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Comcast has Best Q2 in 10 Years

Comcast lost 4,000 net video customers in Q2’16: its best Q2 result for a decade.

Lenovo Unveils World’s First Tango-Enabled Smartphone

Lenovo today launched the much anticipated PHAB2 Pro – the world’s first Tango-enabled smartphone to enable augmented reality experiences – plus ...

Mixed Results for Taiwan’s Notebook ODMs in June

Taiwan’s notebook manufacturers reported mixed results in June and for the second quarter of the year. Compal Electronics achieved a 12.6% ...

ITRI Establishes R2R OLED Line

Image: ITRIElectronics and Optoelectronics System Research Laboratories, under the auspices of Taiwan’s ITRI, is building a roll-to-roll production line for flexible ...

Zinwell and Opera Team OTT TV for APAC STBs

Opera TV and Zinwell have announced a partnership in Over-the-Top (OTT) TV capabilities targeting service provider set-top-boxes in Asia-Pacific. The integration ...

Microsoft Developing an Electronic Version of a Post-It Note

A team of researchers within the Sensors and Devices Group at Microsoft Research (Cambridge, UK) and headed by postdoctoral researcher Tobias ...

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Peerless-AV® Expands in Eastern Europe

by Isaac Oburu

AV technology pioneer Peerless-AV® has announced the appointment of two new distributors in Eastern Europe prior to the forthcoming ISE show in Amsterdam. Stefan Krüger, Peerless-AV’s Director of Sales for DACH and Eastern Europe, …

Tags:Europe| ISE 2016| Peerless AV| Recruitment & Appointments

Foxconn Closes in on Sharp Deal

by Tom Allen

According to Reuters, Sharp has accepted Foxconn’s takeover bid, and the companies are aiming to finalise a deal by the end of the month. Foxconn is said to have been granted preferred negotiating rights. …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Optoma With First 4k HLD Projector

by Tom Allen

Optoma’s focus was on retail digital signage – specifically, the benefits that projectors can bring to this space which FPDs cannot. Examples included mapping and picking out physical products to highlight, rather than displaying …

Tags:Colour Quality| DLP Projectors| ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 23 - Issue 06

BlackBerry

BlackBerry Slims Workforce Again

by Tom Allen

Blackberry will cut 200 jobs, in Ontario and Florida, to cut costs, it has said. The smartphone maker is seeking a return to profitability, putting more of its focus on its enterprise software business. …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 05

AR, VR, Holodeck or Somewhere in Between

by Norbert Hildebrand

The interaction between marketing and manufacturing is supposed to determine success or failure of products and technologies. At least, this is the basis for every business book I have ever seen. After capitalism achieved …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 06

LG Touts The Coming Revolution of OLED TVs

by Steve Sechrist

If you were among one of the 111.5 million viewers of Sunday’s Superbowl here in the US, there’s a good chance you also viewed a host of blockbuster commercials that themselves boast production budgets …

Tags:Apple| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| TV Set Market| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Chinese Smartphone Market Development, 4Q 2015

by Isaac Oburu

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/znpj7c/chinese) has announced the addition of the “Chinese Smartphone Market Development, 4Q 2015” report to their offering. As of the third quarter of 2015, the number of China’s mobile phone subscribers …

Tags:China| Market Data| Smartphone Market

Toshiba Announces Partnership With AmRest for KFC Signage

by Isaac Oburu

Toshiba Europe GmbH is pleased to announce a partnership in conjunction with M4B S.A, a leading digital signage supplier, for AmRest,the largest independent chain restaurant operator in Central and Eastern Europe. This partnership will …

Tags:Digital Signage| Europe| QSRs & Menu Boards| toshiba

Barco Celebrates Fifth Year of HDX

by Tom Allen

ISE 2016 was a special year for Barco of Belgium, as it marked five years of the HDX projector line – the company’s most popular projector series. There was certainly a celebratory mood in …

Tags:Barco| DLP Projectors| ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 06