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Roku was explaining its strategy in the Westgate (formerly LVH/Hilton) hotel. The firm was very happy as it has signed up Haier and Best Buy Insignia to add to TCL and Hisense as adopters of its OS for TVs. The company demonstrated the simple interface that it has developed that allows full control of inputs … Read more
Major news outlets including ABC, BBC, Telegraph, etc. broke the news that Google is halting the distribution of Google Glass in its current form and have announced a major change in the organization. This came after the Wall Street Journal reported the news that Google Glass will not exist anymore in its current form. Alistair Barr from WSJ broke the news in a … Read more
China has set aside $20 billion to find the country’s chip industry, and is expected to invest half of the money this year – as much as 70% will go to domestic wafer fabs. The country currently imports around 50% of the world’s chips, but produces less than 10%, according to the EE Times.
“Fatih Smart Board” by The original uploader was Mustafa Alperen SEKİ at Turkish WikipediaTurkey’s Fatih Project, which aims to provide a tablet to every schoolchild in the country, is ‘on the brink of collapse’, according to local sources. Launched in 2012, the Fatih Project has seen several delays and corruption allegations in its lifetime. A … Read more
inLighten, a recognized leader in the field of digital signage, interactive, self-service and audio solutions has announced the release of Argo, a thumb-sized digital media player for digital signage applications that is the first of its kind to feature a Windows Operating System. Continuing inLighten’s long history of producing Windows-based digital signage solutions of … Read more
JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, will demonstrate the new GY-LS300 4KCAM Super 35mm camcorder for filmmakers attending the 2015 Sundance Film Festival at the New York Lounge in Park City, Utah, Jan. 23-26. Designed with cinematographers, documentarians, and photographers in mind, the GY-LS300 features a JVC 4K Super 35mm CMOS sensor … Read more
Russia’s Yota Devices, creator of the dual-screen Yotaphone, is working on a tablet. According to Russia’s Izvestia newspaper, the tablet also features E Ink and full-motion (likely LCD) screens. A final decision on whether to manufacture the tablet is still to be taken, and CEO Vladislav Martynov said that the company’s focus is still its smartphone. Display … Read more
Samsung didn’t show off any new tablets at CES 2015, but a leaked roadmap posted by SamMobile shows that preparations are being made for four new devices to be launched this year. As well as model numbers, SamMobile has some information on the devices themselves. The Galaxy Tab AS (SM-T351, SM-T350), Galaxy Tab AL (SM-T551, SM-T550), Galaxy … Read more
LG Electronics (LG) will begin rolling out the world’s lightest 14-inch Ultra PC (Model 14Z950) and the world’s first 21:9 curved all-in-one (AIO) PC (Model 29V950) in key markets including South Korea and countries in South America. The two Ultra PC laptops are super-lightweight and ultra-slim, and the AIO PCs are perfect for customers who … Read more
A non-exclusive “key” partnership has been announced by Kateeva and Sumitomo Chemical to pair Sumitomo’s P-OLED materials with Kateeva’s Yieldjet OLED inkjet printing platform. Working together to develop reference data for customers (optimised for Sumitomo’s inks and Kateeva’s platform), the pair hope that their work will promote adoption of P-OLED inkjet printing by OLED TV makers.
JCDecaux has not renewed its membership with the UK’s Outdoor Media Centre, the industry trade body for outdoor media owners. The company will continue to work with the OMC on initiatives such as audience measurement platform Route. Naran Patel, CEO of Primesight and OMC chairman, said, “[W]e are sad and surprised that they have decided … Read more
Young Lee has been named as the new CEO of LG Electronics Deutschland. Lee, who has held various roles with LG for almost 30 years, takes over from Kiju Song, who was CEO in Germany for three years.
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