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Valens in Top 5 EMEA Tech Companies

by Raverstead

Deloitte has named Valens, developer of HDBaseT, as the fourth fastest-growing technology company in EMEA. Deloitte’s rankings are based on revenue growth in the past five years; Valens grew 33,244% between 2009 and 2013.

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And Finally… Real driving game

by Raverstead

And finally… Baen’s self-named project on Kickstarter (http://tinyurl.com/maez99k) sounds a little bit like the Hindenburg – a lot of potential, but there are likely to be flames before it’s over… Baen is a hardware …

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Optoma Eliminates Shadows at Mediacity

by Raverstead

MediacityUK is a building in Manchester, owned by Peel Media. The company recently chose to use Optoma’s EH200ST projector in all of the location’s meeting rooms. The unit was chosen due to its wireless …

Vorsprung Durch Samsung

by Raverstead

Audi showrooms in the UK are using Samsung’s Gear VR headset to demonstrate the features of the new Audi TT. Wearers can investigate the interior of the car and be taken for a drive. …

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And Finally – CNN Lets Down Microsoft

by Raverstead

Ouch. Microsoft is going to be very upset with CNN, we feel. After (presumably) paying for the Surface Pro 3 tablet to be used during programming, the presenters were found to be using the …

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And Finally… Glasses-Free 3D

by Raverstead

And finally – Mark Coxon of Rave Pubs pokes fun at corporate marketing in his latest ‘interview’ – actually between himself as a Rave writer and his alter ego, AVPhenom. Branding himself as the …

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Envivio Chosen as Awards Finalist

by Raverstead

Envivio has been named as a finalist in the 2014 Fierce Innovation Awards: Telecom Edition. The company was chosen for its Envivio Nuage software-as-a-service video delivery solution.

Panasonic Chooses ViXS

by Raverstead

ViXS has announced that its XCode 6400 decoder is being used in Panasonic’s new AX800 UltraHD TVs.

Winners Announced for Intel’s ‘Make it Wearable’ Contest

by Raverstead

Intel’s Make it Wearable contest, announced at CES 2014, challenged competitors to design innovative and creative wearable devices. Devices could be entered on one of two tracks: ‘Development’ (must be an actual concept based …

20th HbbTV Workshop Takes Place in December

by Raverstead

The 20th HbbTV Interoperability Workshop will take place in Munich, Germany, on 9th and 10th December. All HbbTV application developers and manufacturers of HbbTV products are invited to attend. More details can be found …

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And Finally – Samsung sustainability

by Raverstead

And finally… There are sustainability reports, and then there are Samsung sustainability reports. The Korean company is known for its massive marketing budget, which has led to some awkward musical product introductions in the …

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Another Apple 1 Under the Hammer

by Raverstead

Last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43), Bonhams sold a working Apple 1 computer at auction, for more than $900,000. Now another has appeared at Christie’s auction house, and is expected to be …