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The Smartphone Orchestra Celebrates World Premiere at Dutch Lowlands Festival

The Smartphone Orchestra’s world premiere at renowned music festival Lowlands. Using their smartphones, thousands of Lowlands visitors collectively created a single, monumental work of music, composed especially for this occasion: a musical piece with every smartphone making its own unique contribution, thanks to sophisticated technology and an entirely new method of composition. The Smartphone Orchestra … Read more

AUO’s High Resolution, Ultra Slim & Light Mobile Device Displays Introduce New Applications for Entertainment and Life

AU Optronics Corp. today announced numerous mobile device displays and technologies, which will make their appearance at Touch Taiwan 2016 between August 24 to 26, outlining the future directions of entertainment and life with diverse cutting edge product and technologies. Exhibition highlights include the world’s first 120Hz ultra high refresh rate QHD gaming notebook PC … Read more

Sony Introduces its Ultimate BRAVIA 4K Professional Display

Sony has announced the launch of its most innovative and design-led BRAVIA 4K Professional Display yet, the 100” FWD-100ZD9501. The latest model further demonstrates Sony’s rich design heritage, merging state-of-the-art technology and craftsmanship to deliver stunning performance for corporate customers who want the best of the best. Ultimate DesignThe new FWD-100ZD9501 comes with a unique … Read more

Sharp Rethinks TV Licensing

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Sharp has said that it will review its TV brand licensing in Europe and the Americas, in an effort to raise its global presence. Sharp licensed its brand to Slovakia’s UMC in Europe in early 2015 and to Hisense in the USA in mid-2015. In a statement, the company said, “We have decided to review … Read more

Sources Disagree on Cause of Samsung Production Issues

Samsung has said that demand for its Galaxy Note 7 phablet has been higher than expected, which is causing supply shortages. The release date has been adjusted in some markets. A source told Reuters that there was ‘no production issue’ with the curved screens, and shortages would not be a long-term problem. However, an analyst … Read more

GPUs Fall Below 10-Year Average

As the PC market fell in Q2’16, largely due to data centers and servers, shares in the GPU market shifted. AMD rose while Intel and Nvidia fell. PC shipments were up 1.06% QoQ but down 5.83% YoY. Some vendors have hopes for high ASP systems like gaming desktops/notebooks and convertible PCs. However, these segments can … Read more

Apple Faces Touch Fault Accusations

iFixit has published a very comprehensive blog post about a problem with the touchscreen on the iPhone 6 and 6+. The problem is apparently becoming so common that ‘microsoldering expert’ Jessa Jones, who runs a shop called iPad Rehab and talked to iFixit, said that most of her time is now spent fixing this one … Read more

Questions Raised About Pokemon Go’s Prospects

There have been reports that, although it remains popular, Pokemon Go‘s user base is declining sharply. No official figures are available, but an independent report using data compiled by Axiom Capital Management shows that as many as 10 million daily users – a quarter of the user base – have left the game since mid-July. … Read more