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NPD 2020: Nintendo Switch was No. 1 hardware, PlayStation 5 was No. 2

The Nintendo Switch dominated hardware sales in the United States throughout 2020. It easily outsold its last-gen competition in the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and it continues to outperform PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S due to their supply constraints. The hybrid home/handheld Nintendo console was the top hardware of the year as well as December, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD…
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Photographer 3D Prints Wet Plate Photos to Create ‘Touchable Bokeh’

Photographer Markus Hofstätter had been designing parts for his cameras and 3D printing them at home when the idea to try something new struck him: 3D printing photographs. After a lot of trial and error, he successfully found a way to translate wet plate photos into 3D printed pieces. Hofstätter says that when he thought about using his 3D printer for making photos, the idea came to him…
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Canon Exceeded Sales Projections For its 2020 Fiscal Year

The success of Canon’s R5 and R6 mirrorless cameras have exceeded the company’s expectations and it has revised its 2020 fiscal year earnings over initial projections. The company logged net income of more than a quarter of a billion dollars in excess of its original estimations. According to the Japanese newspaper Nikkei, Canon announced that it would raise its consolidated net income for…
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Google's Android and TV leads chat Samsung, RCS and CES

There’s been an onslaught of news this week from CES 2021 and Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked, and even though Google didn’t have major news of its own to share, its presence was still felt. In addition to joining us on our virtual stage for a panel with Microsoft on accessibility in tech, Google was also mentioned in other launches this week. Android chief Hiroshi Lockheimer made an appearance at…
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