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Diebold Nixdorf has announced that Gerrard Schmid will join the company as its President and CEO, effective immediately. He also will join the company’s board of directors. As CEO, Schmid led the transformation of …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 25 - Issue 08
by Andrew Fenn
Samsung Electronics has appointed Olaf May, VP of IT and Mobile Communication since 2014, as head of its B2B business in Germany, with immediate effect. Martin Böker, Samsung Electronics’ current B2B director, has chosen …
Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 08
by Andrew Fenn
Microsoft’s HoloLens pioneer, Alex Kipman, recently went on record to assure consumers that a follow-up to the AR headset is still on the way, following the news that some of the HoloLens’ components are …
Tags:AR/VR| Microsoft| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 08
by Andrew Fenn
Major League Baseball recently launched Home Run Derby VR, which has been rolled out to a few ballparks already—including locations in Mexico City and Puerto Rico—with several more to come over the course of …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 08
by Andrew Fenn
Developers are reporting that they have recently received Oculus’ new Santa Cruz device, the standalone 6DoF headset originally announced at last year’s Oculus Connect 4 conference. Detailed specs for the device have proven elusive …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 08
by Andrew Fenn
In Japan, McDonald’s is resorting to a smartphone app to reduce wait times and customer complaints, as the country’s fast food industry continues to suffer staff shortages. The new app will allow customers to …
Tags:Back Panel| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| | Vol 25 - Issue 08
by Andrew Fenn
James Vickerage.Maverick AV Solutions has appointed James Vickerage as its new Business Unit Director to spearhead its UK team. Bringing 20 years experience in the AV industry to the role, James joins the Maverick …
Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 25 - Issue 08
by Andrew Fenn
Absen has announced its recent collaboration with Trans-Lux Corporation as LED solution partner on the Prudential Center, home of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils. Claiming to be the world’s largest centre-hung LED scoreboard, it …
Tags:Absen| Back Panel| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 08
by Andrew Fenn
Han Jong-hee, President of Samsung’s Visual Display Business has not only denied speculation that the company is preparing to drop its QLED TV brand in favour of OLED technology, but in the same breath, …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 07
by Andrew Fenn
Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled nearly 408 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017, a 5.6% decline over the fourth quarter of 2016, according to Gartner. This is the first …
Tags:Gartner| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 08
by Andrew Fenn
Liao Wei-lun, President of AU Optronics’ video products business group has confirmed that the company will begin to ship 8K TV panels during the first half of 2018, according to Digitimes. Liao also commented …
Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 07
by Andrew Fenn
Sharp has dropped its long-running legal battle against Hisense, according to Nikkei. The company previously accused Hisense of selling “shoddily-made” products under its acquired Sharp brand license in the US, which Sharp argued had …
Tags:Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 07
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