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ZTE Redefines the Smart Projector with Arrival of Spro 2 at AT&T on April 24th

ZTE USA, the fourth largest smartphone manufacturer in the U.S. and second largest in the no-contract market, today announced alongside AT&T ...

Croatian Pay TV DTH Sees Growth

Croatia experienced growth in pay-TV services during 2016, with DTH representing the biggest gain, according to data published by the regulator ...

Harrison Shatters Some CES Illusions

Mark Harrison is MD of Digital Production Partnerships. He has covered CES as a journalist for many years, and shared his ...

Time for a Pebble Improvement

A new version of Pebble’s Time smartwatch is now available to pre-order. The Pebble Time Steel will be shipped within eight ...

Canatu Secures CNB Design Win

Canatu has secured a design win for carbon nanobud technology, with a customer in North America. The customer required flexibility, thinness ...

8K at NAB Round up

We did not do an exhaustive search for 8K equipment, but did run across a few demos. NHK was in the ...

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Samsung CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon Announces Resignation

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Oh-Hyun Kwon has announced his plan to resign as CEO and head of the company’s Device Solutions Business. He will also not stand for re-election for his position on the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Movies Anywhere App Launched in US

by Alan Spencer

Movies Anywhere has been launched in the US. The service lets users store all digital movie purchases in one unified app that works across retailers and platforms, including Disney, Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal, Warner …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Transportation Company, Amey, Unveils VR Driver Safety Training

by Andrew Fenn

Transport and infrastructure firm, Amey, in the UK, is delivering innovative driver safety training to 13,000 of its employees via a virtual reality simulator. The experience is designed to highlight the dangers of falling …

Tags:AR/VR| Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Gartner

Gartner Forecasts Global Semiconductor Revenue in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Gartner has released a new report, predicting that worldwide semiconductor revenue will reach $411 billion in 2017. The figures represent a growth of 19.7%, the highest since the industry’s recovery from the global financial …

Tags:Forecasts| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Notebook Manufacturers Post September Shipment Results

by Andrew Fenn

Notebook manufacturers witnessed a healthy boost to their shipments in September, according to a report by Digitimes. Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec have all posted their month-on-month shipment results, with the last …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| ODMs & OEMs| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Qualcomm

Qualcomm Faces Antitrust Fine in Taiwan

by Alan Spencer

Following an investigation into wireless chipmaker Qualcomm, Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has concluded that certain of the company’s business practices are in violation of Taiwan’s antitrust law, and have imposed a fine of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Oculus Announces New Headset Go at Oculus Connect 4 Conference

by Norbert Hildebrand

At their Connect 4 conference in San Jose, Oculus announced an new VR headset as well as some other news. The new headset is called Oculus Go and is an untethered headset that does …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Backlight LEDs Likely to Increase in Number

by Bob Raikes

Although much of the discussion of smaller LEDs is related to direct display use, the technology is also being looked at as a way to improve LCD backlights. The use of large numbers of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Siemens Sells Final Osram Stake

by Bob Raikes

Siemens has sold almost all of its stake in Osram, more than 17%, for €1.2 billion according to Reuters. The company was originally listed in 2013 and Siemens said that it would keep a …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Osram| Vol 24 - Issue 38

VueReal Reveals a Little More

by Bob Raikes

We reported on VueReal of Canada when it announced that it was working on MicroLED and had developed a 6,000 ppi microLED display (VueReal Announces Super High Pixel Density Micro LED Display ). Now …

Tags:Canada| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 39

A New Display Application: Electronic License Plates

by Arthur Berman

Advertised as the first-ever, interactive digital license plate, the so-called rPlate debuted earlier this year at the North American International Auto Show. This show is held in Detroit as a part of Automobili-D. The …

Tags:Automotive| EPD (Electrophoretic)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Absen Targets LCD Applications

by Bob Raikes

Absen Inc in the US has launched a new fixed indoor LED range that were announced at the WFX Conference and Expo. The die cast aluminium cabinets are available in 1.2mm, 1.5mm, 1.9mm, 2.5mm …

Tags:Absen| Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 38