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Simple.TV Teams With Buffalo & ViXS

Posted by on January 10, 2012 1 comment

Simple.TV Teams With Buffalo & ViXS® On An Innovative DVR For Cord Cutters











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Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) January 09, 2012

Simple.TV today announced at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show that it has partnered with Buffalo Inc., a leading worldwide provider of innovative network solutions for the home and business, to launch the first DVR designed for the connected TV world. Bringing live and recorded TV to connected devices both inside and outside the home, Simple.TV turns the iPad®, Roku® box, Google TV ™, or any web browser into a full-featured DVR. With the addition of a USB 2.0 hard drive or network-attached storage, Simple.TV users can store thousands of hours of network television for viewing anywhere, anytime.

“We are pleased to be working with Simple.TV to develop the hardware platform for their innovative DVR,” said Maresuke Ishii, General Manager of Buffalo Inc. Digital Home Business Unit. “Our hardware and networking expertise combined with Simple.TV’s vision, web services and app development, have resulted in a groundbreaking product for digital content consumers.”

At the heart of the Simple.TV DVR is the ViXS XCode 4210. With its ability to create adaptive AVC MPEG-4 video streams from a high definition video input, the XCode 4210 enables the Simple.TV DVR to convert broadcast television into highly compressed and flexible video streams that can be seamlessly accessed by the most popular consumer electronics devices, such as the iPad and Roku media streamer.

“We’re pleased that Simple.TV and Buffalo Inc. have chosen to work with ViXS on the development of this truly innovative product,” said Sally Daub, President and CEO of ViXS Systems Inc. “Simple.TV showcases the power and performance of the XCode 4210 architecture in a cost effective product that is ideally targeted at today’s connected consumer.”

“We are thrilled to be working with Buffalo Inc. and ViXS Systems Inc. on the development and delivery of Simple.TV” said Mark Ely, CEO of Really Simple Software, Inc., makers of Simple.TV. “With their assistance, we are on our way to bring the best of television to tablets, phones and connected televisions everywhere.”

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About the Simple.TV DVR

Unlike most DVRs, Simple.TV has no traditional analog or HDMI video outputs. Once connected to the consumer’s home network, Simple.TV streams content directly to a web browser or to dedicated Apps that users launch on their favorite connected platforms. Simple.TV is developing apps for the iPad, Roku, Google TV and other connected platforms, in addition to standard web browsers. Priced at $ 149 plus a $ 4.99/month subscription, Simple.TV will ship in the spring of 2012.

About Buffalo Inc.

With offices in Japan, USA, Germany, UK, Ireland, and Taiwan, Buffalo, Inc. is a leading worldwide provider of innovative network solutions for the home and business – from wireless networking and storage to memory and multimedia devices. Since 1975, Buffalo has proven its commitment to delivering innovative solutions that have put the company at the forefront of infrastructure technology.

About ViXS Systems Inc.

ViXS is a multimedia solutions innovator providing technologies for processing, managing, securing and distributing high quality video and audio allowing seamless control, conversion, and connectivity between many classes and sizes of digital entertainment devices.

ViXS supplies advanced System-on-Chip semiconductors, software solutions and hardware reference designs for the world’s top manufacturers of Digital TVs, DVDs, Set-top boxes, Personal Video Recorders, PCs, Network-Attached Storage devices, Residential/Home Gateways, Blu-ray players/recorders, as well as Broadcast and Professional Equipment OEMs.

ViXS is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with global operations and offices in Europe, Asia and North America.  ViXS has filed more than 334 patents worldwide with over 103 patents being issued to date.  Listed for four years running as one of Deloitte’s fastest growing North American companies, ViXS is setting new standards in the way digital entertainment is viewed and transmitted across an endless array of multimedia products.

About Simple.TV

Simple.TV is on a mission to bring great broadcast television to connected devices everywhere. Filling the content gap between over-the-top video and traditional broadcast TV, Simple.TV is the go-to device and application combo to record and watch the best television content whether you are at home or on the road. Simple.TV is by Really Simple Software, Inc. For more information about Simple.TV, visit http://www.simple.tv

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NantWorks and IPPLEX Releases LookTel Money Reader App for Mac computers

Posted by on December 23, 2011 1 comment

NantWorks and IPPLEX Releases LookTel Money Reader App for Mac computers











LookTel Money Reader for Mac


Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 21, 2011

NantWorks and IPPLEX have released their revolutionary LookTel Money Reader app for Mac computers on the Apple Mac App Store. The cutting-edge iPhone application that has helped thousands of users with visual impairments or blindness identify and count bills is now available for Mac OS computers. By simply holding a bill in front of your Mac’s camera, the application recognizes and speaks the denomination in real-time. LookTel Money Reader for Mac supports several international currencies including the Euro, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, and Australian Dollar. The app also features VoiceOver integration with support for several languages including English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Polish, Russian, Korean, Finnish, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Japanese and more. If your Mac’s language setting is set to any of the supported languages, LookTel Money Reader will speak the denomination of a recognized bill in that language, regardless of the currency type.

