The Candy Bar Brings Total Computing to Your TV with USB Technology
The new Candy Bar from FXI turns your tv into a full-blown computer. This advance takes home and work computing to a new level. So, you own a number of ‘smart’ devices – phones, tablets, laptops, etc. Remember how you would constantly get irritated by how you wanted to use a particular file from your laptop on your smartphone but couldn’t without CONNECTING your phone to the laptop and transferring the file manually – tedious! Then came ‘dropbox’ which synced all your data wirelessly and all the files were available for you on all your devices. But what if you wanted to see a presentation on your HDTV? Dropbox sure isn’t available for your TV, and that’s where Candy Bar comes in.
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Blu-ray and Netflix Keep Home Media Sales Afloat
Reuters has reported that Blu-ray and online video subscription services are saving the home entertainment video sales market, after reaching a seven-year low.
U.S. consumers have increased their home entertainment spending by 2.5 %, roughly $4.5 billion, over a year ago, according to the Entertainment Group, a trade group made up of members who include media production studios and consumer electronic s companies, among others. This is the second quarter to see an increase in spending in this sector and is represented by sales and rentals of DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and the web-based media subscription services, particularly Netflix.
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USB Stick May Unlock Key To DNA Detection For Cosmetics Testing
Despite the growing number of technologies emerging today that enable DNA detection, the price of getting DNA tests is still beyond reach in many cases. But DNA Electronics had better plans when it inked an agreement with geneOnyx to introduce a breakthrough technology that is not only affordable but also provides on-the-spot results via a USB stick!
DNA testing seems to be a growing trend in USB technology. AllUSB first reported about the MINion USB, which can sequence simple genomes of bacteria and viruses in just seconds.
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Digiboo Movies on the Move: Digiboo Movie Rental Service Debuts Using USB Flash Drives
Look out Netflix! Just when the convenience movie giant thought that they were making a rebound from their ‘Qwikster’ faux pas, they now have a new and formidable competitor. Redbox can get in the same corner as Netflix, because the new movie rental kiosk, Digiboo, is projected to give both businesses a run for their money.
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Flashscot College USB Flash Drive Line Poised For Exponential Growth!
Last time we shared news about Flashscots, our growing line of collegiate USB flash drives, we had introduced 11 schools to our website. Now, that number has climbed to more than 19 universities that each offers multiple custom flash drive styles. What’s more is that this selection is only a small preview of what’s to come.
Licensing approval is currently in the works for a total of 90 schools, with another 10 to 15 coming through soon. As a result, expect to see approximately 125 schools over the course of the next few months. It’s all part of our dedication to reach a larger group of fans, students and other users who want to seamlessly incorporate fandom into their digital applications.
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Will New Movie Studio, Tech Industry Alliance Solve DRM Problems?
It looks like Hollywood and the tech storage industry are joining forces to create a new coalition whose goal is to make it easier to transfer HD content to multiple devices while still fighting against piracy. Comprised of Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., Western Digital and SanDisk, the new Secure Content Storage Association’s (SCSA) first effort is tentatively titled “Project Phenix” (yes, it’s spelled that way).
The alliance is so new that a proper website has not even been created, so we still have limited information about its DRM-related plans. What we do know is that they want to take “SCSA-optimized” HD movies and shows to be branded and sold on custom USB flash drives, SSDs, hard drives and SD cards that would also be made available at rental kiosks.
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Option XYFI USB Stick: A New Way To Go Portable With Your Hotspot
When you’re a traveller, you always want to pack light, and carry with you the smallest gadgets possible. For people who are always on the go, portability and functionality should come hand in hand. So here comes a new tool designed with those kind of users in mind: the new Option XYFI (read as X-Y-Fi). It’s touted to be the smallest 3G WiFi hotspot to hit the market to date.
The new Option XYFI was one of the many new devices introduced at the recently Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It was an interesting device not only because of its stylish design but also because it was made by Option, a Belgian firm that used to be big in the USB modem and embedded wireless module market. After being hauled back by competitors Novatel and Sierra Wireless who are making it big in with MiFi hotspot, the new device seems to be sweet vengeance for this market player.
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Ford Sends Car Owners Custom USB Flash Drives For System Upgrade
In early December, we discussed how custom USB flash drives are playing an increasingly important role in helping automakers provide essential system updates to the built-in entertainment systems of today’s vehicles. That same month, Ford promised its car owners this kind of USB update for MyFord Touch systems. The American motor company has finally delivered on that promised with a custom flash drive given to more than 300,000 customers of Edge, Explorer, Focus and Lincoln MKX models with first generation systems that were prone to dashboard glitches.
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