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Samsung Turns to Profits Over Growth

by Tom Allen

A source speaking to the Korea Times has said that Samsung is planning to change its mobile strategy. The shift comes amidst a falling smartphone market and low profits. An unnamed executive at Samsung …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Japanese Pension Fund Sues Toshiba

by Tom Allen

Japan’s public pension fund – the largest in the world, at $1.3 trillion – is suing Toshiba for almost $10 million in damages. The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) brought the action against Toshiba …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Pay-TV Grows in Portugal

by Tom Allen

According to Portugese regulator Anacom, 28,000 new subscribers signed up to pay-TV services in Q1’16 compared to Q4’15. The total number of subscribers was more than 3.5 million – up 150,000 (4.4%) on Q1’15. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Portugal| Vol 23 - Issue 25

Do You Believe in AR?

by Tom Allen

Then practice what you preach! The iconic ‘Sword of Damocles’ prototype AR systemIvan Sutherland and his team at Harvard University built the first AR system in 1967-68. The project was supported in part by …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 24

Wanda Brings Dolby to Asia

by Tom Allen

Dolby Laboratories has announced the first Dolby Cinema locations in Asia, through a partnership with Wanda Cinema Line. The cinemas – in Dalian, Changchun, Chongqing, and Jinan (China) – feature Dolby Vision and Dolby …

Smartphones Linked to ‘Transient Blindness’

by Tom Allen

Smartphone use has been tied to temporary blindness by doctors. Two women were affected after checking their phones in the dark. Doctors described the case in the New England Journal of Medicine. Both women, …

Tags:Health and Safety| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 24

NEC Uses FlatFrog in LFDs

by Tom Allen

NEC has said that its 55″ and 65″ XUHD displays – first seen at ISE this year (NEC has Big Video Wall Plans) – will use a new touch system called InGlass touch, from …

Leyard Secures Win at Infocomm

by Tom Allen

Leyard, with its subsidiary Planar, won seven awards at Infocomm 2016. Six industry publications presented awards: AV Technology, Commercial Integrator, Digital Signage, Government Video, Sound & Video Contractor and Systems Contractor News. Two products …

UTS Avoids Point-to-Point With Matrox

by Tom Allen

Matrox is celebrating a win for its Maevex solution in Australia’s University of Technology Sydney – which has just built ‘the largest teaching laboratory in the Southern Hemisphere.’ The use of the Maevex encoding/decoding …

Sony Favours HPM Over Laser

by Tom Allen

Sony, unlike other big names in the cinema projection space, did not have a stand on the show floor. However, we were able to sit down with David McIntosh – the head of the …

Tags:CineEurope 2016| Cinema Projection| Large Display Monitor| Projector Stacks| sony

Apple Describes Phone With Wrap-Around Display

by Tom Allen

Apple has patented a phone with a wrap-around display – that is, a display encircling the device entirely. To avoid excessive battery drain, sensors would determine where the user is looking, and only the …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 24

Australia Relies on Holo-Gauze at Eurovision

by Tom Allen

Holo-Gauze has said that it supplied the technology to enable Australia’s live performance at the Eurovision Song Contest this year. Three screens were used: two 3m x 5m behind singer Dami Im and one …