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Inventec to Raise Joint Venture Stake

by Tom Allen

Inventec has raised its stake in AIO PC manufacturer TPV-Inventa to 90%. TPV-Inventa is a joint venture with TPV, which originally held a 51% stake in the company. Since early September, Inventec has spent …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| TPV (TP Vision)| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Foxconn and Innolux Consider Joint Expansion

by Tom Allen

Sources in Taiwan say that Foxconn and Innolux are considering whether to make a joint investment in a new G8.6 production fab in India. The facility, if built, would secure a more fully-featured supply …

Dish Hops Into 4k

by Tom Allen

Dish has announced its first UltraHD STB, the 4k Joey. Said to be on the way ‘very soon’, the box can decode HEVC, and supports UltraHD at 60fps over HDMI. It is also capable …

Amazon Ditches Apple and Google

by Tom Allen

An Amazon email, sent to marketplace sellers, has revealed that the retailer will soon stop selling the Apple TV and Google Chromecast. The message said that the decision was taken because these devices do …

Housley Takes on CEO Role at InFocus

by Tom Allen

InFocus has appointed Mark Housley, a member of the board since 2009, as the company’s new CEO. Housley will continue to hold his board seat while serving concurrently as CEO. He has previously served …

Tags:InFocus| Large Display Monitor| People| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Crowdfunding Aims at ‘No Compromise’ PC Phone

by Tom Allen

A Swedish entrepreneur, Jonathon Gustafsson, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring a ‘no compromises’ smartphone to the market. The ‘Symetium’ looks like a traditional smartphone. However, it’s real intent is “[to] remove the …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 39

VW Scandal Revived in Samsung Sets

by Tom Allen

In a timely call-back to the Volkswagen emissions scandal, independent lab testers have accused Samsung of implementing a similar system on its TVs in Europe. The unpublished tests were performed by an EU-funded group …

Refreshed Watch Urbane Ends Smartphone Need

by Tom Allen

At the same time as it introduced the V10 smartphone (LG Goes Dual-Screen, Dual-Camera for Content Creation), LG showed a preview of the second generation of its Watch Urbane (Wearables and Smartphones Are The …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 39| Wearables

MultiQ Acquires Mermaid

by Tom Allen

MultiQ has acquired Mermaid, the Danish digital signage company. The new company, still called MultiQ, will apparently be the largest digital signage supplier in northern Europe. Its headquarters will be in Lund, Sweden. Financial …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| MultiQ| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Stream TV Receives Lumiere Award

by Tom Allen

The Advanced Imaging Society in the USA has presented a Lumiere Award – its highest honour for technology innovation – to Stream TV Networks, for the Ultra-D glasses-free 3D system. Ultra-D displays are currently …

FPC Claims LG Design Win

by Tom Allen

LG’s V10 smartphone (LG Goes Dual-Screen, Dual-Camera for Content Creation) features a fingerprint sensor from Fingerprint Cards AB. The sensor (FPC1035) supports 360° finger rotation.

Toshiba Result 14/09/15

by Tom Allen

Toshiba posted a loss in Q1 of its 2015 fiscal year, on weak TV and PC sales. Net PC sales were down 31%, to ¥116.8 billion ($975.6 million), while TV sales roughly halved, to …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 39