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Germany-based Merck KGaA has invested €30 million in a new OLED production plant, which will give five times the current production volume when used to full capacity. The 3600m² plant has been 14 months in construction, but has now been officially opened to make high purity OLED materials for use in displays and lighting. Analyst … Read more
Amazon says that its streaming media player Fire TV is being updated to allow a universal voice search for Netflix, HBO Go and, later, HBO Now. The update will also apply to the Fire TV Stick. Alexa, the voice control, also works with Amazon Video. This means that if you use the Fire TV microphone … Read more
Absen has announced that Swiss distributor, Telion, will start distributing their LED panels in Switzerland.
MultiQ is providing Danish bus operator, Arriva, with the IBI digital information system for its buses. Initially the 41 buses on Copenhagen’s busiest route, used by over 20 million passengers a year, are being supplied. As well as offering information, the system will provide passengers with wireless Wi-fi. Travel information is displayed on the buses … Read more
Three flagship Seat stores in Germany piloted an interactive digital signage system, which uses LG screens of up to 65″ with quad core SoC processors. As well as being able to access general information, the customer can virtually configure an individual car. Seat plans to roll out the system to other stores. It has a … Read more
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) forecast earlier this year that its annual revenue would grow between 5% and 10% from NT$843.5 billion ($27 billion) last year. The company now thinks that the increase will be almost 10%, at the top end of its forecast. TSMC makes processors for iPhones. There was a drop in smartphone … Read more
MediaTek saw record monthly turnover of NT$25.87 billion ($826.7 million) in August, up 36% YoY. This contributed to Q2 revenue of NT$72.53 billion ($2.3 billion), also a record. The company is expecting September to show equally impressive figures, with the increase attributed to high demand from China-based smartphone firms.
Sony has announced the Sony PlayStation Pro (formerly known by the ‘Neo’ code name) and has said that it will support UltraHD gaming and also with support for HDR. However, it will not support UltraHD Blu-ray disk playback. It will sell in the US for $399 (£349 in the UK) from November 10th. There will … Read more
Apple did little to surprise the world with its big announcement of the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, with the features of the new device being widely forecast. The company also updated and re-positioned its smartwatch to reflect the reality of the market that the smartwatch category is really a fitness market at the … Read more
Haier is not well known in the European market and has sold mainly small-sized and value TVs to date, but it wants to change that by moving upmarket. Judging by the quality of the images on the TVs in their stand, they have some way to go. Haier is a big player in appliances having … Read more
At IFA, we caught up with Rakuten Kobo, a Toronto company which sells e-books, e-readers and tablet computers. It is a subsidiary of the Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten. The name Kobo is an anagram of book. The company was showing two new eBook readers using eink displays that offer a nice 350 ppi. They include … Read more
In Europe, the Sharp brand name was purchased by Slovakia-based UMC about one and a half years ago. At IFA it was showing TVs but not really talking much about them. The recent acquisition of Sharp by Foxconn is undoubtedly leading to changes and perhaps UMC is unsure of these changes so did not do … Read more
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