Thursday, June 27, 2013

Samsung's new OLED TV is now on the market for $13,000

Samsung OLED TV, 55 inch

SEOUL - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd released their new OLED TV in the market for $13,000. It is their first curved, super-thin OLED television to go on sale. It has the same price as their rival LG Electronics Inc.

They are hoping that the success with OLED screens in smartphones (Galaxy S4) will also translate into the TV market. The price is five times more than other popular flat-screen TV.

For now, OLED televisions are still a niche market and Samsung warned that industry forecasts for sales growth were a bit too optimistic.

"We have just introduced our first OLED TV and have to see consumer response to gauge overall market demand," Kim Hyunsuk, a Samsung executive vice president, said.

Research firm DisplaySearch has forecast global industry-wide sales of OLED televisions at 50,000 this year, at 600,000 next year and rapid growth thereafter to reach 7 million in 2016.

LG, which currently offers both curved and non-curved 55-inch screens, is estimated to have only sold a few hundred screens so far after starting sales earlier this year.

Samsung said it will begin selling its curved OLED television outside South Korea from July but did not specify which countries. It has no plans to offer a non-curved one this year.

Organic light-emitting diode technology has long been touted as the future of consumer electronics displays, offering crisper picture resolution, a faster response time and high contrast images. It also allows for curved televisions, which manufacturers say offer a more immersive TV experience.

Both Samsung and rival LG Display, a unit of LG Electronics, have invested heavily in OLED, seeking to emulate the success they had with LCDs, which helped them squash Japanese rivals such as Sony Corp and allowed them to capture coveted roles as suppliers for Apple Inc (AAPL.O).

Samsung is now the world's biggest TV manufacturer, and the South Korean duo now sell almost half of all TVs worldwide.

Samsung also unveiled on Thursday 55-inch and 65-inch ultra-high definition (UHD) TV sets, which offer crisper LCD picture resolution.

Ultra HD TV sales are likely to grow 930,100 this year from 9,600 last year and may jump to 3.9 million sets next year, according to DisplaySearch.

http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-rolls-oled-tv-same-042015641.html

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Monday, June 3, 2013

Google bans 'Tits & Glass' app

Google bans,Tits and Glass app

Google banned "Tits & Glass" which is an application developed for its Google Glass software that allows users to view pornography and share explicit images of themselves.

It was designed for the wearable computer by adult app store MiKandi and officially released on Monday, reported by CNN.

But following the announcement Google altered its developer policies to include a ban on sexually explicit content for its Glass software.

"We don't allow Glassware content that contains nudity, graphic sex acts or sexually explicit material," the new section reads.

MiKandi CEO Jesse Adams said the company was now working to alter the app in line with the new policy.

"Although the app is still live and people are using it, at this point we must make changes to the app in order to comply with the new policies. Expect to see changes to the application tomorrow," he said.

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Apple on trial this week e-book price-fixing case

Apple was accused by the United States of conspiring with five publishers to fix prices of electronic books, went to trial in a case that will feature evidence from the company’s late founder, Steve Jobs.

The rare antitrust trial that began yesterday in Manhattan federal court will determine whether Apple orchestrated an illegal price-fixing agreement when it entered the e-books market in 2010 with the introduction of the iPad.

The five publishers sued by the government have settled. But Apple denies wrongdoing and says it helped consumers by bringing competition to an e-books market dominated by Amazon.com.

The judge has scheduled closing arguments for June 20.