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Google Adding Patents for Wearable Devices

Augmented Reality – While many analysts are discussing a potential market exit for Google Glass, Google is adding patents in this field, according to the US patent office. When searching the USPTO for patents assigned to Google with the keyword “wearable” in the description, we found 204 patents that cover a wide range of technology and … Read more

What Will the Apple Watch Do to the Smartwatch Market?

Smartwatch – Since Apple announced its Apple Watch with a release date of “some time” in 2015,  many asked why Apple would make such an announcement without having the device ready for shipment. This is a very good question indeed. Apple, as one of the global top CE brands, does typically finish its tasks before going public with … Read more

NEG’s 30µm Glass Feels Like Plastic

The world’s thinnest glass plate has apparently been developed by Japan’s Nippon Electric Glass (NEG). ‘G-Leaf’ is 30µm thick and can be used as a substrate for flexible displays. NEG demonstrated a flexible OLED that is 90µm thick, sandwiched between two G-Leaf sheets, at Ceatec earlier this month. G-Leaf’s plates are manufactured using an overflow … Read more

Unprecedented Picture Clarity has Arrived on Amazon Instant Video

4k – Amazon today announced that Prime members and all customers can now instantly enjoy blockbuster movies, hit TV shows and Amazon Original Series, in Ultra HD picture quality—a premium resolution that has four times the number of pixels as standard full HD. Ultra HD movies and TV shows are accessible through the Amazon Instant … Read more

93% Are Impressed With Ultra HD TVs says Strategy Analytics

4K – Consumer awareness of Ultra HD or 4K TV is growing steadily, and 93 percent of those who have seen the technology found it extremely or somewhat impressive.  These are some of the key findings from the latest wave of Strategy Analytics’ ConsumerMetrix survey, which conducted online interviews with 2001 US participants in November 2014. The … Read more

Scalable and MetaVR Describe Design Wins

Simulation & Training – The US Army recently purchased 300 new licenses of MetaVR visuals for embedded training in its Universal Ground Control Stations and for Institutional Mission Simulators.  The Army uses MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) for simulated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) camera payload video for Shadow, Grey Eagle, Aerosonde and Hunter unmanned aerial … Read more

Inflection Points in the TV and Notebook Markets

TV – Analysts are always looking for inflection points – moments when lines on charts start to move in different directions.I spotted a couple in the last week. The Asus NX500 uses QDs to deliver a wide colour gamut A small one, probably, was the first notebook to use Quantum Dots, the Asus NX500. A prototype of … Read more

CPT’s September Revenue Down 13% YoY

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) posted a 4.2% decline in sales last month to NT$4.4 billion ($144.5 million), which was 12.9% lower than September 2013. Sales from January to September reached NT$42.2 billion ($1.4 billion), down 2.3% from the same period of last year. CPT shipped 135,000 large panels, up 3.1% from August but down 2.2% … Read more

Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition Now Available in United States

Wearables – Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung) announced that the Samsung Gear™ VR Innovator Edition powered by Oculus is now available in the U.S. Using the Galaxy Note® 4, Gear VR Innovator Edition gives content creators and VR enthusiasts a chance to get their hands on the first low persistence virtual reality experience powered by … Read more

More Than 50% of Users Will Use a Tablet or Smartphone First for All Online Activities by 2018

Market Intelligence – Mobile devices are increasingly becoming the first go-to device for communications and content consumption, according to Gartner, Inc. In the emerging economies, users are adopting smartphones as their exclusive mobile devices while in developed economies, multi-device households are becoming the norm, with tablets growing at the fastest rate of any computing device. … Read more