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Consumer PC Demand in EMEA Continues to Boom in the Wake of COVID Lockdowns, says IDC

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The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) posted strong growth in 2020Q3 (11.7% YoY) and totaled 21.0 million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Consumer demand mirrored the extraordinary strength of the previous quarter, growing 29.3% YoY, which was more than enough to offset the minor softness … Read more

ZapBox is Developing a New Mixed Reality Headset System…..for $40

The starting point for Zappar (London, UK) in the design of the company’s ZapBox headset product line was the idea of combining simple hardware components with existing smartphones to present 6-DoF immersive mixed and virtual reality content. More than that, the system would include two fully tracked controllers and a Unity plugin – all at … Read more

Ultra HD Forum Tracks Over 190 UHD Services, Adds Emphasis on NGA, Releases Guidelines v2.4, and Plans First Watermarking API

The Ultra HD Forum celebrates its fifth year of successfully bringing together broadcasters, service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, and technology vendors to accelerate Ultra HD television deployment. The Forum has refreshed its website to better reflect its activities during this time of constrained in-person interactions. Version 2.4 of the Forum’s popular Guidelines includes more material … Read more

ams Launches Industry’s Smallest Integrated ALS and Proximity Sensor Solution to Maximize LCD Smartphone Screen-to-body Ratio

ams, a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, takes smartphone optical sensor miniaturization to a new level with the introduction of the TMD2712, the world’s smallest integrated ambient light sensor (ALS) and proximity sensor module in a miniature 1mm x 2mm footprint. The TMD2712, which is just 0.5mm high, can now fit in … Read more

HP Spectre x360 15 (2020) review: beauty at the expense of battery life

What They Say Laptop magazine reviewed the HP Spectre x360 15 and found that the 15.6″ AMOLED UltraHD display was good enough to ‘take your breath away’. There are five display modes: Default, sRGB (optimized for web browsing), Adobe RGB (best for printing and imaging work), DCI-P3 (ideal for photo and video editing) and Native … Read more

Qualcomm XR Enterprise Program Doubles Roster of Industry-Leading

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, announced that its Qualcomm® XR Enterprise Program (XEP) first unveiled at Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit 2019, has doubled in membership. The Qualcomm XEP is designed to accelerate the adoption of virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR), collectively known as extended reality (XR), in industries including architecture, engineering … Read more

Researchers address the blue light issue of perovskite-based LEDs

What They Say Researchers from Korea have developed a new Perovskite-based LED device that can emit blue light and that is claimed to be three times more efficient than previous devices, although at 10% efficiency, it is still less than half of the efficiency of red and green. Researcher Choong-Hyun Jang, the first author, commented: … Read more