LookTel Money Reader for Mac is the first currency identifier available for Apple computers. The app is great for users to count and organize their bills in the comfort of their home, or users who do not own an iPhone. LookTel Money Reader for Mac also gives users the option to use the app on their preferred platform.

Powered by LookTel’s patented and proprietary object recognition technology, the application can seamlessly recognize any bill denomination without the need to take a photo as recognition happens in real-time.

LookTel Money Reader for iPhone launched in March to overwhelming praise from critics and users alike, earning a 5-star review average and a featured spot in the Apple App Store’s “What’s Hot” Category. LookTel has also been featured by the New York Times, The Huffington Post, Tech Crunch, Engadget, and several other major publications. Additionally, LookTel has been selected as the winner of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Chairman’s Awards for Advancements in Accessibility. The award, which recognizes outstanding efforts to advance communications accessibility for people with disabilities, was awarded in Washington D.C. on October 28th 2011.

Future LookTel apps will further leverage IPPLEX’s groundbreaking augmented reality technology, allowing users to recognize other everyday objects such as packaged goods, CDs, medication bottles, and even landmarks. The technology also combines precision image recognition technology with text reader capabilities using full featured Optical Character Recognition (OCR).

The LookTel technology powering the application was developed by IPPLEX under sponsorship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and was awarded two research grants from the National Eye Institute (NEI) and the National Institute of Aging (NIA).

About IPPLEX

IPPLEX researches and develops pioneering cross-platform applications and services focused on interactive communication – between people and the information, contacts and places they need to access through their mobile phone or PC. Our award-winning iVisit mobile video conferencing solutions have made business simpler and easier – and our iVisit Mx telemedicine solutions are the next step in mobile medical technology. In 2010, we launched LookTel, an exciting augmented reality application created to positively impact the lives of the visually impaired, and a 1st place winner in the 2010 CTIA E-Tech Awards. From live audio/video conferencing solutions to mobile healthcare to augmented reality applications, IPPLEX is always one step ahead of the curve. For more information, see http://www.ipplex.com.

About NantWorks

NantWorks LLC is a company founded and led by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Its mission is to converge semiconductor technology, supercomputing, advanced networks and augmented intelligence to transform how we work, play and live. Early applications will be in the fields including scientific research and healthcare. For more information, see http://www.nantworks.com.

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Global Fab Surplus Semiconductor Equipment LLC to Market Used Semiconductor Equipment and Turnkey Wafer Fab Solutions

Posted by on August 21, 2011 1 comment

Global Fab Surplus Semiconductor Equipment LLC to Market Used Semiconductor Equipment and Turnkey Wafer Fab Solutions










Colorado Springs, CO (PRWEB) November 24, 2004

Global Fab Surplus Semiconductor Equipment LLC announce its plan to market surplus semiconductor equipment and turnkey wafer fab solutions. After a one year trial period of working on several key projects, Global Fab Surplus Semiconductor Equipment LLC agreed to combine the complimentary strengths and organizational synergies in order to offer a wider range of services to their customers.

“The combination of Global Fab Surplus Semiconductor Equipment LLC’s market presence and experience coupled with their skilled technical team will complement Global Fab Surplus Semiconductor Equipment LLC’s wide knowledge of the used equipment market and e-business to significantly improve the web-based services for used equipment customers worldwide”, said David Lee, president and CEO of Global Fab Surplus Semiconductor Equipment LLC. “We have spent the last two years developing our database infrastructure to give us a definitive eye on the used equipment market, locating, pricing and fast execution have been our key success factors,” he added.

Global Fab Surplus Semiconductor Equipment LLC

Global Fab Surplus Semiconductor Equipment LLC, Global Fab or GFab, provides Surplus, Used, 2nd hand, Rebuilt and Refurbished Semiconductor Process Equipment to Integrated Device Manufacturers, Wafer Foundries, Research and Development Sites and to the semiconductor refurbishing and rebuilding community. We buy and sell used semiconductor equipment, used semiconductor process equipment spares, surplus semiconductor equipment of all types including backend, front end and special application tools and toolsets. Global Fab not only buys, sells, brokers and auctions used semiconductor equipment but also buys and sells complete wafer manufacturing facilities. We are experienced in asset acquisition, disposition and valuations regarding Wafer Fabs, Assembly and Test Plants and other semiconductor related factories and plants, used semiconductor equipment,whether they are currently operating or shutdown. Our large client base is interested in ongoing semiconductor manufacturing operations, complete toolsets and facilities. Global Fab also buys, sells and manages inventories of Surplus Semiconductor Equipment Spares. http://www.global-fab.com

Contact Information:

David Lee

G-Fab LLC

Colorado Springs, CO 80906

719-229-6066 (phone)

775-262-0409 (fax)

http://www.global-fab.com

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