Roku Has a Good Q4
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Roku had a good Q4 and good year in 2020 overall. The company went past 50 million active acounts, via players and Roku TVs and the company claimed 38% share of …
Tags:Roku| Smart TV
Vuzix Expands and Enhances the Connectivity of its Smart Glasses with LiFi Support
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Vuzix put out a press release (it sends almost more than anyone!) that set out that it would support Signify’s Trulifi LiFi technology for low latency two-way wireless connectivity to its …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Li-Fi| Optics| Vuzix
UDC Has Strong 2020 & Q4
by Bob Raikes
What They Say OLED material supplier UDC has reported a strong end to a good year for its business. It reached record quarterly revenue of $141.5 million, up from $101.7 million in 2019. Material …
Tags:Financial Data| OLED Materials| UDC
Apple TV+ Moves onto Google TV Platforms
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Google has announced that the Apple TV+ streaming service is now available on Google TV, with the first implementation on Chromecast with Google TV. The service will become available later on …
Tags:Android| Apple| Google| Streaming Video| SVOD
Frost & Sullivan Forecasts $661.4 Billion AR and VR Technology Market
by Bob Raikes
What They Say I see a lot of forecasts for AR & VR and most of them I ignore. However, I saw one from Frost & Sullivan that forecast revenues of $661.4 billion of …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data| Virtual Reality
The NPD Group: Consumer Spend on PC Gaming Hardware and Accessories in U.S. Increased 62% in 2020
by Bob Raikes
What They Say NPD said that US consumers spent $4.5 billion on hardware in 2020, up 62% on 2019 and more than double the level of 2017. Monitors were among the strongest growing, along …
Tags:Desktop Monitors| | USA
Omdia: LG Display holds a 92.5% share of the Automotive AMOLED market
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Business Korea quoted data from Omdia that credits LG Display with a 92.5% share of the OLED panel market in the automotive segment in 2020, with Samsung Display at 6.9% and …
Tags:Automotive| OLEDs
Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Geekwire was able to persuade IDC to confirm its PC data by OS that showed that in 2020, Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide for the first time over the year, although this …
Tags:Apple| Chromebooks| | PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| PCs| Windows
LEDs Fabricated on Silicon Chips
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Researchers at MIT’s Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) have developed a silicon chip with fully integrated LEDs that are said to be bright enough to enable state-of-the-art sensor and communication technologies. …
Tags:LED| R&D (Research & Development)| Semiconductors
AUO to expand capex for 2021
by Milos Pavlovic
What They Say Digitimes reports that AUO is to boost its capex this year to boost LCD production. It will reach $785 million against around $550 million in 2020. The focus will be on …
Tags:AUO| Investment| Large LCD Supply| Production Equipment
Samsung Kiosk Uses SoC + Tizen
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Samsung Electronics has launched a Kiosk in the South Korean market, but which is intended to be available globally in the first half of the year. It will be sold via …
Tags:Kiosks| Samsung
China handset sales rebound in January
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Digitimes reported that the Chinese smartphone market has seen a bounce in sales in January, boosted by new budget 5G handsets by Chinese brands. The volume reached 40 million in January, …
Tags:China| Market Data| Smartphone Market| USA
