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Pivot Time

Display Technology – So many web-ventures find they need to change course after starting-up that pundits call this “the pivot”. Pivoting away from the initial business plan and taking investors down a different path has become an expected part of building a business, so much so that some commentators do not take start-ups seriously until the … Read more

ViewSonic Introduces Privacy Filter Screen Protectors for Monitors

Monitors – ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solution products, launches a line of Privacy Filter Screen Protectors for desktop displays. The new line was developed with Tech Armor™, a leading provider of accessories and screen protectors for mobile devices.  The ViewSonic Privacy Filter Screen Protectors deliver superior front-of-screen performance while preventing anyone outside a 60-degree … Read more

Android Inspires Another Bright Quarter for MEA Tablet Market

Market Intelligence – The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market continued to record strong year-on-year growth in Q3 2014, spurred by a huge increase in shipments of Android-based devices.  The latest figures announced by International Data Corporation (IDC) show that the market expanded 29.6% in volume terms during the quarter to reach a total of … Read more

Scania’s Wearable Technology Ahead of Its Time

Wearables – Scania is taking the lead in wearable technology – the growing trend for fusing fashion and high tech – with a smart wristwatch that communicates with trucks. Scania Watch is a simple way of collecting information on variables including fuel consumption, driving efficiency and average speed. It can also be used to receive … Read more

Global Wearable Technologies Report 2014 – The Sun in the IoT Galaxy

Market Intelligence – Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/np54q2/wearable) has announced the addition of the "Wearable Technologies" report to their offering. The latest disruption to impact the enterprise world is wearable technology which threatens to challenge the status quo of existing processes and procedures in a wide range of industries, including retail, manufacturing, and healthcare. The market … Read more

Progress Reported on Optically Rewritable LCD Technology

Technology – A new Optical Rewritable Liquid Crystal Display (ORWLCD) technology is under development by a team in the Center for Display Research at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.  ORWLCD is based on a bistable effect and thus does not need any power to sustain a static image once the image has been optically written. … Read more

mCommerce, mPayments & Internet of Things Will Accelerate Mobile Innovations in Asia Pacific in 2015

Internet of Things – International Data Corporation (IDC) expects the Asia Pacific mobility market to continue experiencing strong growth in 2015 as mobile takes center stage for business growth in both consumer and enterprise markets. “The conditions couldn’t be better for strong mobility growth in the Asia/Pacific region in the coming year. What we’re seeing … Read more

Average Connected TV Devices per Broadband Household in USA reaches 1.9 in Q3 2014

Market Intelligence – Ownership of Connected TV Devices (including smart TVs, smart Blu-ray players, IP-enabled game consoles and digital media streamers) grew 5 percent quarter-on-quarter in Q3 2014 and 28 percent year-on-year to reach 168 million units. Fuelled by a desire to watch video content delivered via the open Internet, the average US home now … Read more

Ooyala Releases Global Video Index Q3’2014

sBroadcast/Distribution – Ooyala has released the Global Video Index Q3 2014 which shows the increase of video viewing on global platforms. The index assessed video viewing by platform as a function of the length of the video.  There is a difference between how many videos have been accessed and how much time the consumer used a platform … Read more

TI Introduces 1080P TRP Chipset

Microdisplays – On December 3rd, Texas Instruments (TI) DLP announced that the 0.47” TRP Full-HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) chipset for video and data display applications is sampling to its third-party developer network. This chipset is the smallest TI chipset enabling full-HD projection from compact systems.  TI sees projection applications for the chipset including both mobile projectors and … Read more

Forbes Fancies Yota

Smartphones – Forbes Magazine has named the Russian YotaPhone 2 as 2014’s “Most Disruptive Smartphone”. Really? I would have said it’s the iPhone 6, not because the iPhone is particularly interesting on the hardware side but because it may serve to bring the electronic wallet concept back from the land of the living dead. However, if … Read more