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SmallHD Launches Action 5 Touchscreen Monitor

by Artem Alekseenko

SmallHD has announced the launch of the Action 5 Monitor, a lightweight, 5-inch video monitor with exceptional brightness and ActionOS, a streamlined, version of SmallHD’s industry-leading PageOS 4 software toolset. “The Action 5 is …

Tags:Operating Systems| Small & Medium Displays

Links Mid-Week Commencing 18th April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the middle of this week (there seems to be a lot with …

Links Week Ending 25th March 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. Steve Wilhite, the inventor of the …

Android 12L will come to Samsung, Lenovo, and Microsoft devices

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge reports that Samsung, Lenovo, and Microsoft are the first device manufacturers to commit to shipping Android 12L, the new version of Android designed to be better optimized for tablets …

Roku CEO predicts LG, Samsung and Vizio will Give Up their Own TV OSes

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Roku’s CEO, Anthony Wood, has said at a Morgan Stanley Technology conference, that smartTV makers will ‘eventually’ give up and license operating systems from Roku, Amazon or Google. He sees an …

Meta Platforms Dissolves Team Developing New AR and VR Operating System

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information reported that Meta has stopped working on operating systems for AR and VR, quoting three people with knowledge of the situation. It is said to have dispersed the team …

Google Promotes Chrome for Digital Signage, Again

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sixteen-nine.net reports that Google is making another approach to the digital signage market as there is a new version of Chrome, the Chrome OS Flex, that can run on existing devices …

Tags:Digital Signage| Google| Operating Systems

The Simula One Headset has Uncommon Features

by Arthur Berman

Offered by SimulaVR, the Simula One is a stand-alone virtual reality headset designed with a focus on work related applications. In company literature, the headset is represented as able to replace a user’s computer …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Operating Systems| Virtual Reality

Prowise Introduces Palm Recognition On Interactive Whiteboards

by Artem Alekseenko

Users of a Prowise Touchscreen Ten can now work with palm recognition, allowing you to rest your palm on the screen while writing. Prowise is making this and various other functionalities available via a …

Tags:Digital Whiteboards| Operating Systems

150 million Fire TV devices sold by Amazon

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Amazon said that it and its partners have shipped more than 150 million devices based on the Fire TV OS since 2014. It revealed this in its quarterly earnings statement and …

Tags:Amazon| Automotive| Operating Systems| Sports and Stadiums| Streaming Video

Links Week Ending 4th February 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. Amazon Prime Video overtakes Netflix in …

Links Week Starting 17th January 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Here’s a nice VFX show reel if …