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Lapexpand Seeks Funding

January 20, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

Lapexpand is a project that is seeking crowdfunding on Indiegogo (http://tinyurl.com/ph7asmp), and intending to bring the full desktop experience to mobile computing. The company is developing portable, lightweight monitors (1920 x 1080) that fold down onto a laptop when not in use, and can expand out when a user needs more screen real estate. The … Read more

Rumours Fly Before MWC

January 20, 2015 by Tom Allen

MWC is widely expected to serve as the launch platform for a number of tier one manufacturers’ flagship products this year, given their absence from the CES tradeshow. Rumours about Sony‘s Xperia Z4 have been circulating for several months, and – naturally – many are contradictory. We can probably trust claims that the phone will … Read more

New Large-Format Monochrome Ultra-Glow LCD Marine Instrument Displays from Garmin

January 20, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., today announced the GNX 120 and GNX 130, two new large-format marine instrument displays designed for serious sailors who demand quality, precision, and total integration. “Garmin’s new GNX instruments boast the brightest and most visible digits available in the market today, providing superior readability day or night,” … Read more

Sky Factory Launches eScape 2.0, Smart Digital Cinema Virtual Window with Integrated Platform

January 20, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

Sky Factory’s best–selling Digital Cinema Virtual Window, eScape, now brings the dynamic beauty of nature—real-time moving images and sound in Full HD—in a simpler integrated platform that features an intuitive on-screen menu, easy to order plug and play content, and no longer requires an external playback unit. “With eScape 2.0’s integrated platform, users can … Read more

CeBIT is Returning to Hannover

January 20, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

CeBIT will take place from 16th – 20th March 2015 in Hannover this year. The main theme will be the digital economy, with sub-themes of mobile; social; big data; the cloud; and security. China will be a partner country to 2015 show.

Fujitsu Nominates New President

January 20, 2015 by Helen Vince

Fujitsu has nominated Tatsuya Tanaka as its new president, to replace Masami Yamamoto when his tenure comes to an end in June 2015. Since April last year, Tanaka has been overseeing Fujitsu’s operations in Asia, outside of Japan, as senior vice president. In June, when his appointment is approved by the board of directors, Yamamoto … Read more

MEA Smartphone Market Booms as 4G LTE Shipments to GCC Grow 400%

January 20, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

GCC shipments of 4G LTE handsets have increased more than four times over the last year and are now close to accounting for one half of all smartphones sold in the region, according to the latest figures from International Data Corporation (IDC). The market intelligence firm’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker shows that smartphones now … Read more

Global IPTV Market is Expected to Reach $79.38 Billion in 2020

January 19, 2015 by Helen Vince

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research “IPTV Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020,” the market was valued at USD 24.94 billion in 2013 and is expected to reach USD 79.38 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 18.1% from 2014 to … Read more

Casio to Release High-Value Entry Level Projector XJ-V1

January 19, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

Casio Computer Co., Ltd., announced the release of a new generation projector XJ-V1 which succeeded to overcome several technical hurdles and realized practical enough 2700 ANSI lumens brightness at the field of education and business at surprisingly reasonable price1 in Laser & LED SSI (Solid State Illumination) projector category. The XJ-V1 will provide everyone who … Read more

SFO Ends HP/Autonomy Investigation

January 19, 2015 by Helen Vince

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has concluded its investigation into the sale of UK software company Autonomy to HP and says there is no case to answer. The investigation began in 2013 after HP claimed that the former management of Autonomy had overstated the value of the company, leading HP to record a non-cash … Read more

Super Bowl’s UltraHD Cameras Not Used for Transmission

January 19, 2015 by Vanessa Browning

Super Bowl 2015 is likely to use up to six UltraHD cameras, according to panelists at last year’s SMPTE conference in Hollywood. The cameras will be used to to zoom and showcase key plays, rather than for general transmissions.

Amazon Streams UltraHD in Germany

January 19, 2015 by Tom Allen

Amazon Instant Video can now be used to stream UltraHD content in Germany, although currently there is only English language content. The app is currently supported by Ultra HD TV sets from Samsung, LG and Sony (2014 models) and users need a 15Mb connection.