Vol 22 – Issue 05 – Page 4

Microsoft Reports Q4’2014 Results Signaling a New Direction

by Norbert Hildebrand

The last financial results from Microsoft for the 4th quarter of calendar year 2014, which is the 2nd quarter of the Microsoft fiscal year, are showing a positive development overall. The following chart shows …

Protec Projection Maps on Moving Surfaces

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Object tracking technology supplied by CAST BlackTrax Ltd (Toronto, Canada) was used by Production Technology LLC (Protec, Dubai, U.A.E.), at the Hamdan bin Mohammed Programme for Smart Government awards (HbMPSG) in late 2014. Protec is said to …

Sensio Announces 4K 3D TV Distribution Format

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On January 5th, Sensio (Montreal, Québec, Canada) announced a new 3D format at CES 2015 for streaming 3D content to UHD televisions called the Sensio 3D/4K format. According to the company, this format is compatible with …

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SMI has partnered with OmniVision

by Tom Allen

Eye tracking: bringing back jamjar specs one face at a timeSensomotoric Instruments has teamed up with Omnivision to develop a new eye-tracking platform, for both consumer and professional applications. The platform combines OmniVision’s imaging solutions …

ZTE Unveils Blade S6 4G Smartphone Adds Six Features

by Tom Allen

The Blade S6, ZTE’s newest smartphone, boasts six key features – hence the name (Samsung is probably unhappy right now – TA). Gesture motion control (‘Smart Sense’) is the first feature. Users can make …

Smart Glasses Set for Enterprise Adoption

by Tom Allen

2015 will be a significant year for smartglasses, with predicted unit shipment growth of almost 150% YoY, says ABI Research. The majority of growth will come from the enterprise and public sector, rather than …

3M Result 28/01/2015

by Helen Vince

3M Inc has announced its fourth quarter and full year results, recording a net profit in Q4 of $1.2 billion on turnover of $7.7 billion, which compares with a net profit in the final …

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LG and Lenovo Recognised for Eco-Friendliness

by Tom Allen

LG and Lenovo have been named as two of the world’s most sustainable corporations, securing two of the 100 spots on the 2015 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World Index from Corporate Knights. …

New Epson Projectors Have Short Throw

by Tom Allen

Epson has released four new 3LCD projectors for small- to medium-size spaces. Designed to last longer than previous generations, the 200W lamps on the EB-520, EB-525W and 215W lamps on the EB-530 and EB-535W will …

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Phablets to Represent 20% of Smartphones by 2019

by Tom Allen

The smartphone market will be flooded by phablets (5.5″ – 6.9″ phones) in the future, says Juniper Research. The firm has predicted that more than 400 million such devices will be shipped in 2019: …

Lattice to buy Silicon Image for $600 Million

by Helen Vince

Silicon Image has signed an agreement to be acquired by Lattice Semiconductor for approximately $600 million. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is expected to close …

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Ruggon Shows High Specs With Rugged Body

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Ruggon has created the Ruggon Rextorm rugged tablet range. Created for field work, the tablets feature 1,000cd/m² of brightness, dual hot-swappable batteries and capacitive touch supporting gloved operation. The three tablets (PX-501, PM-521 and …