WWDC24 highlights from Apple
Friday, July 26, 2024 by Austin Harris
Apple recently showcased a series of groundbreaking updates and innovations at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2024 (WWDC24), captivating the developer community with a week of insightful sessions. The event highlighted the latest advancements across various domains, including machine learning, Swift, SwiftUI, spatial computing, and more.
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Ultrasound devices market report key findings
Friday, February 16, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
According to Transparency Market Research Inc., the global ultrasound devices industry is expected to exceed US$ 12.5 billion by 2031. A CAGR of 6% is projected for the global ultrasound devices market from 2021 to 2031. The market's future is projected to be heavily influenced by ongoing innovation in ultrasound technology. This could include increasing image resol...
ImmuniWeb Neuron web security scanning
Friday, June 10, 2022 by Richard Harris
ImmuniWeb has announced the launch of ImmuniWeb Neuron, a web application and API web security scanning solution that is based on the award-winning ImmuniWeb AI Platform available.
ImmuniWeb Neuron is designed to rapidly scan tens, hundreds, or even thousands of web applications and APIs for vulnerabilities, weaknesses, and misconfigurations. It c...
Zaxbys automates hiring process with Landed app
Monday, May 2, 2022 by Freeman Lightner
Landed, which provides the first end-to-end recruitment engine for the restaurant and hospitality industries, announced that multiple Zaxby's franchisees are now using the Landed app to automate and accelerate hiring for new store openings and existing stores.
Multiple Zaxby’s franchisees now using the Landed app to automate and accelerate hiring
One suc...
Hyperspectral imaging improves machine vision
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 by Richard Harris
Machine vision is increasingly important for many applications, such as object classification. However, relying on conventional RGB imaging is sometimes insufficient, the input images are just too similar, regardless of algorithmic sophistication.
Hyperspectral imaging adds the extra dimension of wavelength to conventional images, providing a much richer data se...
Neural decision processor launches from Syntiant
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
Syntiant Corp has introduced the Syntiant NDP200 Neural Decision Processor (NDP), the company's first chip designed for vision processing that can provide highly accurate inference at under 1mW.
NDP200 neural decision processor from Syntiant
Packaged with the Syntiant Core 2, the NDP200 can ...
GE expands intelligent health ecosystem
Thursday, December 19, 2019 by Richard Harris
GE Healthcare launched the Edison Developer Program to accelerate the adoption and impact of intelligent applications and developer services across health systems. The program is based on Edison, GE Healthcare’s secure intelligence platform, and helps healthcare providers gain easier access to market-ready algorithms and applications by directly integrating these ...
Transforming industries with photoenabled apps
Monday, December 24, 2018 by Jindou Lee
They say a picture’s worth a thousand words, which is probably why there are thousands of mobile apps designed to help users capture, send and discover images of what’s important to them. Ever since the first smartphone slid off the assembly line, photos have been an essential feature of mobile marketing and social media. But while consumer-facing tools have...
GTC Japan yields huge new NVIDIA announcements
Monday, September 17, 2018 by Richard Harris
At GTC Japan in Tokyo, Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, announced a host of new technologies and products during his signature keynote speaking event. And in case you missed it, here is a list of all of the new announcements that came out of the event:
NVIDIA TensorRT Hyperscale Platform
NVIDIA has announced a new AI data center platform delivering an advanced inferen...
Why developers should add mobile print to apps
Friday, May 4, 2018 by Patrick Chen
Printing has been a major part of history for thousands of years, dating back to ancient Mesopotamia, and despite the rise of digital technologies, it’s not going anywhere - in fact, the demand for printing continues to grow, for four major reasons:Despite digital advancements, printing is still the standard. Printed materials such as contracts, government forms and har...
DJI deals for Black Friday
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 by Richard Harris
DJI has announced details about its Black Friday Promotion including discounts on the Spark, Mavic Pro, DJI Goggles, Osmo series as well as the Phantom 4 Advanced and Pro.For consumers looking to capture their inspirations and sharing their stories on-the-go, they can enjoy up to USD $100 discount on the Spark and Mavic Pro. For those who want to get the most out of the...
Reversing Alzheimers effects with BrainHQ and the Bredesen Protocol
Thursday, August 24, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Posit Science, the maker of BrainHQ online brain training exercises and assessments, and MPI Cognition, the organization disseminating the Bredesen Protocol for treating cognitive decline and those at risk for cognitive decline, has announced that BrainHQ will be made available to every patient enrolled in the Bredesen Protocol.Dr. Dale Bredesen, co-founder of MPI Cogni...
