according to Strategy Analytics. Apple, Intel, Qualcomm, MediaTek and Samsung were the top tablet processor vendors in terms of revenue. Apple led with a 30% share, followed by Intel at 19% and Qualcomm at 14%. Over the 12 months to Q3’14, Strategy Analytics estimates that … Read more

Seabear Announces H3 outdoor smartwatch and HUD for Diving

Seabear is an Austrian company that is “developing devices that are rugged, waterproof and reliable – for research, professional and recreational diving” and is bringing two new diving-related products to the market. The first is the smartwatch H3 and other is an update to its dive head up display HUDC S1, which is coming soon. … Read more

QD Vision Granted RoHS Exemption

The European Commission has granted an exemption to the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS 2) Directive for Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) to QD Vision for its cadmium-based quantum dots. The EC stated, ‘Colour-converting LEDs using quantum dots have significant advantages regarding energy efficiency and colour performance… The use of quantum dots in displays has a positive overall … Read more