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Innovation in PC Inputs

by Bob Raikes

Phew… We have had a busy week with an acceleration in news as Q3 market and financial data starts to appear. In addition, Apple updated its MacBook Pro range and Microsoft jumped in to …

Tags:Editorial| Game Controllers| Keyboards| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 23 - Issue 42

HTC Plans “Hundreds” of ‘Vive VR Cafes’ in China

by Bob Raikes

HTC has opened its third “Vive VR Cafe” in Shenzhen, China and plans to roll out ‘hundreds more’ according to an interview with Haptical. The other existing sites are in arcades in Taipei and …

Tags:AR/VR| China| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Qualcomm to Buy NXP for $47 billion

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the rumours of a deal between NXP and Qualcomm at the the end of September. Now the deal has been confirmed, but at a higher price and Qualcomm will acquire NXP …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 23 - Issue 43

PlayStation Vue Available on Android TVs & PCs?

by Bob Raikes

Sony’s PlayStation Vue OTT video service is now available on Sony’s Android TVs in the US. The Vue platform uses a cloud DVR concept to store the content saved by customers. The cost is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Coates Uses VR for QSRs & Retail

by Bob Raikes

Coates Group, a specialist in digital merchandising software, kiosks, and digital drive-thrus, claims to be the industry’s first to use Virtual Reality (VR) from a B2B perspective, allowing brands to physically see and develop …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| QSRs & Menu Boards| USA| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 43

AptoVision Announces New Design Wins

by Bob Raikes

Aptovision said that more than 25 manufacturers now incorporating its BlueRiver NT and BlueRiver NT+ AV-over-IP chipsets into more than 35 AV signal distribution products. The latest companies to feature AptoVision-based designs are HDCVT …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 23 - Issue 43

September Tracking from PMA Research Shows Top-Selling Projectors

by Bob Raikes

PMA Research, the worldwide market information specialists on front projectors, has posted their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. Each month, PMA Research posts their “Top …

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| PMA Research| Projectors| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Apple Event Introduces New Mac Book Pro

by Bob Raikes

Apple streamed its event from Cupertino on Thursday, and in high video quality, so we logged on to get the news. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, started by showing a video of an Apple …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Smartphone Shipments Up in Q3 Despite Note 7

by Bob Raikes

Vendors shipped a total of 362.9 million smartphones worldwide in the Q3 2016, according to IDC. Despite the recall of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7, volumes were up 1.0% compared to 3Q15 when vendors shipped …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Google In Trouble with Pixel Camera

by Bob Raikes

Google got a lot of praise for its Pixel phones and quoted DxOMark ratings as the highest ever received for the quality of the camera, but buyers have been complaining of lens flare seen …

Tags:Cameras| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 42

LG Display Call Highlights OLED Move

by Bob Raikes

We caught up with LG Display’s earnings call, which is always a useful test of the state of the display market. One of the key points was that the company is now in the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Old IT is a Problem for Retailers Adopting Omnichannel

by Bob Raikes

As we heard at the Digital Signage event in Munich this year, Omnichannel is no longer optional for major retailers. Now, in an Omnichannel Status Report 2016 compiled by Arvato in cooperation with Salesforce …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 42