Vol 24 – Issue 23 – Page 5

Preferred Bidder Chosen for Toshiba Memory

by Alan Spencer

Toshiba has announced that its board of directors has agreed to select the consortium of Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, Bain Capital Private Equity and the Development Bank of Japan as the preferred bidder …

Netflix Debuts Interactive Storytelling

by Alan Spencer

Netflix has released an interactive film entitled, Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale, which is the company’s first story that lets the viewer decide how the story progresses and ends. Technological development …

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Hypebox Used in MediaMarkt

by Bob Raikes

MMT of Berlin, Germany, has supplied a number of transparent 32″ Hypebox display boxes to Media Markt in the Netherlands to be used in special promotions. Ten of the systems have been used in …

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Five AR Head-Mounted Display Vendors Highlighted by IDC

by Milos Pavlovic

IDC has named five HMD vendors as ‘IDC Innovators’. They are: Daqri Meta ODG Optinvent Vuzix IDC has a new report on Commercial Uses HMDs.

UHD Dominating UK TV Market Value

by Bob Raikes

Nick Simon of GfK spoke at a recent UltraHD conference held by SES in London and said that UltraHD sets are now the dominant HD TV type, especially in the over £350 price bracket. …

Christie Taking RGB Laser Projection to Mainstream Cinemas

by Chris Chinnock

One of the more interesting pieces of news coming from CineEurope this week was the European debut of Christie’s CP-4325 digital cinema projector. This is the company’s first standalone RGB laser projector that it …

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VR Viewers Barely Turn Their Heads

by Alan Spencer

Google looked at the analytics for 360° videos posted on YouTube, and found that people rarely bother to turn their heads. In fact, people spend 75% of their time looking towards the front 90° …

Technology at Pepcom NY CE Week

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Pepcom events are often mostly full of silly apps and hardware gadgets targeted at consumers. Their June 15th event in New York was no exception, but I found three interesting technologies that should be …

JCD Wins London Bromley Deal

by Alan Spencer

JCDecaux has been awarded a 10-year contract for 40 new free-standing digital screens in the London Borough of Bromley. The contract was previously held by Clear Channel and awarded to JCDecaux after a competitive …

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JCD Wins Contract for Guangzhou Baiyun Airport

by Alan Spencer

JCDecaux has announced that its subsidiary JCDecaux Advertising of Shanghai, has won the contract to install and operate the advertising concession at Terminal 2 of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and the associated ground transportation …

oOh! Wins Adelaide Contract

by Alan Spencer

oOh!media has won a government contract in South Australia for 40 large format billboards across Adelaide’s metropolitan area. The competitive tender was retained by oOh!, which it has held it since its acquisition of …

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Rubin Shows Phone and Assistant with Circular Display

by Bob Raikes

Andy Rubin is a well known name in mobile phone circles as he was a key individual in the development of Android. He now has a company, Essential, which has a new smartphone, a …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 23