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Why Are We Baking in Batteries?

For once, us high-end Samsung owners have a reason not to feel quite so smug, for even the biggest Samsung fans ...

Production Automation Makes Up For Labour Shortage

In order to reduce the impact of rising wages and short labour supply in China, Inventec is said to have begun ...

KOE Claims ‘IPS-Like’ TN Performance

KOE Europe’s new 5″ TFT-LCD display module uses a TN panel, but has ‘IPS-like’ performance. Many embedded, medical and industrial applications ...

EVS joins TICO Alliance

EVS, a provider of live video production systems, has joined the TICO Alliance, which is working to establish a new visually ...

Absen’s A27 Series Delivers the ‘Best of Both Worlds’ for Public, Retail and Corporate Environments

Absen’s new A27 series delivers the ‘best of both worlds’ to advertising, retail, corporate and all fixed installation environments. With a ...

DSCC Looks at OLED Developments

DSCC recently ran an event in Tokyo under the title “Roadmap to Display OLEDisation” and kindly sent us some information from ...

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Sony Merges Playstation Units

by Tom Allen

Sony Computer Entertainment has been merged with Sony Network Entertainment, to form a new company called Sony Interactive Entertainment. The new company will deal with all of Sony’s Playstation business – hardware, software, the …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Huawei is 2015’s Smartphone Success Story

by Tom Allen

Worldwide smartphone sales reached new record levels at the end of 2015, thanks to multiple product offerings at all price points, in both mature and emerging markets. Preliminary IDC data shows that 399.5 million …

Tags:Apple| Huawei| IDC| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 03| Xiaomi

Samsung Sees Tough Pricing and Weak Smartphones

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Samsung saw a drop in profits on a quarterly basis, and sees some tough times ahead with DRAM and LCD panels both under pressure from weaker prices. Over the year, profit was up 5.5% …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Gou Goes Direct to Sharp Lenders

by Tom Allen

‘A person familiar with the talks’ has told the Taipei Times that Foxconn chairman Terry Gou is taking his case for the acquisition of Sharp (Foxconn Ups Sharp Offer) directly to major lenders to …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Corning Result 27/01/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Corning reported Q4 and full year 2015 financial results, with Q4 net sales at $2.2 billion, down just under 9% YoY. EPS was $0.17, down nearly 75% YoY. Net sales for the full year …

Tags:Corning| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 04

Du Announces UltraHD for UAE

by Tom Allen

Du, a telecom provider in the UAE, has announced plans to launch its own UltraHD broadcast service. The company said that it has already agreed partnerships with several studios and facilities for content upgrades …

Tags:4k| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 03

STMicroelectronics Result – 28/1/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

STMicroelectronics reported Q4 and full year financial results, with a $2 million net profit for the quarter. Turnover for the period was $1.67 billion. Full year 2015 net profit was $104 million. Turnover for …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| STMicroelectronics| Vol 23 - Issue 04

Lux Research Sees Changes in the Smart Glasses Leadsership

by Norbert Hildebrand

Lux Research, the US based Research Institute with a focus on emerging technologies has published a report on the status of smartglasses in enterprise applications. In this research, they have studied more than 70 …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Emerging Markets| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Wanda Signs Dolby Cinema Deal

by Tom Allen

Wanda Cinema, a chain in China, has agreed a deal with Dolby which will bring Dolby Cinema to the country. Over the next five years, Wanda will install Dolby Cinema in 100 locations, the …

Tags:Back Panel| China| Christie| Cinema| Dolby| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Will Education Miss Out on ‘The Year of VR’?

by Tom Allen

In a recent article (Is Educational VR Content Ready for Prime Time?), my colleague Len Scrogan bemoaned the lack of VR content for education. Having just returned from BETT – arguably Europe’s largest technology …

Tags:BETT 2016| Google| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 03

Carloudy: An Automotive Head-Up Display

by Arthur Berman

During recent years, head-up displays (HUDs) have become available as an option in some luxury car models. Now, an aftermarket alternative is under development by Cognitive AI Technologies Inc. (Chicago, IL). The device is …

Tags:Automotive| E Ink| Head Up Displays HUDs| Projection| Projection Screens| Sunlight Readable Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 05