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Absen Announced as Sponsor of StadiumBusiness Summit

by Andrew Fenn

Absen has announced it will sponsor and exhibit at the forthcoming StadiumBusiness Summit, taking place on June 12th and 13th at the Emirates Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, UK. The company will demonstrate its …

HMD Announces Updated Nokia Smartphone Range

by Andrew Fenn

Nokia’s smartphone business HMD has announced updates to three of its models — Nokia 2.1, 3.1 and 5.1 — all running Android Oreo, with support for Google’s Android One programme and prices starting from …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Shenzhen Control Centre Features “World’s Largest” LED Display

by Andrew Fenn

Committed to its mission of becoming a “smart city”, Shenzhen, China’s Longgang district is home to the city’s “smart city brain”, the Longgang Operation Centre, featuring what provider Absen claims to be the world’s …

Confusion Arises Over Existence of ARM-Based MacBook

by Andrew Fenn

Earlier this week, Digitimes’ sources are reported to have told the publication that Pegatron would soon be producing an ARM-based Apple MacBook, codenamed Star, with the series number N84. The report didn’t go into …

Tags:Apple| Arm| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 21

IHS Markit: Out-of-Home Video Viewing on the Rise

by Andrew Fenn

More than half of internet users surveyed in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Japan and Germany watched video content out of their homes at least once a month, according to consumer surveys conducted …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Amazon Alexa Skill Now Available on 2018 LG ThinQ AI TVs

by Andrew Fenn

LG has announced that its 2018 OLED TVs and Super UHD TVs with AI ThinQ technology are now compatible with Alexa-enabled devices through the LG SmartThinQ Skill for Amazon Alexa. Consumers can now control …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 21

BC08 Tianma Looking for Full Screen Takeover

by Bob Raikes

Charles Peng is from Tianma and he talked about the new era of mobile phone displays. 5G will soon be available with high speed and low latency enabling new AI applications. The smartphone will …

BC07 BOE Looks to IoT and 8K

by Bob Raikes

Thomas Wegener is a veteran of Fujitsu and Samsung, but is now working for BOE in Europe. BOE sees itself as an IoT company, rather than a display business and Wegener went through the …

BC06 Corning Suggests Sustainable G10.5 Growth

by Bob Raikes

Chris Hudson is from Corning where he is International Division VP and Commercial Director and he talked what Corning likes to describe as the current ‘glass age’. The company is 165 years old and …

BC05 Applied Materials Explains Boost in Capex

by Bob Raikes

Max McDaniel is from Applied Materials, the production equipment maker, where he is CMO for the Display and Flexible Technology group. Applied Materials is 50 years old, started in Mountain View, California and is …

BC04 MicroLED Continues to Throw up New Challenges

by Bob Raikes

Eric Virey is from Yole Développement and we have reported on his talks several times. He looked at MicroLED, asking if it was a viable alternative to OLED and LCD? LED as a technology …

BC03 A ‘Refreshing’ View from China

by Bob Raikes

Lisa Lee is from Sigmaintell in China and this was the first time that she, or the firm, has presented at SID and her talk was called ‘Refreshing’. Market growth in the panel industry …