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Africa’s Smartphone Market Grows in Q3 2020, but Feature Phone Shipments Decline

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Africa’s overall mobile phone market shipments declined 6.0% year on year (YoY) in Q3 2020 according to IDC. The decline stemmed mainly from feature phones, with shipments of these devices declining …

Tags:MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Smartphone Market

VR Consumer Content Revenue to Exceed $7 billion in 2025, Led by Console Gamers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Juniper Research said that consumer virtual reality content will bring over $7 billion in revenue in 2025, an increase of over 160% on the $3 billion it is expected to generate …

Tags:Consoles| Game Playing| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

Epson Opens ‘Hybrid Booth’ in Germany

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reports that Epson has opened a ‘hybrid booth’ that is availble to support resellers and partners. The facility (Epson Industrial Solutions Center +- EISC +). consists of dedicated space for …

Tags:Epson| Germany

Porotech announces the world’s first red GaN microLED epiwafer

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat tip to DSCC’s subscription newsletter for alerting me to an announcement by Porotech, a start-up in Cambridge, UK, that had slipped under our radar. The company has just announced …

Tags:MicroLED| Semiconductors

Innoscentia adopts Ynvisible displays for dynamic food labels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Electrochromic display supplier, Ynvisible, has supplied displays to Innoscentia which is developing date labels on food packages. The firm said that Innoscentia is also using Ynvisible’s R&D services and has developed …

Tags:Electrochromic Displays| Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Retail

Leyard Europe announces lifetime LED warranties

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Leyard Europe announced a new Evercare ‘Lifetime’ warranty for some of its LED displays. It provides service while the original buyer owns the product (although in its T’s & C’s, the …

Tags:Leyard| Planar| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| warranty

World’s first 65-inch PEDOT polymer touch sensor developed by Heraeus and SigmaSense to be shown at C-Touch & Display 2020

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Heraeus and SigmaSense put out a press release, saying that they have created a film-based 65″ touch system that is very sensitive (it can work through glass) and can be used …

Tags:Film materials| Touch Controllers| Touch Displays

Future MacBook Pros could add Force Touch to the Touch Bar

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TechRadar reported, based on information from Patently Apple, that Apple has a new patent that covers adding Force Touch to the Touch Bar used on the Mac Book Pro. The force-sensing …

Tags:Apple| Notebooks| Touch Interfaces

Tilt Five Gets Series A Funding for AR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Stinger Report had news of a new investment of $7.5 million in Series A funding for its headset platform. The blog said that the company was started following the collapse …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Game Playing

LG Announces Organizational Changes To Respond Faster To Unprecedented Business Environment

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say LG Electronics has undertaken its annual operational review and made some changes in its organisation, including replacing the head of the Home Appliance & Air Solutions Company, Dan Song, who is …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| MicroLED| Reorganisation & Restructuring

Study: SVoD subs overtake pay-TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A report from Capgemini, reported in Advanced Television, said that by the end of 2020, SVoD will overtake pay-TV in more than 30 countries. You can download the full report here. …

Tags:OTT Video| Pay TV| SVOD