Devices
Sony Launching New PlayStation Classic Console for $100 (THR)
Sony will release a new budget console, the PlayStation (PS) Classic, with the look of the original PS, which will come with 20 classic games preloaded, the company announced on We... More
Smartphone Giants are Betting on Folding Screens, More Cameras Than Ever to Reignite the Market (CNBC)
The smartphone market is slowing, users are holding onto their devices for longer and some manufacturers are feeling the heat. The response from technology firms? Pack the next gen... More
IBC 2018: Avid Touts Milestone; NAGRA Marks Digital Cinema First
Content protection and multiscreen TV solutions firm NAGRA announced at the IBC Show that it has successfully used a combination of cloud technology and HEVC compression with myCin... More
Salesforce: Mobile to Drive e-Commerce Purchases During the Holiday Season (MESA)
Salesforce today released its new consumer insights and predictions for the 2018 holiday shopping season. Mobile will dominate the 2018 holiday season, with more orders and visits ... More
Apple Just Announced the new iPhone (CNBC)
Apple just unveiled its newest iPhones. The iPhone Xs is water-resistant and comes with a 5.8-inch OLED screen — the same dimensions as last year's iPhone X — Apple's head of m... More
What a Chinese Mobile Megamerger Would Mean for the 5G Race (Bloomberg)
China is betting that bulking up its phone companies will help the country keep its edge in the race for 5G. A merger of two of China’s three carriers under consideration -- Chin... More
Adobe: Nearly Half of American Households Will Own a Smart Speaker by 2019 (Fortune)
By the time we ring in 2019, almost half of American households will have a smart speaker, according to a new study from Adobe. The study, released Monday, finds that 32% of the co... More
Apple to Kick Off Product Blitz with iPhone Xs Line, New Watches (Bloomberg)
Apple Inc. will kick off a blitz of new products this week, ending a year of minor updates and setting the technology giant up for a potentially strong holiday quarter. Through the... More
Mobile Video to Spike with 5G (Rapid TV News)
The move to active mobile video offerings will grow as entertainment bundling with mobile services becomes a must, according to the 2018 Economics of Mobile Programming Report by K... More
Avid, Hal Leonard Partner to Distribute Pro Audio, Video Products (MESA)
Avid and Hal Leonard have entered into a new five-year agreement that extends the reach of Avid’s market-leading creative tools with artists, creative professionals, aspiring pro... More
The Lucrative (and Growing) Niche of Luxury Audio (Twice)
While the term “luxury” conjures up a range of different images, depending upon whom you speak with, there’s no denying that it implies something that’s not strictly necess... More
Dolby Collaborates with Lenovo on the First Laptop of its Kind (MESA)
Dolby and Lenovo announced today the world's first laptop featuring Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos Speaker System. The Lenovo Yoga C930 combines cinema-inspired HDR imaging technolog... More
The eSports Industry is Growing – Now Web Infrastructure Needs to Keep Up (ReadWrite)
Like traditional sports, e-sports can be costly. A prime component of e-sports infrastructure is video streaming, which enables competition. Viewers are able to share the videos an... More
Sony Launches High-End Smartphone with a TV Screen on It (CNBC)
Sony launched a premium smartphone on Thursday with the latest screen technology. The Xperia XZ3 is the Japanese giant's first device with an organic light emitting diode or OLED d... More
Report: $19.5B Spent on Video Games in U.S. During First Half of 2018 (GamesIndustry.biz)
The NPD Group has reported US consumers spend $19.5 billion on video game products in the first six months of the year. This marks an increase of 40 per cent when compared to spend... More
Microsoft Adds Support for Google Gmail IDs to Azure Active Directory (ZDNet)
Microsoft is adding the ability for those with Google Gmail IDs to federate with Azure Active Directory. That capability is available in public preview as of August 28, Microsoft o... More
Panasonic, Samsung Lead HDR10+ Adopters (Rapid TV News)
HDR10+ Technologies has announced the first certified products and first adopters for its technology licence programme with two of the consortium’s founders — Panasonic and Sam... More
Microsoft Just Turned the Xbox Into a Subscription Service (CNBC)
Microsoft just turned the Xbox into a subscription service and will sell it like Apple sells iPhones. Here's how it works: You can pick either a Microsoft Xbox One S or the more po... More
Streaming Family Plans: Too Much Sharing Has Execs Concerned About Slipping Revenue Per User (Billboard)
Though Spotify's subscriber base is steadily growing, the average revenue it gets per paying subscriber is shrinking. One of the biggest reasons: family plans. Industry sources tel... More
Report: Apple to Launch Three New iPhones (CNBC)
The company is reportedly planning to launch three new iPhone models, including one with a 6.5-inch display, the largest it has ever included on an iPhone. It will also launch a 5.... More
