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NRF: Other Technology

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Samsung’s 55” mirror display put a frame around Meko’s Matt Brennesholtz while he took a selfie. (Credit: M. Brennesholtz) In addition to its mobile platforms, discussed elsewhere in this issue, Samsung also had one …

NRF: Mobile Computing for Retail

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Panasonic Toughbook FZ-G1 in a mobile POS cradle with a credit card reader. (Credit: M. Brennesholtz) Panasonic was at NRF showing its Toughbook mobile computers and tablets. Jeffery Pinc, the Panasonic rep I talked …

NRF: Point of Sale Terminals

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Toshiba’s New TCx 800 POS Terminal, partially disassembled and with some accessories. (Credit: M. Brennesholtz) Toshiba introduced its new TCx 800 all-in-one modular point-of-sale (POS) solution at NRF. This unit will be available later …

NRF: Electronic Shelf Edge Labels

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Two 2” and one 4” (at bottom) Edge displays at the NRF (Credit: M. Brennesholtz) Edge R&D holdings, LLC was showing an interesting variation on electronic shelf edge labels (ESLs) (previously reported by us …

NRF: Analytics, Big Data and Image Processing

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Virtually every exhibitor at the NRF Big Show was showing at least some products that could have been reported under this headline. If I had to choose a single trend from the NRF, I …

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NRF: The Innovation Lab & Startup Pavilion II: Displays

by Matthew Brennesholtz

This section of the IL and Startup Pavilion story will deal with customer-oriented display technologies. This, of course, is only a subset of all customer-oriented display technologies at NRF. Others, presented by more established …

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NRF: The Innovation Lab & Startup Pavilion I: Robots

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The Innovation Lab (IL) was on the top level of the Javits convention center and was dedicated to startups and other small companies with breakthrough technologies for retail. That level has huge windows on …

NRF: Overview of The Big Show

by Matthew Brennesholtz

When a consumer walks into a store, he sees shelves with groceries, racks with clothes, a line of televisions, etc. The exhibitors at the NRF’s Big Show, the annual trade show for retail technology …

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The State of US Retail – is it Dead, Yet?

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Is retail dead? Not according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), the voice of retail in general and brick-and-mortar stores in particular. Reportedly, the NRF is the world’s largest retail trade association, representing discount …

DisplayLink Upbeat and with a Big Booth

by Bob Raikes

DisplayLink is enjoying life at the moment. The company has progressed well with some key breakthroughs that we have reported before for its display over USB compression technology. The company has seen the inclusion …

Sky Announces Move to Online, Dish-Free Model

by Andrew Fenn

In the company’s latest financial report, Sky has revealed plans to provide its entire service via the internet, allowing subscribers to stream or download content without a satellite dish. The company previously announced that …

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DTS Virtual:X Audio Technology Integrated in MStar TV SOC Platforms

by Andrew Fenn

DTS and a subsidiary of Xperi Corporation have announced the integration of DTS Virtual:X post-processing technology in a range of MStar Semiconductor’s Smart TV system-on-chip platforms. Televisions with DTS Virtual:X technology are expected to …

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