Eclipse could cause millions of smart phones to fry
Saturday, August 19, 2017 by Stuart Parkerson
Virtually everyone has a smartphone and other smart devices (iPads, etc.) that offer the ability to take great images, video, and even time lapse video. These devices are going to be the go-to option for people wanting to image the Great Solar Eclipse of 2017.But what people don’t realize is that imaging the Sun with your smart device without any additional f...
OPPO announces unveiling 5X smartphone photography tech
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 by Richard Harris
OPPO is set to announce its latest achievement at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017, a 5x smartphone photography technology that with give users unprecedented ability to capture highly detailed images.Sky Li, OPPO Vice President and Managing Director of International Mobile Business, said, “OPPO’s relentless pursuit of perfection without compromise has given birth to...
Mobile 3D face scanning is coming from Bellus3D
Thursday, January 5, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Inuitive has announced that Bellus3D Inc. has adopted the NU3000 into its next-generation face scanning camera which will be launched during CES 2017 in Las Vegas. Bellus3D is focusing on high quality and affordable 3D face scanning for mobile devices. Their face camera will work on smartphones and tablets to create high quality 3D face models that can be used for ...
A Preview of What's Coming From InterDrone 2016 This Week
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 by Richard Harris
The InterDrone 2015 conference is the largest dedicated commercial drone show in North America firing of this week in Las Vegas (along side the CTIA Super Mobility conference). This year the show projects 150 exhibitors and sponsors, 4,000+ attendees from 60+ countries, 250+ media/association partners, and slew of classes and panels. Here is a preview of some of th...
Bitfusion's Boost Beta Offers CloudBased Hardware Accelerators
Monday, November 23, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Bitfusion’s new Boost Beta platform leverages cloud-based hardware accelerators to improve performance by an order of magnitude on existing hardware. The advanced optimization technology for high-performance, compute-intensive applications offers a software-acceleration layer that automatically provides performance improvements for high-performance and GPU-accelerated a...
MobileBridge Adds 360 degree Imaging to Mobile Marketing Automation
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
MobileBridge is rolling out new advanced content creation and integration functionality for its app relationship management platform. The new functionality includes 360 degree imaging and the ability to assign loyalty points based on in-app actions for and tying engagement with in-app usage patterns. This new functionality facilitates the creation of interactive co...
Dynamsoft Imaging SDK Now Supports Document Scanning for HTML5Based Browsers
Friday, July 31, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Dynamsoft has updated the web version of its TWAIN-based scanning SDK software to add HTML5 support for IE on Windows and mainstream browsers on Mac platforms. For Windows, Dynamic’s Web TWAIN receives added HTML5 support for Internet Explorer (IE) 10 and 11. For Mac, the added HTML5 support is for Safari v7+, Chrome v27+, and Firefox v27+ on Mac OS X 10.6 or...
SVG Is the Future of Graphics and Here's Why
Friday, June 19, 2015 by Simon Wieczner
The enterprise is growing increasingly digital, with data visualization and GIS mapping just a few of the current drivers. In this environment, it’s more important than ever that companies have the ability to interact with images without loss of clarity or resolution issues. Scalable vector graphics, or SVG, coupled with an HTML5 document viewer, are critical to support...
Dlodlo to Release Lightweight VR Glasses Running on Android OS
Monday, May 25, 2015 by Richard Harris
Dlodlo has announced its new, lightweight VR Glasses offering Full HD resolution of 2K with a 16:9 aspect ratio and 120Hz refresh rate for a display without dizziness, lag, distortion, or screen door effect. Dlodlo supports 2D/3D switch video, 4K video displays and provides a 110 degree Field of View (FOV) for a no-border fully immersive VR experience. Dlodlo...
PowerVR Imaging Framework for Android Comprises a Set of Extensions to the OpenCL and EGL API's
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 by Richard Harris
Imagination's new PowerVR imaging framework helps OEMs to better improve their processing performance through using a variety of Android applications.PowerVR imaging framework for Android provide OEMs a way to integrate the newest features for computer vision and computational photography within their camera applications. PowerVR’s imaging framework for Androi...
Firefox Smartphone OS is Now Available in 24 Countries
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 by Richard Harris
Mozilla has announced that the Firefox OS is now available on three continents with 12 smartphones offered by 13 operators in 24 countries. Mozilla has been pushing its Firefox OS as an opportunity to use Web as a platform, outside the proprietary mobile operating systems.Three new smartphones have been launched in India and one in Bangladesh over the last few weeks as ...
Millennials Increasingly Turning to Mobile Pictures to Communicate
Monday, September 29, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Selfies, Snapchat, Pinterest – if a picture paints a thousand words then mobile users are communicating at a never before seen rate. This move away from the written word to pictures is highlighted in a new report: “Millennials, Selfies And The Changing Face of Mobile Commerce.”The report provides insight derived from a survey conducted by Zogby Analytics and c...
