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Noon VR Wins Honoree Award at CES 2018

by Andrew Fenn

FXGear’s Noon VR Remote has won the Honoree award at the 2018 CES Innovation Awards in the Virtual and Augmented Reality product category. The Noon VR Remote works with a mobile app, enabling users …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| CES 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 43

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Vivo and Qualcomm Sign a Memorandum of Understanding

by Andrew Fenn

Vivo and Qualcomm have signed a memorandum of understanding worth $4 billion. The partnership will merge the two firms’ technical expertise and allow the sharing of patents between them. The two companies will collaborate …

Tags:biometrics| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 43

JCDecaux Advertising Network Launches at Westgate Oxford

by Andrew Fenn

JCDecaux has announced that the Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford is now open. JCD has installed a network of digital advertising displays throughout the 800,000m² floor space of the new Westgate Shopping Centre, which …

Tags:Digital Signage| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 34

Patent of LG VR Headset Shows Unique Design

by Andrew Fenn

Diagrams of LG’s prototype VR headset, highlighted by the RoadtoVR blog show off the device’s unique design. The images show that the headset—named UltraGear if a recent trademark filing is anything to go by—will …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Videor Now Distributing Vestel Digital Signage in DACH

by Andrew Fenn

As of September 2017, Videor is authorised to distribute the entire Vestel range of digital signage products in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Vestel’s product range includes professional displays, LED and LCD video walls, totems, …

Tags:Austria| Distribution| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Switzerland| Vestel| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Ströer Continues to Grow Despite Challenging Year for DOOH

by Andrew Fenn

Times are hard for the Digital-Out-of-Home advertising industry in Germany. Ströer spoke to Invidis and provided some insight into the state of today’s DOOH market. The 2017 general election, much like any other federal …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Neo Advertising Hamburg Taken Over by Ströer

by Andrew Fenn

Neo Advertising Hamburg has been taken over by Ströer, according to Invidis. The Neo takeover now puts Ströer in charge of the Digital-Out-of-Home advertising network for the Edeka supermarket chain in northern Germany, as …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Stroer| Vol 24 - Issue 43

IDC: Western European SMBs Increasing IT Spending

by Andrew Fenn

IT spending for the SMB market in Western Europe is expected to reach $125.3 billion in 2017, with growth of 3.4% over 2016. According to a new study from IDC, IT spending will exceed …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Top 10 US Pay-TV Providers Lose 835,000 Subscribers

by Andrew Fenn

The top 10 television service providers in the US lost 835,000 subscribers between them in the first quarter of 2017, according to the Informitv Multiscreen Index. DirecTV lost 251,000 television subscribers, falling to 20.6 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 43

iFixit Releases iPhone X Teardown

by Andrew Fenn

iFixit has examined the iPhone X, practically down to each individual screw, and scored it a 6 out of 10 for repairability. That’s a better score than it sounds, judging it against today’s smartphones …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Repair| Vol 24 - Issue 43| warranty

ABI: Wearables Begin to Find a Use Within the Enterprise Retail Market

by Andrew Fenn

Retail companies are beginning to use wearable technology to improve processes and customer satisfaction. Staff wearables provide shop floor staff with access to information such as stock levels, as well as to facilitate communication …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 24 - Issue 43| Wearables

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Apple Readying Standalone AR Headset for 2020 Release?

by Andrew Fenn

Apple is working towards releasing its own standalone augmented reality headset in 2020, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report states that the new device, affectionately called “rOS” for the time being, would …

Tags:Apple| AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 43