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IDC: Worldwide SMB IT Spending to Pass $600 Billion in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

IDC forecasts total IT spending by small and medium-size businesses to be nearly $602 billion in 2018, an increase of 4.9% over 2017. With a CAGR of 4.7% for the 2016-2021 forecast period, spending …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 06

IDC: India Smartphone Market Finishes Strong in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, the Indian smartphone market witnessed a healthy 14% annual growth with a total shipment of 124 million units in 2017, making it the fastest growing market amongst the top 20 smartphone …

Tags:IDC| India| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 06

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Kagan: European SVOD Will Continue to Grow Over Next Five Years

by Andrew Fenn

The OTT subscription online video-on-demand market in Europe will keep growing over the next five years, according to Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. The research company is projecting the …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| SVOD| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Varjo Closes $15 million Investment Round

by Norbert Hildebrand

The name Varjo is not very well known in the VR industry, but that may change if they can achieve what they are promising. The existing prototype was good enough to gather enough initial …

Tags:Foveated Rendering| Gaze Recognition| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Cynora Reports on Progress for TADF Blue

by Bob Raikes

Last year, at SID, Cynora forecast that it would ‘commercialise’ the blue TADF material by the end of 2017 (Cynora Promises High-Efficiency Blue TADF OLED in 2017). Following the show, LG and Samsung were …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Samsung Display| TADF| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Acer Launches “World’s Smallest” UHD 3000-Lumen Laser Projector

by Andrew Fenn

Acer has announced that its new home theatre projector, the Acer VL7860, is now available in the US . Claimed to be the world’s smallest Ultra HD, 3000-lumen laser projector, the VL7860 features a …

Tags:Acer| DLP Projectors| Home Cinema| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Samsung to Face Class Action on Galaxy Gear S Smartwatch Battery Life

by Andrew Fenn

A New Jersey federal judge has accepted most of the claims in a proposed class action accusing Samsung Electronics America of misrepresenting the battery life of its Galaxy Gear S Smartwatch, ruling that the …

Tags:Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 06

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Apple, Valve and LG Don’t Invest in eMagin!

by Andrew Fenn

After eMagin announced a new offering of stock, there were wide reports that investors included Apple, LG and Valve. (eMagin Announces Price of Underwritten Public Offering) However, the company put out a special release …

Tags:Apple| eMagin| Investment| LG Electronics (LGE)| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 06

LG’s OLED TV Sales Up 220% YoY in January 2018

by Andrew Fenn

LG said that its Korean sales of high-end OLED TVs surpassed 14,000 units last month—that’s one sold every three minutes—according to Yonhap. In contrast, the company sold 5,000 OLED TVs in January 2017, which …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data| OLED TVs| Pricing| Vol 25 - Issue 06