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Taiwan large Panel October

Large Panel Shipments Fell 1% MoM

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A total 22.5 million large panels were shipped in October from Taiwan’s four major panel manufacturers. This was just under 1% lower than the previous month but represented a year on year improvement of …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45

October Sales Suggest Record Christmas

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The British Retail Consortium (BRC) says that its findings in the latest BRC-KPMG Online Retail Sales Monitor for October suggest another record online Christmas this year. Online sales represented 18.2% of total sales in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Retail Data| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Korean Team Prints Layers 1/1000 as Thick as a Hair

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A team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has a developed a printing technology that could be used for sensors and displays. KAIST’s nano-printing system can deposit thin layers – …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Printable Display| Sensors

Entropic Leaves STB SoC Development

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Entropic has announced that it will no longer produce SoC devices for use in set-top boxes. The company will continue to supply its STB SoCs that are already in production and believes that the …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| SOCs| STBs| Vol 21 - Issue 45

CEA: Tech Spend Will Rise This Christmas

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The CEA has predicted a 2.5% YoY increase in spending on technology products during the end-of-year shopping season in 2014. The organisation’s chief economist, Shawn DuBravac, made the announcement at CES Unveiled New York …

Tags:CE (Consumer Electronics) Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Acer Monitor Named ‘Best of What’s New’

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Acer’s XB280HK UltraHD gaming monitor has won a Popular Science 2014 ‘Best of What’s New’ award, in the hardware category.

Tags:Acer| Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Sensors and Situational Intelligence

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IHS analyst Tom Hackenberg opened the Sensor Technologies session of TGM by discussing the role of sensors in achieving situational intelligence. Tom likened the situational intelligence of an electronic device to the human intuition …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sensors| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Tamagotchis Arrive in the 21st Century, Thanks to LG

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Well, this is new. LG is really pursuing the idea that the smartphone is the most personal device that people own, with its new lineup of ‘Aka’ (pronounced Aw-kuh) handsets. Each of the four …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Sceptre Chooses High TV Contrast

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Sceptre’s E505BV-FMQR 49.5″ LCD TV is a new Roku Ready model, with an MHL port. It features a particularly high contrast ratio for a TV, as well as a swivel base (+/- 15 deg …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 45

UltraHD Rumoured for Samsung’s Note 5

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A tip sent to Phone Arena claims that Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 phablet will have a 5.9″ OLED display with UltraHD resolution – equal to 746ppi. The display will enter productionby August 2015. Display …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| phablets| Samsung| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Sony Mobile Hires German Sales Manager

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Sony Mobile in Germany has named Jürgen Strätker as sales manager in the region.

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Samsung to Commercialise Rollable Batteries

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Samsung has shown a rollable battery, for wearables, at the Interbattery Technology Exhibition trade show in Korea. The work of researchers at the Samsung Technology Centre, the company said that the battery will be …

Tags:Flexible Batteries| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 45