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Transport and infrastructure firm, Amey, in the UK, is delivering innovative driver safety training to 13,000 of its employees via a virtual reality simulator. The experience is designed to highlight the dangers of falling …
Tags:AR/VR| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 38
by Andrew Fenn
Gartner has released a new report, predicting that worldwide semiconductor revenue will reach $411 billion in 2017. The figures represent a growth of 19.7%, the highest since the industry’s recovery from the global financial …
Tags:Forecasts| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 24 - Issue 38
by Andrew Fenn
Notebook manufacturers witnessed a healthy boost to their shipments in September, according to a report by Digitimes. Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec have all posted their month-on-month shipment results, with the last …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| ODMs & OEMs| Vol 24 - Issue 39
by Andrew Fenn
A year after its privatisation and less than a year after its manufacturing deal with BlackBerry, TCL Corp has announced it will sell 49% of its smartphone unit shares to three strategic investors for …
Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| TCL| Vol 24 - Issue 38
by Andrew Fenn
Having recently announced the new Pixelbook, a 10mm-thick 2-in-1 tablet-laptop hybrid with a 12.3″ 360° foldable touch screen and on-board Google Assistant, Google has also placed orders for a detachable model, according to Digitimes. …
Tags:Convertible PCs| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38
by Andrew Fenn
Digitimes Research has published new figures, estimating that global production value for high-brightness LED chips will grow 2-5% year-on-year between 2018 and 2022. The prediction is based on the industry’s value in 2017, which …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38
by Andrew Fenn
An ongoing patent infringement case between Amazon.com Inc., Avago Technologies and Broadcom Corp has been settled. Back in September 2016, Broadcom filed a complaint against Amazon, stating that its Fire tablets and TV devices …
Tags:Amazon| Broadcom| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 24 - Issue 38
by Andrew Fenn
Sky Q users will soon able to control their TV via voice control built into the Sky Q remote. Coming later this month, the update will allow users to issue a range of simple …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Sky| STBs| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 38
by Andrew Fenn
Global visual solution provider ViewSonic has announced that it is bringing a new collaborative productivity tool to the boardroom. The ViewBoard interactive flat panel display features Intel’s Unite application, allowing users to share on-screen …
Tags:Intel| Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| ViewSonic| Vol 24 - Issue 38
by Andrew Fenn
Social VR app Bigscreen has raised $11 million in its Series A funding round, having received $3 million through its seed funding a year ago. As part of the funding round, True Ventures’ Toni …
Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 38
by Andrew Fenn
Barco and KanexPro have announced that they have come to a mutual understanding, as a patent infringement case between the two reaches its conclusion. Back in February, a judge authorised Barco to seize KanexPro’s …
Tags:| Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Patents| Vol 24 - Issue 38
by Andrew Fenn
CrucialTec will continue to supply Google with its fingerprint recognition module for its forthcoming Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, according to ETNews. Google’s manufacturing partner HTC is a long-term customer of CrucialTec, …
Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38
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