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How Your Wearable Device Can Save Your Healthcare Costs

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Smartwatch – What does a smartwatch have to do with healthcare costs? We know that the devices include fitness functions similar to fitness bands, but fitness activities promote your health, something which healthcare providers and employers are very interested in. Healthcare apps appear to be a major attraction and while many believe that these may … Read more

PC Magazine Sees Apple Bowing Out of Home Entertainment

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TV – In a recent article, PC Magazine has suggested that Apple will not only not renew any home entertainment products but in the longer term, the company will abandon all home entertainment activities related to TV viewing. PC Magazine argues that while Apple TV was once at the forefront of TV technology, it is … Read more

Google Fiber to the Home End Game

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Google 1Gbps fiber to the home boosts community GDP productivity by 1%, Source FTTH council Broadband –Search engine giant Google is beginning to make inroads, in its fiber to the home (FTH) delivery service with the long term effect that will change the rules of broadband delivery, here in the US (at least for now). … Read more

Jobe VR Announces Smartphone Based Virtual Reality Headset

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Virtual Reality – When we talk about virtual reality, we all think of the Oculus Rift device, which gets most of the press attention. Other devices show up frequently and add to the depth of the market offering. Jobe VR is now offering a virtual reality headset for a bargain price that accomplishes this by using your … Read more

IMAX Reveals New 12-Track Audio Solution

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Digital Cinema – During a recent visit to IMAX in Mississauga, Ontario, we had a chance to get a demo of IMAX’s new audio solution. The current system is based on six tracks of audio but the new one will deliver 12 tracks. IMAX supplies its own speakers that have an extended frequency response and … Read more

Fraunhofer IPMS Presents MEMS-based 3D Laser Scanning Technology at Vision 2014

Laser Scanning Technology – Fraunhofer researchers have developed a 3D laser scanner with a light-travel time measurement system that is based on the human eye and that can focus on key sections of an image and capture them with a correspondingly higher resolution. The system functions independently of ambient light and delivers high-quality 3D information in … Read more

HBO Announces OTT Service for 2015

TV – The discussion about the future of TV in the US is not only a consequence of weaker TV set sales, but is also based on declining subscriptions to cable services. Discussions about a change in the TV landscape has been ongoing for years now. HBO, the US premium movie channel and content provider, … Read more

Apple Store Drops Fitbit and Bose

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Wearable – When it comes to the retail of consumer electronics, there is the Apple store and then there is the rest. When Apple opened its Apple stores many analysts were skeptical about the chances of a single brand retail store in typically prime locations of the major cities around the world. Apple proved them … Read more

Virtual Reality and Movies

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Virtual Reality – CNet reports in an article “Virtual reality and the silver screen: A match made in heaven” on virtual reality headsets and their use for showing movies. The article argues that movie apps could be the killer app many virtual headset makers are looking for. The report argues that showing a movie on … Read more