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What They Say Sensor maker, Elliptic Labs of Norway, said that its technology is being used in the Lenovo T14 notebook and is the ‘first software-only human presence detection solution’. Elliptic Labs’ AI Virtual Presence Sensor enables the laptop to automatically lock or unlock whenever the user leaves or returns to the screen. Elliptic Labs’ … Read more
ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, released the new ZTE Blade V40 series at the Mobile World Congress 2022 (MWC 2022) on February 28, 2022, local time in Barcelona. The exciting new hero series includes ZTE Blade V40 5G, ZTE Blade V40 Pro, ZTE … Read more
What They Say Samsung released new Galaxy Book2 Business and Pro model notebooks at MWC. The Book2 Pro 360 is a convertible that uses a 15.6″ or 13.3″ FullHD display. You can see the infrographic here with the full specification. Features include S-Pen support. The Pro model has the same display options and is ‘secured-core … Read more
What They Say The South Korean government said that it would invest $187 million towards a national metaverse project. Park Yungyu, head of communication and policy department at the ministry, stated in the announcement that this initiative to build a metaverse platform is part of the broader “Digital New Deal” in South Korea. The Digital … Read more
What They Say Lenovo has announced its first ThinkPad-branded notebook based on an Arm processor from Qualcomm. The Thinkpad X13s is said to have 28 hours of battery life (49.5WHr battery) for video playback and the 2.35 lbs (1.066kg) and is based on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx processor with support for 5G and 4G. The … Read more
What They Say Qualcomm announced at MWC that it is working in a new partnership with ByteDance that is now the owner of the Pico VR company. (TikTok owner ByteDance could acquire VR headset maker Pico). The firms will collaborate to “enable the ecosystem for Pico”. Technode reported that ByteDance moved staff to Pico just … Read more
What They Say Oppo and OnePlus announced at MWC that they will introduce high capacity smartphone chargers that can charge a 4,500 mAh battery in 15 minutes, with 150W (20V @ 7.5A) of charging power. The smartphones will have two cells that can accept 5V @15A to each, using charge pumps. OnePlus expects to launch … Read more
What They Say The DVB Project has added VVC to the specifications to the DVB-AVC specification which has been approved by the DVB Steering Board and is available now as DVB BlueBook A001r19. Further codecs are to be added and the AVS3 codec is the current focus and AV1 next in line for evaluation. VVC, … Read more
LG Electronics (LG) has entered into a global partnership with the US-based Blackdove to deliver seamless digital art experiences on LG’s advanced digital signage displays. Integrating software and curated art from Blackdove’s digital art gallery and NFT (non-fungible token) platform, LG’s high-quality, customizable display solution will provide a convenient way to showcase digital art, which … Read more
There are occasions and situations where it would be really great if you could share your big screen 4k monitor with two PCs, maybe they are both yours or maybe one is a visitor’s. (There are other occasions when this is essential. For example, sometimes you may have a certified and un-modifiable older system, such … Read more
What They Say We are publishing a press release from Macroblock today that highlights that it is working with Unilumin and that two jointly-developed LED screens have been certified by DCI and installed in ‘The China Film Cinema Bei’ao’, Beijing. Unilumin used the Macroblock LED display driver IC, MBI5850 and the resulting display covers the … Read more
When LED screens want “showtime” in movie theaters, DCI certification is a must; that is, without a DCI certification, any large-format display cannot be installed in the qualified movie theaters. DCI certification is released by Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, a consortium of major motion picture studios dominating the cinema system standards. Unilumin’s LED screens, UC-A41 … Read more
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