Unity to Include Add on Support for Oculus Rift in the Unity Game Platform
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Unity has announced that developers using the free version of Unity or Unity Pro will able to create VR experiences for the Oculus Rift and the Oculus VR Store for free.Unity is working with Oculus to create an official add-on supporting the Oculus Rift in Unity. The Oculus add-on will include stereo imaging optimizations, 3D audio support, deeper Unity editor integrati...
Back to School: A Case in Point for Niche Mobile App Marketing
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Have an astronomy app? That’s a great niche, and when a comet starts barreling towards earth, your sales will soar. Of course it will be hard to spend all of that money in the aftermath of the impact, but hey, life’s not perfect.Seriously, an astronomy app really is a great niche. It uses the capacities of smart devices well (GPS, imaging), it has a global group of indi...
SimpleECM Offers New Mobile Document Capture SDK to Enterprise Apps
Friday, July 25, 2014 by Richard Harris
The SimpleECM Mobile Document Capture SDK provides the ability to add document capture to an app with just two lines of code to open the widget and the widget takes care of the rest.The SDK provides advanced imaging features that helps users capture documents instead of just taking photographs. For instance, users can create multi-page PDFs with their mobile d...
Riley vs. California: A revoltin development or recognition of the importance of digital privacy
Saturday, June 28, 2014 by Adam Grant
On June 25, 2014, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in David Riley vs. California 573 U.S. ___ (2014) which addressed the question of whether the police properly searched Riley’s mobile phone as part of a traffic violation stop. The officer accessed information on the phone and noticed the repeated use of a term associated with a street gang...
Adobe Releases New SDK and APIs for iOS Mobile Developers
Thursday, June 19, 2014 by Richard Harris
Adobe Announced a number of enhancements to its Creative Cloud (CC) platform by announcing 14 new versions of CC desktop applications, including Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Dreamweaver CC and Adobe Premiere Pro CC. The biggest Adobe software release since CS6, it also includes four new mobile apps, the immediate availability of creative har...
Mitek Puts Up $1 Million Seed Investment for App Developers to Develop Apps Using Its Mobile Imaging Platform
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 by Richard Harris
Mitek is extending the use of its Mobile Imaging Platform to developers interested in creating new mobile applications using the smartphone or tablet camera. Even better, Mitek is also prepared to make multiple seed investments totaling up to $1 million US in developers who can identify substantial market opportunities using the mobile imaging platform.Through the ...
Top Mobile Predictions for 2015 and Beyond
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 by Richard Harris
If you had a crystal ball and looked at 2015 and 2016 to see what will be the driving factors for mobile what would you see? Garnter analyst Nick Jones provides his top 10 predictions in a recent report.And what where they? Drumroll please:1) Multiplatform/Multiarchitecture AD Tools2) HTML53) Advanced Mobile UX Design4) High-Precision Location Sensing5) Wearab...
Android Market Too Big to Ignore so Nokia Debuts Nokia X Android Platform
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Microsoft might own Nokia, but Android rules for mobile apps (sorry Apple) and thus Nokia has debuted new smartphones running the Nokia X software platform based on the Android Open Source Project.Nokia’s recent announcement included a number of new details, which made it somewhat confusing unless you paid close attention, which we did. The Android OS is obvio...
Pivothead Wearable Imaging Launches Indiegogo Campaign
Monday, November 18, 2013 by Richard Harris
Pivothead, a leader in wearable
imaging technology, launched an Indiegogo campaign to bring their next
generation Pivothead SMART (Simple Modular
Application-Ready Technology™) line
of feature-rich eyewear to market.
Pivothead SMART provides the full 1080p high definition (HD)
video and 8 megapixel photo capture capability of Pivothead’s award winning
first ge...
Tizen Association Launches Partner Program
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 by Richard Harris
Companies from All Segments of the Mobile and Connected Device Ecosystems Become Tizen Association Partners to Collaborate on the Ongoing Development of the Tizen Project and PlatformThe Tizen Association announced the launch of a partner program aimed at broadening support of the Tizen Platform across a more diverse set of connected device manufacturers, operators, app...
New Nokia Phones and Tablet Take Advantage of Windows 8.1 HD
Thursday, October 24, 2013 by Richard Harris
On the heals of Microsoft’s announcement of its available 1080p resolution made available to developers through the Windows Phone 8 Update 3, Nokia goes HD in a big way with the Lumina 1520 and 1320 phones with 6-inch full HD 1080p HD screens.
The new HD display offers a new opportunity to super size the Windows phone start screen with room for three large or six small...
