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Dell

Dell Mistake Costs in Mexico

by Bob Raikes

After advertising PCs for just the cost of shipping, Dell has been told by Mexico’s federal consumer protection agency Profeco that it must honour the offer. The high end gaming notebooks, would normally have …

Tags:Back Panel| Dell| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Apple

Apple To Fix iPhone 6 Plus ‘Touch disease’ for $149

by Bob Raikes

Apple has decided to offer a service to fix a fault, known as “touch disease” on the iPhone 6 Plus. The service is a standard fee for otherwise working units (with non-cracked and working …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46| warranty

DVB Approves HDR, HFR and NGA for Broadcast

by Bob Raikes

The DVB Steering Board has approved the specification for the Ultra High Definition Television, UHD-1 Phase 2 stage. That should mean, DVB believes, that products will come to market in 2017 with support for …

Tags:Broadcast| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Technology Helps Basic Industries

by Bob Raikes

I had hoped to ‘get caught up’ this week having spent a couple of days in Germany at the Fujitsu Forum and seeing clients. I had managed to get the Electronica report written up, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Intel Wins Drone Display Record

by Bob Raikes

Intel has been working for a while to show how its chips can be used to create airborne displays based on drones that are flying to become individual pixels based on RGB LEDs. Now …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Apachie Smartwatch on Groupon

by Bob Raikes

If you have any doubt about the unattractiveness of smartphones, you may be surprised by the fact that the Apachie Bluetooth (and 3G) smartwatch is available on Groupon in the UK for just £18.99 …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Matrox C900 Certified with DigiShow

by Bob Raikes

FutureSoftware has said that it has certified the Matrox C900 nine-output graphics card with its DigiShow digital signage software. (Matrox Makes 3 x 3 Video Walls Easier) Chris Fulton, CEO and founder of FUTURESoftware …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Matrox| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Lumens Completes LED Factory in Vietnam

by Bob Raikes

Korean sources report that LED maker, Lumens, is boosting its LED production facilities in Vietnam to support growth in its supply to Samsung for LCD TV backlights. Samsung is reported to be shifting TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 46

PlayStation Vue Now on Apple TV

by Bob Raikes

Following the release of Playstation Vue onto Android SmartTVs (PlayStation Vue Available on Android TVs & PCs?) and web browsers (PlayStation Vue Now in Browsers), the service is now available on the Apple TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| PlayStation| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 46

ViewSonic Boosts DACH Sales

by Bob Raikes

ViewSonic has added to its DACH team by appointing Christian Treschan (BenQ, Asus, Maxdata) and Markus Husak (Tarox, Asus, Maxdata) to be account managers. Christian TreschanMarkus Husak

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| ViewSonic| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Qualcomm

Snapdragon to be Made on Samsung 10nm

by Bob Raikes

We recently reported that Samsung is switching to 10nm technology and now we hear that Qualcomm will have its Snapdragon 835 made with the process. The chip is in production now and sets with …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Google Adds UltraHD & HDR to Fiber Box

by Bob Raikes

Google has been cutting back on its plans to roll out its “Fiber” internet service. However, it seems to be still working on new developments of Google Fiber boxes and will release boxes with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 46