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TiVo Announces 4K TiVo BOLT+ at CEDIA 2016

by Chris Chinnock

TiVo, which was recently acquired by Rovi, used CEDIA to announce an addition to the TiVo BOLT family. The new TiVo BOLT+ includes six tuners, 3TB of recording capacity, and a new black chassis. …

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BenQ Offers CEDIA Channel THX-Certified Projector

by Chris Chinnock

BenQ America issued a press release stating that their HT6050 home theater projector has achieved the prestigious THX HD Display certification. The first single-chip projector to achieve certification, the Colorific HT6050 is intended to …

Samsung Tablets to Include TVPlayer

by Isaac Oburu

Sources have indicated that Samsung tablets in the UK could come with a pre-installed TVPlayer. The TVPlayer will be available on six models of Samsung tablet over the next year. The models include the …

Counting Steps Less Effective Than Thought for Weight Loss

by Yvette Raikes

Many people trying to reduce weight wear a fitness tracker, but recent research has thrown up a surprise. People who count their steps generally lose less weight than those who exercise “tech-free”. The US …

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Dell Highlights Displays on New Notebooks

by Milos Pavlovic

Dell has announced new notebooks in its XPS and Inspiron series and highlighted the display performance. The XPS 13 is claimed to be the smallest 13″ notebook with a ‘virtually borderless’ InfinityEdge display of …

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Netzkino Works on Xbox One

by Yvette Raikes

Netzkino, which supplies free video on demand in Germany, has added an app for the Xbox One. Around 2,500 full-length films will be available on the advertising-supported platform.

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Thalmic Raises $120 Million for Gesture Input

by Milos Pavlovic

Thalmic Labs has secured $120 million in Series B funding from Intel Capital, the Amazon Alexa Fund and others to develop its technology which is a wristband sensor that tracks movement in the muscles …

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Cynora and Juhua To Collaborate on OLED TVs

by Milos Pavlovic

Cynora of Germany, which is developing TADF materials for OLEDs, has signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to cooperate on OLED TV development. Cynora is joining the technology platform with Juhua which is held …

Sharp Wants to Double Global TV Sales

by Milos Pavlovic

News sources in Japan reported that Sharp intends to double its global TV sales to 10 million by 2018, exploiting the supply chain that it has after its acquisition by Foxconn, although this will …

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Huawei to Start Making Phones in India

by Isaac Oburu

Huawei and EMS provider Flex will start producing phones in India according to Evertiq. The phones will be produced at Flex’s assembly near Chennai.

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SMIT and CryptoGuard Launch New CAM

by Yvette Raikes

The latest version of the CryptoGuard CAM (conditional access module) has been released by the Swedish CA system developer, using SMIT’s CAM devices. The companies say that Pay TV security is now even more …

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VMedia Now Live on Roku TVs and players

by Isaac Oburu

VMedia Inc. has announced today that it has launched its streaming channel, VMedia TV, on the Roku streaming platform in Canada. VMedia TV will have up to 20 live TV channels such as CTV, …

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