General Motors (GM) and IBM have joined hands to bring the power of OnStar and IBM Watson together to create OnStar Go, the auto industry’s first cognitive mobility platform. Starting in early 2017, OnStar is expected to give ...
Tags: GM, IBM, Driving Experience
Virtual- and augmented-reality headsets will be the size of regular glasses in the near future, according to Qualcomm. Qualcomm senior vice president Raj Talluri made the claim during a keynote at the company’s 5G summit, attended ...
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Firms are looking to fund final stage of production on the site, with an aim of raising $200,000. PlayFusion and TOMY have headed to Kickstarter to fund the final production of its new toys-to-life title, Lightseekers. Lightseekers is ...
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NVIDIA has introduced its newest system on chip (SoC) to power next generation autonomous vehicles at the Hot Chips conference in Cupertino, California. Speaking at the conference, we revealed the architecture and underlying technology of ...
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Revenue from virtual-reality-related products and services is expected to more than triple in China this year compared with last year, but experts insist the burgeoning sector is still in need of significant improvement in terms of user ...
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Global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney's Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) 2015 shows that C. China's GDP growth of 7.4 per cent in 2014 was its lowest in a quarter century. Yet, relative to other developing markets, its ...
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Damian Hall joins the firm as it celebrates its 20th year with plans for further international growth. LeapFrog has welcomed a new sales director for UK and Ireland. In his new role, Damian Hall will now be responsible for providing ...
Tags: market strategy, in-store design, execution, Toys
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that GoPro Founder and CEO Nicholas Woodman will deliver the keynote address at the Leaders in Technology (LIT) Dinner at the upcoming 2015 International CES®. Owned and ...
Sony today announced the development of a state-of-the-art 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector featuring a stylish, furniture-like design. Utilizing space itself, it can be placed near most walls and has the ability to cast a 4K Ultra ...
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Sony on Tuesday announced a hotly-anticipated streaming game service along with the news that it sold more than 4.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles by the start of this year. PlayStation Now, set to begin a test phase this month and launch ...
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Zain Bahrain have teamed up with Ericsson to use the communications giant’s LTE technology, which it believes could transform its network. The agreement also includes prepaid charging, including consulting and systems integration ...
A board game inspired by the Hexbug range of robotic creatures will be released in the spring. Ravensburger has signed up as licensee of Hexbug owner Innovation First, and the two will work on Kakerlakak, themed around the toys. ...
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It's clear that millions of gamers across the US will be spending some quality time with PlayStation during the holidays following sales results for the week of Black Friday. PlayStation®3 (PS3®) Black Friday bundle sales increased ...
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NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc., a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, and Walmart today announced that the recently launched and critically acclaimed NOOK HD and NOOK HD+, and related ...
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Set-top box manufacturer Humax and Entropic, which provides semiconductor solutions for the connected home, announced today an IP-based set-top box (STB) based on hardware and software specifications developed by Comcast. The Humax client ...
Tags: Humax, Broadcast, video services, TV