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Xiaomi Now World’s Most Valuable Start-Up

by Bob Raikes

Xiaomi of China is now reckoned to be the world’s most valuable start up after it completed a $1.1 billion financing round. The deal values the company at $45 billion and puts the firm …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 02| Xiaomi

Samsung Announces ATIV One 7 Curved All-In-One PC

by Bob Raikes

PCs – Samsung Electronics America, Inc. announced the launch of the ATIV One 7 Curved, the industry’s first curved All-In-One PC, offering users a truly immersive experience. The 27-inch curved, Full HD display brings content …

Tags:Curved Displays| PCs| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Samsung ATIV Book 9 Offers Next Level Mobility and Productivity

by Bob Raikes

Laptops – Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a world leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, unveiled its new ultraportable laptop, the ATIV Book 9.As the latest addition to the ATIV Book 9 line, this …

Tags:Notebooks| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 01

iPhone 6 Teardown Posted

by Bob Raikes

We spotted a tear down of the iPhone 6 on the EDN site, with images and comments from iFixit. The phone is easier to fix than earlier iPhones and has a huge battery.

Tags:iPhone| Repair| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Those we lost in 2014

by Bob Raikes

Thanks to Computerworld for putting together this excellent round-up of those in the technology industry that left us in 2014. In addition to Bernard Lechner and George Heilmeier, mentioned in that list, the display …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Latam Pay TV Market is Growing

by Bob Raikes

According to data from Dataxis, quoted in NexTV Latam (Spanish language), there were 66 million Pay TV clients in Latin America in the third quarter of 2014. Satellite was the biggest carrier, with 32.8 million …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Pay TV| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Tobii Brings Eye-Tracking to Glasses

by Bob Raikes

We heard at SID this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25) that Tobii would develop and release glasses with the company’s eye-tracking solution built in. The Tobii Glasses 2 have now been released …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Tobii| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Scania Offers Scania Watch to Customers

by Bob Raikes

Scania, the truck company, is typically not a name that often appears in our news coverage. However, the company has now announced that it is releasing a “Scania Watch”. The Scania Watch is a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Samsung, Merida Team up for Gear S Smartwatch

by Bob Raikes

According to an article in the Taipei Times, Samsung is teaming up with Merida, a Taiwan-based bicycle company, to introduce the Samsung Gear S smartwatch to the bicyclist and Merida customers. This is the …

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Oculus Rift Coming in Autumn Next Year

by Bob Raikes

A leaked document published on image board 4Chan shows that a consumer version of the Oculus Rift headset is planned for next autumn.

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Vol 21 - Issue 50

Jaguar Land Rover Shows More Ideas for Automotive HUD

by Bob Raikes

In recent months we have heard a lot about the new head up display (HUD) and 3D instrument cluster being developed by Jaguar Land Rover and that it is based on holographic projection. Now …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Holographic Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50

HTC Scraps Watch, Looks to Wristband

by Bob Raikes

According to Venturebeat, HTC’s wearable (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 7) will be a wristband, not a smartwatch. The device will be shown off at CES, but not launched until later in Q1 (chairwoman …

Tags:CES 2015| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50| Wearables