If you believe the origin story depicted in Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network, a young Mark Zuckerberg built Facebook in order to meet girls. Creative fiction or not, the real-life Zuck — who recently became a father to a baby girl called Max — wants the world to know about his far more progressive views on women. Read More
It’s true, startups are taking over CES. But this is just part of the story. CES isn’t yet another startup show. It’s a now a startup show with hundreds of companies launching compelling new products at the same time coming from many different countries — and French startups in particular are coming en masse. Read More http://ift.tt/1YZHaEI
LG is playing television superhero at CES 2016, announcing it will showcase a premium line of 4K Ultra HD TVs that it's dubbing "Super UHD."
The TVs are LG's most advanced LCD/LED screens in terms of picture quality to date, the company claimed, and come high dynamic range (HDR) content compatible.
The line includes the top-tier UH9500, UH8500 and UH7700 (ranging from 49- to 86-inches in size), which feature IPS displays infused with tech to minimize reflections, enhance contrast ratio and offer more depth and contrast within the picture.
LG's Super UHD TVs are designated HDR Plus, meaning they can show 4K HDR content in a more realistic manner than a standard HDR screen. The TVs also have an SDR-to-HDR conversion engine, so content coming from a standard source can be viewed in near-HDR quality.
The UF9500 and UF8500 will feature Color Prime Plus, essentially an expanded palette of colors users can view. Billion Rich Colors, a feature with a name that matches "Super UHD" in grandeur, helps Super UHD models render over one billion possible color variations, LG said.
Sporting a 6.6mm screen depth, the ultra-thin UH9500 also features barely there bezels. Sound is also a big draw for the screen: harman/kardon was called in to help create the TV's speaker system. Paired with LG's Magic Sound Tuning function, which adjusts the TV's sound according to the conditions of the room.
Tantalizingly, LG will also unwrap its first production-ready 98-inch 8K Super UHD TV at the show. How much it will cost - and whether it ever makes it to market - are big questions, but it should be a sight to behold.
Four Super UHD series will ship to the US, with select models arriving in the spring. webOS 3.0 will come with all 2016 UHD models.
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Slack’s rocket ship has a new co-pilot. April Underwood, Slack’s former head of platform who just launched its App Directory and Slack Fund, has leveled up to become the startup’s VP of Product. Underwood joined Slack in June after nearly five years at Twitter where she was a Director of Product. Putting the head of platform in charge of the entire product shows… Read More
A few days ago, Samsung shared a few items that they’d be showing on the floor at CES in Las Vegas. One of them, which barely caused a blip on the radar was the “rink.” It’s Samsung’s motion controllers for the Gear VR, something that is sorely needed for their mobile virtual reality experience. If you remember, Oculus just shared that their own motion… Read More
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A few days ago, Samsung shared a few items that they’d be showing on the floor at CES in Las Vegas. One of them, which barely caused a blip on the radar was the “rink.” It’s Samsung’s motion controllers for the Gear VR, something that is sorely needed for their mobile virtual reality experience. If you remember, Oculus just shared that their own motion… Read More
There’s a good chance that you’ve never heard of LittleThings, but apparently it’s seeing rapid growth, thanks to a focus on positive and inspirational stories. In fact, according to data from NewsWhip, LittleThings was responsible for the single most popular Facebook post of 2015. The story is basically just a write up of a two-year-old video of Ann and Nancy Wilson… Read More
