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Qualcomm Completes CSR Acquisition

Qualcomm has finally completed its acquisition of CSR, a fabless provider of end-to-end semiconductor and software solutions for the Internet of ...

New Cameras Use OLED Viewfinders

At the biennial Photokina camera show in Cologne, Sony and Panasonic have both announced cameras that use 1024 x 768 OLED ...

IPTV Grows With Deutsche Telekom

65,000 new customers joined Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV platform, Entertain, in Q4 last year. The platform had 2.44 million subscribers at the ...

Korea Offers Tax Benefits as OLED Incentive

The Korean government plans to expand the country’s leadership in OLEDs, in an effort to stay ahead of competitors in China ...

Microsoft, ASUS broaden patent licensing engagement

Microsoft Corp. and ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS) on Thursday announced the expansion of an earlier patent licensing agreement between the companies.The ...

Google Cardboard Camera now on iOS

Google has made the Cardboard Camera, intended to help with making 360º videos and which was previously only on Android, available ...

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Canon Honoured for Environmental Friendliness

by Isaac Oburu

Canon has received the 2016 Energy Star “Partner of the Year – Product Brand Owner Award” from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing …

Tags:Awards| Canon| Energy Star| Environment| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 12

AGC to Expand its Supply System

by Isaac Oburu

Asahi Glass (AGC) has announced that it intends to strengthen its system to supply cover glass for car-mounted displays at its subsidiary AGC Display Glass Yonezawa Co., citing strong demand. This glass is a …

Tags:Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Automotive| Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Philips

First-ever Philips 5K Display: UltraClear Resolution and Professional Colour

by Isaac Oburu

MMD, the leading technology company and brand license partner for Philips Monitors, announces a new display with UltraClear 5K resolution – the first 5K display in the line-up. With 14.7 million pixels (5,120 x …

Tags:5K (5120 x 2880)| CAD-CAM-CAE| Colour Quality| Desktop Monitors| MMD (AOC Philips)

Epson, InFocus and Aaxa Lead in February

by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in February. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. The February results showed Epson topping the …

Tags:Asus| Epson| InFocus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Optoma| PMA Research| Projectors| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Introducing a More Playful and Innovative LG UX 5.0

by Isaac Oburu

With the imminent consumer rollout of the new LG G5, LG Electronics (LG) will also be introducing a new version of its mobile user interface, LG UX 5.0. Designed for a more playful and …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Software

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Acer Result 24/03/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Acer reported Q4 net profit of NT$237 million ($7.2 million). Turnover was NT$68.38 billion ($2.07 billion). For the full year 2015, net profit was NT$604 million ($18.3 million) on turnover of NT$263.78 billion ($7.98 …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Beamr

Beamr Acquires Vanguard

by Tom Allen

Israeli company Beamr, a specialist in video compression whom we have reported on before, has announced that it is acquiring California-based Vanguard Video. Vanguard is a supplier of H.264 and HEVC codec technologies. Beamr’s …

Tags:Codecs| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Ingram Micro Calls Lumigon

by Isaac Oburu

Ingram Micro has begun to distribute smartphones from Danish vendor Lumigon in the Netherlands.

Tags:Distribution| Ingram Micro| Mobile Display Monitor| Netherlands| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Sony to Launch UHD-HDR Streaming Service

by Isaac Oburu

Following its first announcement at CES 2016, Sony’s new “Ultra” movie streaming service will be launched on the 4th April. The movie service will launch on Sony’s 2015 and 2016 Android TVs in the …

Tags:4k| CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| sony| Streaming Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 12

AOC Shows Gaming Prowess at PCR Boot Camp

by Tom Allen

AOC will take part in the annual PCR Boot Camp, which will be held at the Emirates Stadium, London on the 18th May. The firm will show off four of its newest monitors: the …

Tags:Back Panel| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Events| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Skyworth Rolls Out Seraphic

by Tom Allen

Skyworth has deployed the Blink-based Sraf TV Browser, by Seraphic, to its connected TVs in Europe. The browser supports over 1,000 apps and has been ported to a variety of TV SoCs, including those …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Skyworth| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 12

ATSC Tested at Plug Fest

by Tom Allen

ONE Media and Sinclair Broadcast Group hosted an ATSC 3.0 Plug recently, with the purpose of testing interoperability between modulators and demodulators. Attendees focused on functional validation tests, rather than competing equipment.

Tags:ATSC| Large Display Monitor| Testing| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 13