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Nanoco Doubles Annual Balance Sheet

by Tom Allen

During a presentation of its preliminary financial results, for the year endiing July 2015, Nanoco said that its balance sheet had almost doubled from 2014. Cash, cash equivalents and deposits totalled £24.3 million ($37.4 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanoco| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Retina Now on All Large iMacs

by Tom Allen

9to5Mac‘s report on a high-resolution iMac (Rumour: Apple Passes UltraHD With New iMac) has turned out to be true – but it didn’t tell the whole story. Apple has, indeed, released a new 21.5″ …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Apple| DCI P3| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Acer’s Curved Monitor Can be Overclocked

by Tom Allen

In June, Nvidia announced new monitors from Acer and Asus that would carry its G-Sync technology (Big Plans for Nvidia’s G-Sync This Year). An Acer model, the X34, confused people because it hadn’t been …

Tags:Acer| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 22 - Issue 41

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INCJ Would Invest in Sharp

by Tom Allen

A Japanese government-backed fund is open to discussing an investment in Sharp, if the company asks for it. Mikihide Katsumata, president of the Innovation Network Corp of Japan (INCJ), told Reuters that it would …

Tags:Investment| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Audi Has 3D OLED Tail Light

by Tom Allen

Audi showed a flexible 3D OLED tail light prototype at the International Symposium on Automotive Lighting in Germany this month. The company did not share any technical details, or provide a name of the …

Tags:Automotive| Back Panel| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Toshiba Challenges With Surface

by Tom Allen

Toshiba is the newest contender to enter the large tablet space, showing off the Dynapad at an event in Japan. It is available to pre-order there now, and is due to be released in …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Semiconductor Sales See First Fall Since 2012

by Tom Allen

Due to weaknesses in ‘key’ electronics segments – including smartphones and PCs – worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to shrink 0.8% YoY in 2015. According to Gartner, the fall (to $337.8 billion) will be …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 22 - Issue 41| Worldwide

Chinese OLED Investment to Rise in 2016

by Tom Allen

Korea’s ET News says that Chinese display makers BOE, Hehui Optoelectronic and Truly Optoelectronics will build new flexible OLED fabs in the first half of next year. BOE is expected to begin construction of …

Tags:BOE| China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 22 - Issue 41

JCDecaux Promises 1,000 New Screens

by Tom Allen

JCDecaux has announced plans for a massive rollout of large-format displays across London. The London Digital Network (LDN) will consist of 1,000 84″ screens in bus shelters across the capital’s busiest retail zones. The …

Tags:DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Korea Offers Tax Benefits as OLED Incentive

by Tom Allen

The Korean government plans to expand the country’s leadership in OLEDs, in an effort to stay ahead of competitors in China and Japan. LG Display CEO Han Sang-Beom, seen here at IFA 2015, said …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 41

FlexEnable’s Semiconductor Enables Uniform Plastic FPDs

by Tom Allen

FlexEnable, working with the UK government and other partners, has developed a proof-of-concept plastic LCD display. The project is known as PORSCHED (Printable Organic Semiconductors for Highly Enhanced Displays). FlexEnable worked on it with …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Mobile Banking Will Double by 2020

by Tom Allen

According to Juniper Research, more than 1 billion people will use their smartphones for mobile banking this year. The global user base is expected to double, to 2 billion, by 2020 – representing 37% …

Tags:Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 41