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Microsoft, Google End Patent Battles

by Tom Allen

Microsoft and Google have agreed to dismiss all pending patent claims against each other. The agreements sees about 20 different lawsuits in Germany and the USA dropped. Patents include those related to mobile phones, …

Amazon Ditches Apple and Google

by Tom Allen

An Amazon email, sent to marketplace sellers, has revealed that the retailer will soon stop selling the Apple TV and Google Chromecast. The message said that the decision was taken because these devices do …

Google Revamps Chromecast, Brings Android to Pixel

by Tom Allen

In the midst of unveiling new phones this week (Google Learns from Competition With Dual Flagships), Google also updated its Chromecast dongle with a new, redesigned version. Rumours about a circular Chromecast first appeared …

Android 6.0 Arriving Soon

by Tom Allen

Google has confirmed that the rollout of Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) will begin next week. The software is being made available first on the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P (Google Learns from Competition With Dual …

Tags:Android| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Magnets Delay Project Ara

by Tom Allen

We missed this in mid-August, but it appears that Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone has been delayed. The company was planning to hold the components together using electropermanent magnets, but they are said to …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Google Chooses Android for Pixel Tablet

by Tom Allen

Android Police say that Google is to release a new tablet in the Pixel family – but it will run Android, rather than the Chrome OS (previous Pixel devices have all used Chrome). The …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets

Second-Gen Chromecast Seen in Leak

by Tom Allen

9 to 5 Mac has posted an article about a second-generation Google Chromecast streaming dongle. The site claims to have seen internal documents showing a new, circular design and with improved WiFi connectivity. A …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Google Aims at VP10 in 2016

by Tom Allen

Google has spoken to CNet about the company’s plans for its VP10 codec which is under development. Google’s existing VP9 codec is an alternative to the more mainstream HEVC. However, it has recently been …

Leading Companies Collaborate to Avoid Codec Fees

by Tom Allen

Seven companies have come together to form the Alliance for Open Media: a body that intends to ‘address marketplace demand for an open standard for video compression and delivery over the Internet’. The founding …

Alliance for Open Media Established to Deliver Next-Generation Open Media Formats

by Tom Allen

Seven leading Internet companies today announced formation of the Alliance for Open Media – an open-source project that will develop next-generation media formats, codecs and technologies in the public interest. The Alliance’s founding members …

VR @ ISTE 2015

by Len Scrogan

Immersive virtual reality has never had a significant footprint at ed-tech conferences—until now. The ISTE 2015 educational conference, with over 21,000 in attendance, is the largest ed-tech conference held in the U.S. Yet the …

Next Steps in VR – Education and Games

by Steve Sechrist

In a rather nondescript pipe and drape booth at the SIGGRAPH VR Village earlier this month two Google employees sat under a – well, cardboard sign that simply read Google Cardboard. It is evidence …

Tags:3D Content Creation| Google| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 34