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Apple Patent Details New Touch ID Technology for Future iPhones

by Andrew Fenn

A new Apple patent discovered by Patently Apple reveals that the company is developing a new way of implementing Touch ID authentication in modern, all-display iPhones. The new diagrams show camera sensors installed beneath …

Tags:Apple| Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Lextar Subsidiary Bringing Mini LED Technology to Touch Taiwan 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Longda Electronics, a subsidiary of Lextar, will present a series of miniLED backlights and displays, including a thin miniLED panel for backlighting, a mini RGB LED device for narrow-pitch displays, and the ultra-fine-pitch “I-Mini” …

Innolux Opens First FamilyMart Smart Store in Taiwan

by Andrew Fenn

According to Digitimes, Innolux and Taiwan convenience store chain FamilyMart have opened their first jointly developed smart store, featuring digital signage boards, shelf-edge displays, self-checkouts and other smart solutions. The store incorporates hardware and …

Future LG and Samsung Smartphones to Feature Rear Displays?

by Andrew Fenn

Patent filings that have appeared online indicate that Samsung and LG may soon implement full-colour secondary displays on the backs of their smartphones. One from Samsung shows a rear screen approximately half the size …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Sony Xperia XZ3 to Feature 48MP Camera and Flexible OLED Display?

by Andrew Fenn

Leaked images said to be of Sony’s forthcoming Xperia XZ3 smartphone have emerged online, while some reports have indicated that the device may feature a 48-megapixel primary camera. Indeed, Sony recently announced the development …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Mobile Gaming to Account for More Than 50% of the Global Market in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Newzoo forecasts that mobile gaming will continue to be the largest segment of the overall gaming market, following 10 years of double-digit growth since the first iPhone was launched in 2007. In total, mobile …

Tags:Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Verizon Collaborates with Apple, Google for 5G service

by Bob Raikes

Verizon has reached deals with Google and Apple for the deployment of its 5G residential service in four markets: Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Sacramento, Calif. Sources say that new subscribers will receive either …

AMD Looks to Value and Stability for Professional GPUs

by Bob Raikes

AMD, which was somewhat overshadowed by the Nvidia RTX announcement, launched its new Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX processors which have 32 cores and 64 threads and are claimed to be the most powerful desktop processors. …

Clear Channel and RBL Win DooH Contract for City of Utrecht

by Andrew Fenn

The city of Utrecht in the Netherlands has awarded a contract for the installation of 1,670 analogue and 60 digital out-of-home advertising displays to RBL and Clear Channel. The contract covers 479 city-light-posters, two-hundred …

Italy to Switch Over from MPEG-2 Format to MPEG-4 from 2020

by Andrew Fenn

Italy will switch from MPEG-2 coding to MPEG-4 on the DVB-T standard from January 1st, 2020 as part of its plan to free up the 700MHz frequency band for high-speed mobile internet. Following a …

Cogeco Connexion to Introduce MediaFirst IPTV Platform in Canada

by Andrew Fenn

Cogeco Connexion, a subsidiary of Cogeco Communications, has entered into an agreement with MediaKind (previously Ericsson Media Solutions) to offer its IPTV platform to customers in Canada. The platform allows for the customisation of …

Sprint and LG to Release First 5G Smartphone in the US

by Andrew Fenn

Sprint has announced it will collaborate with LG to deliver the first mobile 5G smartphone in the US in the first half of 2019. Sprint says its customers will be among the first in …

Tags:5G| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 31