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Sony Shows 4K Native vs. e-Shift Demo

In a backroom at I/ITSEC 2016, Sony was showing a comparison of its native 4K projector vs. an e-shift model from ...

Amino Booxmedia Cloud VOD for RTL Belgium

Booxmedia of Finland, a member of the Amino group, has done a deal with RTL of Belgium to support an “end ...

Nvidia Patent Shows HMD With Own GPU

Click to enlargeNvidia has filed a patent for a VR headset, with its own CPU, GPU and storage built in. The ...

Vendors Shutting Down a-Si TFT LCD Fabs

Samsung Display, one of the leading amorphous silicon (a-Si) TFT LCD manufacturers for the past 20 years, is shutting down its ...

Airbnb Shows Off VR/AR App Prototype

Airbnb has revealed that it is developing AR and VR features for its service, and even showed off some early prototypes ...

Next Microsoft Surface Book to be Clamshell?

Microsoft has cut the price of its Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 in some countries as it seems to be ...

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BenQ’s W2000 Supports Rec. 709

by Bob Raikes

We’ve written quite a lot over the last few months on issues of colour in projection, provoked largely by two things – a change of our view on 3LCD’s CLO measurement (we now take …

Tags:BenQ| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Rec 709| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Starbreeze and Acer to Form Joint Venture for the StarVR Headset

by Isaac Oburu

Starbreeze AB and Acer Inc. today signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture for the StarVR Virtual Reality (VR) Head-Mounted Display (HMD). The two companies aim to cooperate on the design, …

Tags:Acer| Mergers & Acquisitions| Virtual Reality

ON Semiconductor Extends Tender Offer to Acquire Fairchild Semiconductor

by Isaac Oburu

ON Semiconductor Corporation (“ON Semiconductor”) announced that it has extended its previously announced tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (“Fairchild”) for $20.00 per …

Tags:Investment| Semiconductors

NComputing Brings Windows to Chrome

by Tom Allen

NComputing’s new Chromebook, the CX110, features the ability to run Windows programs on the Chrome OS. When used with vSpace Server and the vSpace Client for Chromebook (downloadable from the Chrome store), users will …

Tags:Applications| Chrome| Chromebooks| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 19| Windows

Coolpad Separates Work From Play

by Tom Allen

Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad teased its new Coolpad Max phone last week, and has now unveiled it with a new feature that separates personal and professional tasks. ‘Dual Space’ is Coolpad’s name for the …

Tags:business| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 19

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19

by Tom Allen

A very low-cost laptop, which takes all of its computing power from a connected smartphone, is being launched on Kickstarter by Androminium. Called the Superbook, the unit is a laptop shell that connects to …

Tags:Accessibility| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Omate Turns Kids’ Watch into Wearable for Seniors

by Tom Allen

Omate has redesigned its Wherecom K3 smartwatch – designed for parents of young children, to keep track of them – as the Wheremate S3, for seniors. It is a standalone 3G watch that can …

Tags:3G & 4G| GPS| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Laser Touch Built in to Mini Projector

by Tom Allen

An Indiegogo campaign has been launched for a mini interactive projector. The Lazertouch can produce a 20″ – 150″ image, with finger or pen touch enabled through a laser curtain emitted from the projector. …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| LED Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 19

OLED Display – Will it be able to Help Apple?

by Sweta Dash

Apple Corporation reported its first-ever decline in iPhone sales in its recent fiscal quarter (Apple’s 13-Year Growth Grinds to a Halt – subscription required). Its iPhone sales accounted for two third of company’s revenue …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Chinese OEMs May be Forced Out of TV Market

by Tom Allen

The global slowdown in the market for TVs is making it difficult for vendors in China to grow profitably, reports IHS. Many low-tier makers, who rushed into the market and recorded high shipment growth …

Tags:China| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| ODMs & OEMs| TV Production| Vol 23 - Issue 19

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Apple Will be World’s Top OLED Customer

by Tom Allen

UBI Research has predicted that Apple will become the world’s largest OLED customer. UBI president Lee Choong-hoon expects a new curved-screen iPhone to take a 30% iPhone market share in 2018, rising to 80% …

Tags:Apple| Display Supply & Demand| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 19