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IDC: China’s Smartphone Units Drop by 6% Year-on-Year in 2018 Q2

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, 104.8 million units shipped to the Chinese smartphone market during the second quarter of 2018, resulting in a 5.9% year-on-year decline. However, the pace of decline has narrowed compared to the …

HTC Posts Lowest Monthly Revenues Since 2003

by Andrew Fenn

HTC reported revenues of NT$1.4 billion ($45.8 million) in July, a decline of 37.2% month-on-month, a drop of 77.4% from July 2017 and the company’s lowest monthly revenue recording since August 2003. In the …

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Taiwan’s Large-Size LCD Panel Shipments Grew in 2018 Q2

by Andrew Fenn

According to Digitimes Research, LCD manufacturers in Taiwan (excluding Sharp) shipped 62.03 million panels of 9″ and above during the second quarter of 2018, a 5.5% growth quarter-on-quarter and 5.9% year-on-year. Analysts also found …

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Asus and MSI Losing Global Notebook Market Dominance

by Andrew Fenn

Asus and MSI’s dominance of the global gaming notebook market is being lost to competitors such as Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo, according to unconfirmed sources in Taiwan. Asus and MSI have long held …

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TSItouch Glass Retention Bezel System Now Available In Europe

by Andrew Fenn

Touch and protective solutions manufacturer TSItouch has announced a new partnership with Displaylite, a UK-based touchscreen and display specialist. Image: TSItouch The agreement covers the integration and sale of TSItouch’s Glass Retention Bezel System …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Touch| Video Walls| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Wareable Playtests Mario Kart VR in London

by Andrew Fenn

Following its launch in London, the team at Wareable got to play Mario Kart VR and described it as “absolutely freaking mind-meltingly awesome”. The publication’s James Stables remarked, “The action is frantic, intoxicating and …

Virtual Reality Technology Helps Australia’s Aged Care Community

by Andrew Fenn

In Australia, Samsung has teamed up with residential aged care community Uniting, providing patients with its Gear VR technology. While wearing the headset, residents are able to step into 360° videos captured in their …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Augmented Reality Technology Used to Help Children with Autism

by Andrew Fenn

Superpower Glass, a new study by Stanford University’s School of Medicine, has explored the potential for augmented reality wearables to help individuals with autism develop social skills during their formative early years. 14 children …

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Google Releases ARCore Version 1.4

by Andrew Fenn

Google has released version 1.4 of its ARCore augmented reality toolkit, extending support to new devices from Huawei, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Vivo, and Xiaomi, and bringing new features including passthrough camera auto-focus support, faster …

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LG Names New Distribution Partner for LatAm and Caribbean

by Andrew Fenn

LG Business Solutions has selected Almo Professional A/V as master distributor for its information display products. Almo will distribute these products to partners in Latin America and the Caribbean, the company said. Account manager …

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Intuiface Launches Digital Signage Support for LG webOS Devices

by Andrew Fenn

Interactive experience creation platform Intuiface now supports LG’s webOS. All multi-touch content created with Intuiface software can now be run on smart devices running webOS 3.0 and above, including LG’s TC3D range of interactive …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Vol 25 - Issue 30| WebOS

FCC “Vigorously Enforcing” RF Equipment Rules

by Andrew Fenn

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is committed to vigorously enforcing its RF equipment rules, according to Digital Signage Today. This includes stepping up prosecutions and substantially increasing fines for suppliers who violate the rules. …

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