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by Andrew Fenn
PGS Lab’s portable Windows and Android gaming console has reemerged, after a Kickstarter campaign to fund it was cancelled way back in July 2016. (PGS is a Portable PC Gaming Console (with Android!)) The …
Tags:Consoles| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 05
by Andrew Fenn
Tamedia has signed a takeover agreement with the Goldbach Group in Switzerland. The company pre-registered a public purchase offer for Goldbach at CHF 35.50 ($38) per share. Together, Tamedia and Goldbach want to expand …
Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Switzerland| Vol 25 - Issue 05
by Vijaya
TPK Holdings reported its 2017 fourth quarter financial results. Consolidated revenue in Q4 reached NT$ 32.87 billion ($1.12 billion), up 33%, compared to NT$ 24.74 billion reported in Q4 of 2016. The company said …
Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TPK| Vol 25 - Issue 05
by Vijaya
Nintendo reported its financial result for the third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2017. Net sales for the third quarter were ¥483 billion ($4.32 billion), compared to ¥311 billion in Q3 of …
Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo| Vol 25 - Issue 05
by Vijaya
Amazon reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017. Q4 net sales increased 38% to $60.5 billion, compared to $43.7 billion in Q4 of 2016. Net Income was $1.9 billion, …
Tags:Amazon| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 05
by Andrew Fenn
Apple has determined that a small percentage of iPhone 7 devices may show “No Service” in the status bar, even if cellular coverage is available, due to a component failure. The affected units were …
Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 05| warranty
by Jon Peddie
People have described ray tracing (RT) as the holy grail of computer imaging. RT generates (if done properly) a physically accurate representation of an imagined or reconstructed scene. The number of variables is bewildering, …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| ray tracing| Vol 25 - Issue 06
by Jon Peddie
An old friend asked me, Hey Jon, how many pixels do you think there are in the world? TV’s, PC’s, smart phones, tablets. It’s going to be a lot! But how many? How many …
Tags:Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Vol 25 - Issue 05
by Andrew Fenn
Japan Display is reportedly having difficulty finalising a deal with one of its potential investors. The company is currently in talks with BOE, China Star Optoelectronics Technology and Visionox, as well as Foxconn, which …
Tags:Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 05
by Andrew Fenn
Google has joined companies like Dell, Intel, Lenovo and LG to back the Universal Stylus Initiative (USI), bringing the total number of partners to over 30. The initiative was founded in 2015 to create …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USI (Universal Stylus Initiative)| Vol 25 - Issue 05
by Andrew Fenn
Modern Times Group (MTG) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine its Nordic Entertainment and Studios businesses with TDC, in order to create what it claims to be the first fully convergent entertainment …
Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Nordics| Vol 25 - Issue 05
by Bob Raikes
Microsoft has released a lower cost version of its Surface Pro notebook which has a Core M3 processor and costs $799, rather than the Core i5 model that costs $999. The base model has …
Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 25 - Issue 05
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