| Today's Top Stories | | #1 | Dolby to introduce new video standard | | | via InAVate | | | Dolby Laboratories, world famous from pioneering sound quality, has announced it is to move into display technology, with the launch of Dolby Vision. Seen for the first time at CES in Las Vegas, Dolby Vision aims to improve brightness, colour and contrast of Ultra HD displays, rather than prioritise one of those features, as often happens in modern display technology. More»
Why This Matters: Though this is just now appearing in the ProAV press, Dolby announced it at CES along with partners including Sharp, TCL, Microsoft (Xbox Video), Amazon Instant Video and others. What's important to us—the approach to display—is a little better explained by the Hollywood Reporter here including what Dolby calls "better" pixels. –Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #2 | Watch Steve Jobs first demonstration of the Mac for the public, unseen since 1984 | | | by Harry McCracken, Time | | | It's January, 1984. Steve Jobs, nattily attired in a double-breasted suit, is demonstrating Apple's breakthrough personal computer, Macintosh, before a packed room. He speaks alarmingly of a future controlled by IBM, and shows a dystopian commercial based on that theme. He says that the Mac is "insanely great" and plucks the diminutive machine from a bag; it talks for itself. More»
Why This Matters: This is a fun, insider-y account of a major moment in technical history—30 years ago this month. (Reminding me that four years later, I hefted my first Mac all the way to a theme park job site in Tokyo in that same canvas bag Jobs is holding. It didn't seem that "diminutive" hanging from my shoulder).–Cynthia Wisehart |
| | #3 | 8 ways to get the job done using Google Glass | | | by James A. Martin, CIO | | | Here's a look at some of the practical and innovative ways Google Glass Explorers are using the $1,500 prototype device in their work - from automotive repair to sports reporting. More »
Why This Matters: This article from a Chief Information Officer, gives examples of Google Glass at work in such functions as live remote sales training, sharing conference sessions, and troubleshooting a website remotely among others.–Cynthia Wisehart |
| |
| | Find Us Online |
| | Jobs from TWICE.com |
| Jobs from Eduwire
| | Click here to see all posted positions » | | Upcoming Events | | Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), Feb. 4-6, Amsterdam RAI Digital Signage Expo, Feb. 12-13, Las Vegas
AVAD Vendopalooza, Feb. 20, Dallas
Sound Reinforcement For Technicians, Feb. 24-26, Portland
NSCA Business & Leadership Conference, Feb. 27-March 1, Dallas
For more events, see our calendar. |
| Was this copy of Pro AV Today forwarded to you?
Start your own subscription by clicking here. | |  |  |
|  |
|  |
|
| | | | | Pro AV Today Editorial Team
SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR
CYNTHIA WISEHART, Editor
Phone: (212) 378-0400 x526 | Send Email
SYSTEMS CONTRACTOR NEWS
KIRSTEN NELSON, Editor
Phone: (212) 378-0400 x522 | Send Email
AV TECHNOLOGY
MARGOT DOUAIHY, Editor
Phone: (212) 378-0400 x 538 | Send Email
DIGITAL SIGNAGE
DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor
Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email
RENTAL AND STAGING SYSTEMS
DAVID KEENE, Executive Editor
Phone: (512) 480-9473 | Send Email
RESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS
JEREMY GLOWACKI, Editor
Phone: (212) 378-0400 ext 514 | Send Email
|
| | |
