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AR, VR, Holodeck or Somewhere in Between

The interaction between marketing and manufacturing is supposed to determine success or failure of products and technologies. At least, this is ...

Intel Completes Acquisition of Altera

Intel Corporation (“Intel”) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Altera Corporation (“Altera”), a leading provider of field-programmable gate ...

LG Display Invests in TADF

Image: OLED-InfoKyushu University of Japan spun off a new company called Kyulux last month, which aims to commercialise thermally-activated delayed fluorescence ...

And Finally – CNN Lets Down Microsoft

Ouch. Microsoft is going to be very upset with CNN, we feel. After (presumably) paying for the Surface Pro 3 tablet ...

HP Result 24/08/2015

HP has released its third quarter results, recording a 13.2% year on year drop in net profit to $854 million from ...

SDP Heading for IPO?

The Nikkei has reported that Foxconn and its Sharp subsidiary may be considering an IPO for the Sakai Display Products business. ...

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Samsung Leads Signage Displays

by Tom Allen

Invidis has announced the winners of the Digital Signage Awards, presented at the Digital Signage Summit in Munich. The awards are presented to companies in five categories, for their performance in the DACH market …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Digital Signage| Events| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 25

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

IGNIS announces signing a Patent License Agreement with LG Display

by Isaac Oburu

IGNIS Innovation Inc. (“IGNIS“), an emissive display technology company, today announced the execution of a Patent License agreement with LG Display Co., Ltd. (“LG Display“), the Seoul-based world-leading display manufacturer. Under the agreement, IGNIS …

Tags:Korea| LG Displays (LGD)| Manufacturing| Mergers & Acquisitions

Daktronics Helps to Deliver the Best Picture for UEFA Euro 2016

by Isaac Oburu

The UEFA Championship has kicked off in France, building up momentum for football fans around the world. Two giant 70-square-meter Daktronics LED screens at the Stade Matmut Atlantique, in Bordeaux, give the audience a …

Tags:Daktronics| Europe| LED

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 …

Tags:Back Panel| China| Christie| Cinema| Dolby| Dolby Atmos| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Laser Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 24

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

CTL® Announces New and Improved Education Chromebook NL61

by Isaac Oburu

CTL® has announced their new CTL Rugged Education Chromebook NL61 today. The NL61 is the latest addition to a line of CTL NL6 Chromebooks that CTL first introduced in 2014. Over the years, CTL …

Tags:Chromebooks| Intel

Public Displays and Brexit

by Bob Raikes

I’m writing this editorial at the Digital Signage Summit in Munich. It’s interesting that there is very little about hardware in the whole event – I’m one of only a couple of hardware people …

Tags:Digital Signage| Editorial| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| 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 …

Tags:FlatFrog| Interactive Tables| ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| NEC| Touch Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 24