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Fibre and cable networks are dominating the global broadband market, with the technologies now servicing 77% of fixed subscriptions, new figures from Point Topic have revealed. According to the data, which takes into account subscriptions up to the end of 2017, more than 50% of people in over 40 countries — including Singapore (97%), China … Read more
A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that unique viewers of eSports (competitive playing of video games) and “Let’s Play” content (tutorials and talk-throughs of game content) will reach 858 million by 2022, up from 630 million this year. This will equate to 1 in 10 of the global population by 2022. The new research … Read more
The European Commission has re-approved the acquisition of Ziggo by Liberty Global, subject to conditions. The merger between both companies was notified to the Commission in March 2014 and approved in October 2014 but was annulled by the General Court in October 2017 for procedural reasons. In 2014, the Commission had concerns that the merger … Read more
Earlier this week, a report from Korea’s ET Times indicated that a source from Apple had revealed that the company’s 2019 iPhone line-up will feature another three models, all with OLED panels, as opposed to the two-OLED, one-LCD range planned for 2018. (More Confirmation of iPhone Plans) Shortly after the report was published, share prices … Read more
Swiss augmented reality specialist, WayRay, has unveiled two new AR products for the automotive industry, a year after Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba invested in the company. The first is a hands-free holographic navigation system called Navion, which attaches to a vehicle’s dashboard and provides a speed indicator and other journey information, highlights hazards and points … Read more
For a full disclosure, I do not have the answer to the above question and if I would, I would make billions by not sharing it with the world. Well, this is true for everyone in the AR/VR industry, otherwise I wouldn’t write an article about this topic, instead I would write an article about … Read more
The OLED-A reported earlier this week that Samsung’s long-awaited Galaxy X foldable OLED smartphone could launch as early as February 2019, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. (Samsung Foldable Still On for 2018?) The article also indicated how much displays for the Galaxy X could cost. It has been said that the device … Read more
LG and Google have improved upon the Pixel 2 XL’s OLED display, which has been marred with issues since its release last year, according to the OLED-A. The publication says that, as of the most recent build, released in January 2018, “colours are no longer muted, they’re deeper, more vibrant than the November build” and … Read more
Meidensha Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has developed a technology to deposit oxide films at close to room temperature. Since one use of such films is as a barrier layer, the technology has the potential for use in applications that include flexible OLED displays and printed electronics. First, a little background information. Since the year 2000, researchers … Read more
The global smart home market ended on an upbeat note in 2017 reaching $84 billion, up 16% from $72 billion in 2016 according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. According to the report, worldwide consumer spending on smart home devices, systems and services will total nearly $96 billion in 2018 and grow at a … Read more
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 range of stadia-dedicated LED display solutions, including the XD10 and XD6 outdoor fixed LED displays, the Acclaim series and the A97 … Read more
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 $115. That’s for the Nokia 2.1, which comes with Android 8.1 Oreo Go Edition, a “lite” version of the operating system … Read more
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