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by Bob Raikes
In Display Monitor back in March 2010, we reported on a talk by Paul Kedrosky, an economist from the US, at the US FPD conference in which he said that ‘the function of governments …
Tags:display technology| eurozone
by Bob Raikes
Last week’s big EU meeting of leaders to move a bit further along the road to solving the problems of the Eurozone has been a big topic in discussions, as currencies and their movement …
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by Bob Raikes
I’m going to pick up on a subject that I have ranted about a lot. Looking back, however, it is actually 11 years since I devoted a whole editorial to the topic. One of …
by Bob Raikes
This week has been one for me of ‘intimations of mortality’, to slightly mis-quote Wordsworth. From the news last weekend that a friend and industry colleague has been diagnosed with cancer, through to the …
Tags:Apple| iPad| Mac| Steve Jobs
by Bob Raikes
I remember it well. Almost thirty years ago, in my second year in the computer business I was sitting in my car with a colleague who ran the PC division of the company that …
Tags:business| PC sales| Q2
by Bob Raikes
One of the stories which caught my eye recently is the possible merger of Sony and Toshiba’s small panel business to create what would be the largest player in that space in the market. …
Tags:LCD| panels| PC demand| sony| toshiba
by Bob Raikes
I said a while ago that the days when a significant electronics category can be launched without an ‘ecosystem’ look numbered. The master of building an ecosystem to exploit and develop hardware has probably …
Tags:Apple| icloud
by Bob Raikes
I was musing today, while writing my editorial for Display Monitor, about the general state of the economy globally and the potential for a ‘double dip’. It seems to me (and I’m not an …
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by Bob Raikes
One of the overall impressions of the SID this year was that there were few OLEDs on view. As I mention in the main report, published in Display Monitor, I think this is …
Tags:LG| OLED| oxide TFT| Samsung
by Bob Raikes
The SID is one of my favourite shows, because of the sheer depth of technical content – it usually gives me a chance to see what will be at CES next January and …
Tags:3M| displays innovation| Displays news| MyBlog| Samsung| SID| sony
by Bob Raikes
I managed a day at the Anga Cable show in Germany last week. That was interesting, especially as it highlighted both the clear trend for HbbTV, the Franco/German OTT system for TV, and it …
Tags:Anga cable show| internet TV| OTT TV| TV
by Bob Raikes
The deal between Philips and TPV deserves a mention. At one level, it is just an obvious final stage in the move of Philips out of the TV business that has been going on …
Tags:Europe| European TV market| Philips| TPV| TV
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