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Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 3.6 Percent in Third Quarter of 2017

by Damir Lokas

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 67 million units in the third quarter of 2017, a 3.6 percent decline from the third quarter of 2016, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. This is the 12th …

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TCL Communications Sells Off Half of Its Business

by Andrew Fenn

A year after its privatisation and less than a year after its manufacturing deal with BlackBerry, TCL Corp has announced it will sell 49% of its smartphone unit shares to three strategic investors for …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| TCL| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Detachable Google Pixelbook On the Way?

by Andrew Fenn

Having recently announced the new Pixelbook, a 10mm-thick 2-in-1 tablet-laptop hybrid with a 12.3″ 360° foldable touch screen and on-board Google Assistant, Google has also placed orders for a detachable model, according to Digitimes. …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Digitimes Research Predicts 2-5% CAGR for LED Production Value

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research has published new figures, estimating that global production value for high-brightness LED chips will grow 2-5% year-on-year between 2018 and 2022. The prediction is based on the industry’s value in 2017, which …

Apple Tours the World in Support of AR

by Norbert Hildebrand

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple has been supporting AR and the release of the ARKit through many CEO interviews with news outlets and analysts around the globe. The latest was with the UK-based Independent …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38

No Negatives from LED Li-Fi

by Bob Raikes

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found that using LEDs to transmit data (using either on-off keying or modulating brightness by a small degree) do not have an impact on the use of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Li-Fi| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 24 - Issue 38

New Kindle is Waterproof

by Bob Raikes

Although Amazon didn’t mention the Kindle when it recently updated its Echo line, the company is still developing the eBook range and has updated the top of the range Kindle Oasis. The new version …

Tags:Amazon| EPD (Electrophoretic)| eReaders| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Hitachi Pushes to 5,000 Lumens

by Bob Raikes

Hitachi in the US has announced the CPWX5500, a new 3LCD (0.59″ panels) with 1280 x 800 resolution and producing 5,200 Ansi lumens with 10,000:1 contrast. The lens has a 1.6:1 manual zoom and …

Tags:Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Amazon Working on Wearable Alexa

by Bob Raikes

Amazon is reported by the FT to be working on a version of its Echo devices that would be like a pair of smart glasses and would support the Alexa voice assistant. Amazon wouldn’t …

Tags:Amazon| Mobile Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Amazon Patent Infringement Case Settled Out of Court

by Andrew Fenn

An ongoing patent infringement case between Amazon.com Inc., Avago Technologies and Broadcom Corp has been settled. Back in September 2016, Broadcom filed a complaint against Amazon, stating that its Fire tablets and TV devices …

Voice Control Leads New Sky Q Features

by Andrew Fenn

Sky Q users will soon able to control their TV via voice control built into the Sky Q remote. Coming later this month, the update will allow users to issue a range of simple …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Sky| STBs| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Large Panel Makers See Monthly Rise in Shipments

by Yvette Raikes

AU Optronics saw September turnover of NT$29.07 billion ($961 million), down 3.6% MoM and 3.8% YoY. This brought Q3 sales to NT$87.4 billion ($2.89 billion), a rise of 3.5% QoQ and 1.6% YoY, and …

Logando Introduces a Mobile Configurable LED Wall Structure

15,000 OLEDs Light Up Japanese Festival

Absen Makes Rental and Staging Easier

Lattice and MediaTek Drive UHD Over USB

Dialog to Buy Atmel

Augmented Reality Solutions for Business Applications are Spreading

Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 3.6 Percent in Third Quarter of 2017

TCL Communications Sells Off Half of Its Business

Detachable Google Pixelbook On the Way?

Digitimes Research Predicts 2-5% CAGR for LED Production Value

Apple Tours the World in Support of AR

No Negatives from LED Li-Fi

New Kindle is Waterproof

Hitachi Pushes to 5,000 Lumens

Amazon Working on Wearable Alexa

Amazon Patent Infringement Case Settled Out of Court

Voice Control Leads New Sky Q Features

Large Panel Makers See Monthly Rise in Shipments