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BETT Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Albion supplies Apple solutions to the UK education market, as well as training. We asked about the competition from Google’s Chromebooks – which are significantly cheaper – and were told that Apple’s iPads etc …

Scala Supports Chromebox

by Tom Allen

Companies including Samsung, HP and Asus have produced Chromebox productsScala has introduced a new player for digital signage devices that run Google Chrome, such as Chromebox products. As part of the work, Scala has …

Tags:Chrome| DOOH| Google| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 02

Google Starts New VR Group

by Bob Raikes

Google has created a VR computing division and has appointed Clay Bavor, previously Product Manager of apps including Gmail, Google Drive and Google Docs, to run it. Google has already set up “Jump”, which …

Introducing Google’s Cardboard Camera App

by Arthur Berman

As a follow on to its Cardboard viewer and associated Cardboard app, Google has developed, and is now offering, a new virtual reality content creation tool for Android smartphones. Having taken about a year …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Chromecast Has 50Hz Support

by Tom Allen

Google has released a software update, which brings support for the 50Hz frame rate to its Chromecast dongle. Previously the device only ran content at 60Hz, the US TV standard, while European TV mostly …

Tags:Chrome| Google| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 22 - Issue 50

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 50

by Tom Allen

More than two years after we first came across the Avegant Glyph headset (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41), the company is now preparing to ship the product. Orders will be honoured throughout Q1’16, …

Is the Time of Displays Driving Smartphone Sale Coming to an End?

by Norbert Hildebrand

A recent article published by Business Insider (‘A Google director explains how your smartphone will look in 5 years’) included an interview with Aparna Chennapragada, a Google director, at the Web Summit tech conference …

Google Patents Headband for Glass

by Tom Allen

A new patent, filed by Google, has hinted at what the next iteration of Google Glass might look like. Rather than the inflexible form factor of the original, patent 9,195,067 B1 shows a headband-type …

Rumor: Google Working on AR glasses Without a Display

by Norbert Hildebrand

When Google Glass pushed the idea of an augmented reality headset into the consumer electronics world, many saw this as the start of a new category. By now we know that several issues with …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google| Google Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 46

LG Smart TVs And ‘Google Play Movies & TV’ Expand Content Options For U.S. Consumers

by Isaac Oburu

Starting this month, U.S. owners of LG Smart TVs will be able to enjoy thousands of movies and TV shows through “Google Play Movies & TV.” Compatible with LG’s industry-leading webOS Smart TV platform …

Tags:Google| LG Electronics (LGE)| Smart TV| USA

PlayStation™Vue Live TV Service Expands To Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire TV Stick And Google Chromecast

by Isaac Oburu

Sony Network Entertainment International LLC (SNEI) today announced the pioneering cloud-based TV service, PlayStation™Vue, is expanding to Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, with support for Google Chromecast coming soon. This expansion marks …

Tags:Amazon| Google| Network TV| sony

TAG Heuer Presents the “TAG Heuer Connected” Watch

by Isaac Oburu

Today, TAG Heuer, Intel Corporation and Google unveiled a connected watch, designed by Luxury Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer, engineered with Intel technology and benefiting from everything the Android Wear universe has to offer. The …

Tags:Android Wear| Google| Intel