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The Vivo IV, by Blu, was temporarily the world’s thinnest phone, certified by the Guiness Book of Records. Measuring just 5.5mm, it is on sale in the USA now. It was not developed solely by Blu, but is actually a repackaged version of Gionee’s S5.5 smartphone for the US market. Protected on the front and … Read more
China’s Gionee has gone and outdone itself, beating its previous S5.5 smartphone (holding the record for the world’s thinnest model) with the 5.1mm-thick ELife S5.1 (thinner than my mousemat! – TA). Like the S5.5, the S5.1 has been recognised by Guiness World Records. The handset features slimmer bezels than its predecessor, but shares the magnesium … Read more
A research project at the University of Washington, called Sideswipe, demonstrates a way to control smartphones through gestures – without adding power-hungry components. Some smartphones today use cameras for 3D gesture sensing. However, they require a clear view of the user’s hands and consume significant battery power. Sideswipe, instead, identifies the interference that hand movements … Read more
CES Unveiled Paris, now in its second year, will take place on 22nd October. Speakers will include the CEA’s Shawn DuBravac, Gary Shapiro and Karen Chupka; and panelists Jean-Luc Errant (Cityzen Sciences), Dominique Mocquard (ADM Concept) and Christophe Tiraby (Robotswim). The event is now sold out.
The last week of September – the 28th, to be precise – marked the 63rd anniversary of colour TVs arriving in US stores. The first model was the CBS-Columbia – produced partly because the CBS network was tired of trying to market advertising slots that no-one was watching! Talk about putting your money where your … Read more
Jon Peddie Research’s first Visualise Conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency near San Francisco Airport, on 30th October. Tutorials, speakers and panels will be present, as well as information and guidance on the topics of remote graphics, remote workstations and virtualisation. The speakers will be from companies including Dreamworks, VMware, Onlive and Boeing. … Read more
Maxin10sity recently mapped a massive projection onto the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania, to celebrate the city’s 555th anniversary. 104 projectors (Panasonic’s 3DLP PT-DZ21K) were used as part of the largest videomapping project ever on an adminstrative building (the Palace of the Parliament is the second-largest administrative building in the world). Each projection … Read more
The Optoma Showcase, at Silverstone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 33), will also see other companies displaying their solutions. As well as Optoma and Texas Instruments, Green Hippo, Harman’s AMX and Projection Artworks will be on hand. The Showcase runs on 7th November. Register at http://tinyurl.com/kkml7wg.
Yet another TV platform has signed up to use Hillcrest’s gesture control technology. China’s Skyworth has joined TCL, Lenovo, LG, Hisense and Roku in using the Freespace Motion Engine technology.
ViewSonic has entered into a strategic global partnership with Userful Corporation to create and deliver virtual desktop solutions. It is hoped that education and small- and medium-size businesses will use the solutions to move to virtual environments and the cloud.
BSkyB has invested a further $0.7 million in Roku, taking its total investment in the OTT streaming platform to $12.2 million. The funds will be used by Roku to finance its operations and activities. 21st Century Fox, which holds a 39% controlling stake in BSkyB, also made a further equity investment in Roku. In July … Read more
The European Commission has finally approved Liberty Global’s pending acquisition of Dutch cable operator Ziggo. Liberty Global said in January that it would acquire Ziggo in a stock and cash transaction which valued Ziggo at approximately
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