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US FDA Delays Menu Labels

by Bob Raikes

The US FDA has agreed to give restaurants an extra year to comply with regulations requiring the labelling of menus with calorie counts. Complications incurred include difficulties in pizza parlours, where toppings can mean …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| QSRs & Menu Boards| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Lenovo to Co-ordinate Phone Launch

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo has confirmed that it will launch at least one new handset simultaneously in Sao Paolo, London and New York on 28th July. The rumours say that the handset (Moto X 2015) will have …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 30

AMD Carrizo Arriving

by Bob Raikes

A number of new notebooks are about to be launched based on the new AMD notebook processor (codenamed Carrizo), according to Tom’s Hardware and PCR-Online. HP will have the Pavillion 15 and 17 and …

Tags:AMD| Asus| Chips| Dell| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 30

HTC launches 4 HTC Desire smartphones in the US

by Bob Raikes

HTC has launched four new HTC Desire mid-range handsets in the US – the 626, 626s (both 5″ 1280 x 720), 526 (4.7″) and 520 (4.5″), both 540 x 960. The OS is Android …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 30

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New Xiaomi Mi TV 2S is Less Than 10mm

by Bob Raikes

Reports from the region state that Xiaomi has a new TV, the Mi TV 2S which is said to be based around a 48″ UltraHD panel. The model was not yet on the Xiaomi …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 30| Xiaomi

FilmOn Surprises with Legal Win on TV Streaming

by Bob Raikes

There has been an ongoing debate in the US about the re-transmission of free-to-air (FTA) content by companies that have wanted to offer new services, the most famous being Aereo which eventually failed and …

Tags:Cable| Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Video| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Model Defined for Multi-Channel Shopping

by Bob Raikes

Platt Retail Institute, with sponsorship from Tyco, has published a white paper covering the way that retailers use in store signage, promotion and, particularly, big data and analytics to understand multi-channel purchasing and in-store …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 22 - Issue 30

FSN Adds 4K SDI Board

by Bob Raikes

FSN of South Korea has announced the FSB-800UHB, a monitor controller board that can support DCI-4K and UltraHD with either four 3G-SDI inputs or four HDMI inputs. The controller supports 8 channel LVDS, 8 …

Tags:Display Controllers| Large Display Monitor| SDI| Vol 22 - Issue 30

3D Tau Plans Autostereo 3D

by Bob Raikes

We recently featured a press release from 3D Tau on our Display Daily mail-out. Our friend, Dr. Jon Peddie, had a closer look and sent us this article… Stereo 3D, or S3D as we …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 30

QDs Combined with Perovskite for Efficiency

by Bob Raikes

Image credit:Sargent Group/University of Toronto, EngineeringScientists at the University of Toronto have published results of tests on a new “hyper-efficient” light-emitting crystal formed by combining perovskite and colloidal quantum dots (QDs) using heteroepitaxy. A …

Tags:IMEC| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Perovskite| Quantum Dots| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Tensions in France

by Bob Raikes

I’m just coming to the end of my “vacation”. We enjoyed peaceful and good natured fireworks for the 13th/14th July festivities, but in the area of Normandy that we are staying, fourteen cars were …

Tags:Editorial| Flexible Displays| France| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDA (OLED Association)| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 29

19 Million Households Use DTT Platform in UK

by Bob Raikes

Digitag said that the DTT platform is the most important television delivery platform in the UK and is used by approximately 75% of households. According to Digital UK, the platform will continue to offer …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 30