Volume 21

subscribe

BBC Icon Says Humans Have Ascended into Insignificance

by Super User

Sunday morning kicked off with Professor Brian Cox, star of the BBC’s science coverage giving a keynote talk. He was introduced by Ray Snoddy, the moderator as “David Attenborough’s successor”, a position he was …

Tags:Events| IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Ruwido Leaf Control is Sleek

by Super User

Ruwido was showing a “traditional” remote control with a standard button configuration, but the design is a very sleek one, with a thickness of just 2.7mm. That’s why it’s called the “Leaf”. The remote …

Tags:Events| IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Consoles are USA’s Most Popular Streaming Device

by Super User

The games console is the primary method of streaming in US homes, according to Parks Associates. 46% of broadband households in the country have a console connected to the internet, and 28% use it …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Samsung’s Dev Conference Returns to San Francisco

by Super User

The second Samsung Developer Conference will run between 11th and 13th November, at Moscone West in San Francisco. The theme is ‘Connected Living. Connecting Developers’, and the event will focus on health, wearables, VR, …

Tags:Back Panel| Development| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Samsung Widens PC Exit to Cover Europe

by Super User

We had heard, earlier this month, that Samsung was readying itself to leave the German notebook market (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37) – but now it turns out that that wasn’t all the …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PCs| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

Gartner: Apple Watch to Propel Smartwatch Growth

by Super User

The Apple Watch will drive increased adoption of smartwatches, Gartner believes. The space is growing rapidly, with 7/10 of the top smartphone vendors now operating in it, compared to 2 last year. By 2015, …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21| Wearable Market

San Francisco College Chooses Hitachi

by Super User

Multiple Hitachi projectors have been installed by the City College of San Francisco. Although the main model installed has been the CP-AW312WN, Hitachi’s CP-WX8255, CP-WX8240 and CP-X3030WN models are also being used around the …

Tags:Back Panel| Education| Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

LED Brings American Football to the BIG Screen

by Super User

Bigger is better, as they say in the USA – and the owners of the Tannery Row Ale House in Buford, Georgia appear to have taken it to heart. The recently-installed digital display is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

LG Will Leave Plasma in 2014 – But a Market Still Exists

by Super User

LG has told Pocket Lint that it will end plasma TV production this year – but still believes that there is a market for the technology. According to Pocket Lint, LG said that the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| PDP| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Will Windows 10 Fix The Errors of Windows 8?

by Super User

Microsoft eschewed the conventional wisdom of linear numbers with its announcement of Windows 10 recently, completely bypassing Windows 9. The name signals that the OS is not an incremental update. As predicted, the Start …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21| Windows

Lenovo Phones Reach Czech Republic

by Super User

Lenovo smartphones are now being distributed in the Czech Republic by AT Computers and SWS.

Tags:Czech Republic| Distributors| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Apple Watch Delayed by ‘Development Issues’

by Super User

According to The Information, citing a source close to Apple, the Apple Watch is unlikely to arrive by mid-February. ‘Development issues’ could delay the early 2015 launch date.

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21