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Sales of LG Monitors Stopped by Apple

by Alan Spencer

LG’s Ultrafine Display is affected by Wi-FiThe LG UltraFine 5K display is no longer being sold in Apple stores due to the reported WiFi interference issues. WiFi Interference Issue with LG Ultrafine 5K DisplaysApple …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Vol 24 - Issue 06| warranty

Access All Areas Rolled Out in Ultra HD

by Alan Spencer

Access All Areas, a travel adventure show has been rolled out in Ultra HD in Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Russia. Access All Areas is produced in UltraHD by Insight TV in partnership with Sky …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Taiwan Panel Makers See 10.2% Rise in 2016

by Alan Spencer

Digitimes Research has announced that TFT-LCD panel makers in Taiwan increased their shipments of small to medium sized units by 1% in the last quarter of 2016 and by 10.2% for 2016 as a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Apple Joins Wireless Power Consortium

by Alan Spencer

Apple has joined the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). Industry sources have suggested that a possible reason is that Apple is planning to use wireless charging in its next generation iPhone. Based on a survey …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06| Wireless Charging

HP

HP to be Top Notebook Vendor in 2017

by Alan Spencer

HP is expected to be the world’s top notebook vendor this year, replacing Lenovo that held this position in 2016. Although, global notebook shipments fell under 150 million units in 2016, and will fall …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 06

IT Spending in Middle East and North Africa to Rise in the Banking Sector

by Alan Spencer

IT spending for the Middle East and North Africa will rise to $12.4 billion in 2017 for banking and securities companies. This represents a 3.5% rise when compared to last year, according to a …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

German HD+ Subscribers Exceed Two Million

by Alan Spencer

The number of subscribers to the SES HD+ service in Germany exceeded two million for the first time in 2016. The year ended with the number of subscribers using HD+ on satellite TV reaching …

Tags:Germany| HD+ (Germany)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Voice Search Feature Added to Oculus Home

by Alan Spencer

There has been an update for some users to Oculus Home on Rift and Gear VR that has added a voice search feature in the VR content library. On both headsets you can click …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 06

All-in-one PC Shipments to rise in 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes Research, the shipment of all-in-one PCs is expected to grow by 1.5% in 2017, when compared to 2016. Prior to 2017, there had been a three-year decline in worldwide demand for …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 24 - Issue 06

TSMC Revenues Fall 1.9% in January but up 8.1% on Year

by Alan Spencer

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) revenues were down 1.9% sequentially in January but up 8.1% on year. The revenues in January were NT$76.62 billion ($2.48 billion), which was a new six-month low due mainly …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| TSMC| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Xiaomi

Xiaomi to Use In House CPU

by Alan Spencer

Xiaomi is expected to launch its Mi 5C smartphone with own-developed Pinecone V670 CPU in China, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News report (via Digitimes). The new smartphone is expected to be released …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 06| Xiaomi

Quanta Maintains Position as Largest Notebook ODM for HP

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes and industry sources, Taiwan-based Quanta Computer will continue to be the largest ODM for HP for notebooks to be launched this year. Quanta Computer has been allocated 35% of HP’s planned …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Quanta| Vol 24 - Issue 06