Vol 24 – Issue 05 – Page 8

Pixelworks Results 03/02/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Pixelworks Inc. announced its FY16 Q4 results with net sales of $16 mn and net income of $0.34 mn, resulting in a net margin of around 2%. The sales were higher by 19% as …

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Nintendo is Considering Adding VR to New Switch Console

by Alan Spencer

Nintendo is looking to add VR functionality to its new Switch console (Nintendo Switch will launch on March 3 for $300 / €300). Nintendo president, Tatsumi Kimishima, recently stated that VR could be added …

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Vodafone TV Customers in Spain Grow to 1.3 Million in 2016

by Alan Spencer

As well as Vodafone’s TV customer base in Spain growing to 1.3 million, the company’s fully integrated fixed, mobile and TV service, Vodafone One, ended 2016 with 2.1 million customers, up from 1.1 million …

FCC Proposed Authorisation of Next Generation TV Broadcasts is Applauded by Pearl TV

by Alan Spencer

Pearl TV has applauded the FCC’s publication of a draft that would authorise TV broadcasters to deploy, on a voluntary basis, the next generation, IP-based TV broadcasting technology. Pearl is a business organization of …

Tablet Shipment on the Decline According to IDC

by Bob Raikes

The fourth quarter of 2016 marked the ninth consecutive quarter that tablet shipments declined. Based on preliminary data from IDC, vendors shipped 52.9 million which was a decline of 20.1% from the same quarter …

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LG Rumoured to be Launching Two Android Smart Watches

by Alan Spencer

Two new LG smartwatches are rumoured to be launching this month in the US. The watches are made in conjunction with Google and will be called the Watch Sport and Watch Style. The Sport …

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The #SeeColors App Adjusts Displays to Improve Image for the Color Blind

by Arthur Berman

People with normal vision can usually perceive millions of color shades. There are, however, about 300 million people around the world, close to 8% of men and 0.5% of women that have Color Vision …

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TV Style Video App Next for Facebook

by Alan Spencer

Facebook is developing a video-centric app for TV set-top boxes and is already seeking publishers to create exclusive content for it. The app is part of an effort by Facebook to compete for TV …

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VR is in the House: The FETC Expo

by Len Scrogan

The US ed-tech conference season kicks off at the start of the year with a strong event, the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC 2017), held each year in Orlando, Florida. FETC tends to …

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Lars Borg Explains Dynamic Metadata

by Chris Chinnock

SMPTE organized a webinar conducted by Lars Borg, a principle scientist at Adobe, but who was also very active in the development of SMPTE standard ST-2094. In the webcast, Borg describes the various versions …

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Diebold ESCC Claimed as Narrowest

by Bob Raikes

Diebold Nixdorf showed a new slim ATM/POS terminal at the NRF event in the USA that it claims is the slimmest in the world at just 10″ (25cm). The Extreme Self-Checkout Concept (ESCC) can …

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