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Apple Loses Case Against iPhone Repair Provider in Norway

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has lost a lawsuit it filed against an independent iPhone repair service provider in Norway. Last year, Henrik Huseby was served with a letter demanding that he cease his repair operation—in which he …

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Tech Data Appoints Executive VP Rich Hume as Its New CEO

by Andrew Fenn

Tech Data has announced that executive VP and COO Rich Hume will become CEO on June 6th, 2018 and has been nominated to join the company’s board of directors. Hume will succeed Bob Dutkowsky, …

Intel Pulls the Plug on AR Smart Glasses Project

by Andrew Fenn

Intel has announced that it will shut down its New Devices Group and scrap its AR smart glasses project, Vaunt. The company gave no reason for the closure but it’s believed that it will …

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VR Simulation Effective in Education

by Len Scrogan

Quick Search: Research is a series dedicated to unpacking some of the emerging research on 3D, VR, and other dynamic visualization technologies. See my introductory article on this topic, entitled The Research Chase. In …

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Amazon and Best Buy Announce Fire Smart TV Partnership

by Andrew Fenn

Amazon and Best Buy have announced a collaboration to bring the next generation of Fire TV Edition smart TVs to customers in the US and Canada. Best Buy will launch more than ten Ultra …

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Dolby and Disney Announce Extended Theatrical Collaboration

by Andrew Fenn

Dolby Laboratories has added 20 titles from Walt Disney Studios to the slate of movies to be shown in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos at Dolby Cinema locations around the globe. Titles include live-action …

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HP Adds First Clinical Review Monitor

by Bob Raikes

A few weeks ago, we missed an announcement by HP – apologies. The company announced two new notebooks for healthcare and a monitor for clinical review applications. All three are approved to N/IEC 60601-1-2:2015 …

Sky Result 12/04/2018

by Milos Pavlovic

Sky Plc announced its financial results for the nine months to 31st March. Revenue for the nine months to 31st March was £10.1 billion ($14.08 billion), an increase of 5%, compared to revenue of …

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Sharp 8K Monitor Now in Europe

by Bob Raikes

Sharp showed its 70″ 8K monitor, the LV-70X500E, at IFA in 2017. The product has now been made available in Europe with pricing at €11,199 (including tax). The TV has eight HDMI inputs, four …

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Go2Digital Setting Up New DooH Network in Croatia

by Andrew Fenn

Go2Digital is building a new digital out-of-home network in Croatia, in collaboration with Hrvatsko Telekom, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom. The two companies have developed multipurpose telephone kiosks that provide free Wi-Fi, city information …

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Telus Adds Ultra HD HDR Content to Optik TV

by Andrew Fenn

Canadian TV provider, Telus, has launched Ultra HD HDR content on its Optik TV service. Netflix subscribers with Premium accounts can now also stream UHD HDR content through the platform’s built-in Netflix app. Furthermore, …

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VRLA Conference is Coming May 4-5

by Norbert Hildebrand

The VRLA (Virtual Reality Los Angeles) conference is coming to the LA Conference Center on May 4th and 5th. The conference is in its fth year and is dubbed as one of the largest …

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