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by Bob Raikes
Virgin celebrated its partnership with Microsoft before Christmas in a very special way. Passengers on flight VS11 from Heathrow to Boston were each presented with a Windows tablet and a visit from Father Christmas …
Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor
by Bob Raikes
Xiaomi of China is now reckoned to be the world’s most valuable start up after it completed a $1.1 billion financing round. The deal values the company at $45 billion and puts the firm …
Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 02| Xiaomi
by Bob Raikes
Thanks to Computerworld for putting together this excellent round-up of those in the technology industry that left us in 2014. In addition to Bernard Lechner and George Heilmeier, mentioned in that list, the display …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 22 - Issue 01
by Bob Raikes
We heard at SID this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25) that Tobii would develop and release glasses with the company’s eye-tracking solution built in. The Tobii Glasses 2 have now been released …
Tags:Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Tobii| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
Scania, the truck company, is typically not a name that often appears in our news coverage. However, the company has now announced that it is releasing a “Scania Watch”. The Scania Watch is a …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
According to an article in the Taipei Times, Samsung is teaming up with Merida, a Taiwan-based bicycle company, to introduce the Samsung Gear S smartwatch to the bicyclist and Merida customers. This is the …
Tags:Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
A leaked document published on image board 4Chan shows that a consumer version of the Oculus Rift headset is planned for next autumn.
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
In recent months we have heard a lot about the new head up display (HUD) and 3D instrument cluster being developed by Jaguar Land Rover and that it is based on holographic projection. Now …
Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
According to Venturebeat, HTC’s wearable (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 7) will be a wristband, not a smartwatch. The device will be shown off at CES, but not launched until later in Q1 (chairwoman …
Tags:CES 2015| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50| Wearables
by Bob Raikes
Ofcom, in the UK, is testing the possibility of interference to DTT signals when using white space devices. The regulator is trialling a system called dynamic spectrum access; white space devices could use this …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
ARCEP, the French communications regulator, is holding a two-month consultation on a review of spectrum for high-speed mobile systems. The consultation is examining the re-use of existing frequencies, with more efficient technologies, and the …
Tags:France| Mobile Display Monitor| Spectrum Allocation| Vol 21 - Issue 50
by Bob Raikes
The ADB Multi-Screen software suite is now in use on Canal Digital’s Kabel-TV network in Norway. The suite is running on ADB’s Wideband Tuner, an eight-tuner hybrid cable HD DVR. Customers can use the …
Tags:ADB (Advanced Digital Broadcasting)| Mobile Display Monitor| Norway| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| Vol 21 - Issue 50
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