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Omate Continues to Go Alone

by Tom Allen

Omate is following its Truesmart+ smartwatch (Omate Breaks Smartphone Link) with a third-generation model called the Omate Rise. Presented as the flagship product for the company’s 2016 range, the Rise features Bluetooth Low Energy …

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Dates Set for ISLE 2016

by Tom Allen

Dates have been announced for next year’s International Signage and LED Exhibition. Taking place in Guangzhou, China, the show will run from the 24th – 27th February. Featuring 1,000 exhibitors and an expected attendance …

CAE Chooses Barco

by Tom Allen

CAE, a training and simulation provider for civil aviation and defence, has chosen to use Barco in a two-year product supply agreement. Barco will provide the company with its FL35 LED DLP projectors, which …

Element One Becomes InAVate Finalist

by Tom Allen

Element One, which creates integrated displays for a variety of applications, has become a finalist in InAVate‘s 2016 Inavation Awards for its Modis 22 TS 10 product. The company is also celebrating the installation …

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Google Patents Headband for Glass

by Tom Allen

A new patent, filed by Google, has hinted at what the next iteration of Google Glass might look like. Rather than the inflexible form factor of the original, patent 9,195,067 B1 shows a headband-type …

Pay-TV Subs Enjoy Small Rise

by Tom Allen

The top 100 pay-TV providers worldwide increased their subscriber base by 0.95% YoY in Q3’15, according to Informitv’s Multiscreen Index. They accounted for around 380 million subscribers, adding 3.74 million customers in the quarter. …

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Samsung Aims at 10% AMOLED Premium

by Tom Allen

China Times claims that Samsung Display is aiming to lower the price premium of its small- and medium-sized AMOLED displays to within 10% of that of LCD displays next year. Currently, the screens are …

Holovis Shows Off Interactive Dome Projection

by Tom Allen

Holovis has shown a 12-person 3D interactive gaming experience in a projection dome, at IAAPA Attractions Expo in Florida. The 360° dome uses Barco F85 projectors to show Crimson Wing, which takes players to …

Sharp Prepares to Relocate, Says Japanese Media

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nikkan Kogyo Shimbu has said that Sharp is considering relocating its headquarters in Osaka to the nearby city of Tenri, in Nara Prefecture. The report’s sources say that Tenri is Sharp’s main hub …

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TV Production Down at Samsung

by Tom Allen

Korea’s Money Today claims that Samsung Electronics has lowered its TV production capacity by more than 11 million units this year, due to weakening TV demand. Capacity at the end of September was under …

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What Black Friday? US Retail Morphing into Online and Mobile

by Steve Sechrist

Call it the Black Friday that turned grey. US retail found the shopping frenzied crowds that traditionally appear the day after Thanksgiving in the US didn’t quite materialize this year, as more turkey stuffed …

Are You Ready for Digital Humans?

by Chris Chinnock

And just what are digital humans you ask? According to Pulse Evolution (Port St. Lucie, FL and San Rafael, CA), they are computer-generated animations that have such high fidelity, they look almost real. And …

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