Vol 21 – Issue 40 – Page 10

SMPTE Webcasts Look to Content Delivery and Compression

by Super User

Educational webcasts will be run by the SMPTE through the end of November, including one by our own Pete Putman! The subject will be ‘Next Generation Display Interfaces’ (30th November, 5pm UTC), examining the …

Oculus CEO Hints at 2015 Rift Release

by Super User

In an interview with Bloomberg, Oculus VR founder and CEO Brendan Iribe has hinted that the Oculus Rift might (finally) reach consumers next year. Iribe said that the Rift will be available “pretty soon… …

Corning Receives BMW Recognition

by Super User

BMW has presented its Supplier Innovation Award to Corning, for its ‘Gorilla Glass for Automotive’ product. BMW uses the glass in its i8 vehicle.

Longshine Shows First Hybrid Smartwatch

by Super User

Longshine Technologies, a Chinese ODM, has developed a product that marries the analogue and digital worlds. The circular Halo smartwatch has an analogue face and transparent OLED touchscreen. Currently in the prototype stage, the …

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Skyworth Takes Hillcrest

by Super User

Yet another TV platform has signed up to use Hillcrest’s gesture control technology. China’s Skyworth has joined TCL, Lenovo, LG, Hisense and Roku in using the Freespace Motion Engine technology.

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Orange Signs Netflix Agreement

by Super User

Orange will offer Netflix on its set-top boxes in France from November. Orange has more than 10 million subscribers, so the deal would be a significant boost for the newly-launched service.

Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 0.5% in Q3

by Super User

Worldwide PC shipments reached 79.4 million units in the third quarter of 2014, a 0.5% decline from Q3 of last year, according to preliminary results by Gartner. For the first time, the sum of …

AUO Sees Slow Sales in September

by Super User

AU Optronics (AUO) saw its monthly sales fall 3.5% year on year in September to NT$35.6 billion ($1.1 billion) taking sales in the first nine months of the year to NT$302.7 billion ($9.9 billion), …

Opera Compression Enables Full Smartwatch Browser

by Super User

If, for some reason, you wanted a full web browser on your wrist, then worry not: Opera and Samsung have you covered. Owners of Samsung’s Tizen-powered Gear S smartwatch will be able to download …

Tech Data Picks up the Phone

by Super User

Tech Data’s mobile division is now distributing unlocked iPhone 4S, 5 and 5C models through its reseller network in Spain, for Apple.

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Market Research Targets Wearables

by Super User

CE markets are always changing and everyone wants to stay ahead of what is going on. This leads to many market reviews and market forecasts of products that have not even been developed and …

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ViewSonic Enters VDI Creation with Userful

by Super User

ViewSonic has entered into a strategic global partnership with Userful Corporation to create and deliver virtual desktop solutions. It is hoped that education and small- and medium-size businesses will use the solutions to move …