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EIZO Welcomes Members from Five Countries to the ColorEdge Ambassador Program

EIZO Corporation today announced the addition of five new Ambassadors to its ColorEdge Ambassador Program. The program, which was launched in ...

Quanta Makes 9.2 Million Notebooks

The Taipei Times reports that Quanta Computers reported shipping 9.2 million notebooks in Q1, up 9.52% on last year, although down ...

iPhone 5SE and iPad Air 3 to be Released

Apple is set to release iPhone 5SE and iPad Air 3 on the 18th March, according to reports. The iPhone 5SE ...

UltraHD Playback SoC Now Sampling

Japan’s Socionext is now sampling a new UltraHD media playback SoC, which supports high-res content at 60fps using HEVC and VP9. ...

Digital Pay-TV On the Rise in Latin America

Digital pay-TV penetration in Latin America was 85% in 2016, according to Dataxis. It is forecast to reach 94% by 2022, ...

LG Rejoins Windows Phone Market

LG has joined the Windows Phone crowd with a budget smartphone called the Lancet, which is a Verizon-exclusive at US launch. ...

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Qualcomm Makes Fast Charging Even Faster

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm has announced the third-generation of its Quick Charge technology, which will be able to charge an average phone from 0% to 80% in 35 minutes. It is said to be almost 40% more …

Tags:Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Power Supplies| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Nokia’s Alcatel-Lucent Deal Receives Go-Ahead

by Tom Allen

Nokia’s acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent (Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent Sign MOU) has been approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). With the clearance from CFIUS and the Department of Justice (US …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 37

HP to Cut 10% of Workforce

by Tom Allen

Meg Whitman, CEO of HP, has said that the company will need to cut between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs in its process of splitting (HP to Split into Two Companies) – equal to about …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Mediatek Dismisses Speculation

by Tom Allen

The Chinese-language Liberty Times claimed that Mediatek was aiming to acquire Parade Technologies, earlier this month. Mediatek has now dismissed the article in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 22 - Issue 37

2016 AIO PC Production Dominated by Quanta

by Tom Allen

Quanta has received more than 70% of HP’s AIO PC orders for 2016, say sources in the Asian supply chain. The company also produces many of Apple’s iMacs. Meanwhile, Dell’s AIO PC orders are …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Compal| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Quanta| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Sharp to Release World’s First 8k TV – Next Month

by Tom Allen

Sharp will begin selling an 8k TV in October this year – the first-such model to be made commercially available. Known as the LV-85001, the unit will be an 85″ set costing ¥15.2 million …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Renesas and Luxoft Work together in the Automotive Field

by Norbert Hildebrand

Earlier this year, Renesas announced their RH850 microcontroller series aimed at automotive applications. The system on the chip supports instrument clusters and also includes a warp engine for a head-up display (HUD). Now Luxoft …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Renesas| Vol 22 - Issue 37

AT&T To Offer The Microsoft Surface 3 To Business Customers

by Tom Allen

AT&T will begin selling the Microsoft Surface 3 with Windows 8.1 Pro to business customers in the coming weeks. It will be connected to the nation’s most reliable 4G LTE network with the nation’s …

Tags:AT&T| Microsoft| tablets

Dolby Looking Good for Movies

by Bob Raikes

Dolby was, of course, demonstrating lots of Dolby Vision content. There are now two movies (Tomorrowland and Inside Out) that have been released and shown in Dolby Vision, although there are only a few …

Tags:Dolby| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 37| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)