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Top-Five Notebook Firms Saw Shipments Improve by 11%

by Andrew Fenn

The top-five global notebook vendors saw their combined shipments drop by 24% month-on-month but grow 11% year-on-year in July 2018, as inventory preparations for the back-to-school rush were complete in May and June, according …

Nvidia Changes the Game in Ray Tracing

by Bob Raikes

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang gave a long talk at the Siggraph show and after showing a great set of images from computer games and PC renderings over the years, he pointed out that this year …

StarVR Headset is Immersive

by Bob Raikes

StarVR is a company that we have been watching for a while, having first seen its VR headset at IFA in 2016. At the time, we weren’t over impressed with the quality. However, the …

Sixteen-nine Publishes SoC Infographic

by Bob Raikes

Sixteen-nine.net has published an interesting infographic that sets out what each brand is doing in the Smart Signage area. Click on the image to be taken to the full resolution chart on the blog’s …

Tags:Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| SOCs| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Motorola Under Fire for Copying iPhone X with P30 Handset

by Andrew Fenn

Motorola has revealed its new P30 smartphone, which has been described as a “brazen”, “shameless” and “egregious” Android remake of the iPhone X. We’re not here to make a judgement as to whether that’s …

Network Outage Causes London Airport’s FIDs to Fail

by Andrew Fenn

The UK’s London Gatwick airport was plunged into chaos earlier this week when a damaged fibre cable caused an outage that crippled its flight information displays. Staff had to resort to writing out flight …

Tags:Flight Information (FIDs)| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 32

IHS: China’s TV Programming Market is Now Second Only to the US

by Andrew Fenn

China has overtaken the UK in the television programming industry, becoming the second-largest market in the world after the United States, according to IHS Markit. TV programming expenditures in China, including online platforms, hit …

US Cord-Cutting Slows While Satellite Suffers Record Customer Losses in 2018 Q2

by Andrew Fenn

The pressure on traditional multichannel subscriptions abated in the US during the second quarter of 2018, a positive direction that is further supported by the forwarded momentum of virtual services Sling TV and DirecTV …

Virtual Hybrid Advertising Tech Used at German Supercup

by Andrew Fenn

Virtual replacement advertising technology was commercially deployed in the German Supercup for the first time last weekend. A virtual hybrid LED system was installed specially for the match, hosted at the Commerzbank-Arena. The LED …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Outdoor Displays| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 32

McDonald’s Investing in Display Tech

by Andrew Fenn

McDonald’s and its franchisees have announced that they will be spending a collective $6 billion on the modernisation of their restaurants throughout the US between now and 2020. Renovations will include digital self-service kiosks …

Watchfire Signs Selected for Las Vegas

by Andrew Fenn

Watchfire Signs, based in Illinois, US, has been chosen to completely rebuild the canopy that is part of the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas. The $30 million project will be completed in 2019. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Outdoor Displays| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Samsung Secures Chinese Buyer for Flexible OLED Panels

by Andrew Fenn

Following a period of lower demand and utilisation, Samsung’s A4 OLED facility may resume production in October because the company has secured a new Chinese buyer for its flexible OLED touch screens, according to …