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Financial analyst and investment advisor Richard Windsor publishes a daily newsletter for his clients called Radio Free Mobile (www.radiofreemobile.com), which covers the mobile technology industry. In the June 6th number, he noted that the stands featuring PCs at this year’s Computex attracted very little interest, and that most commentators took this as additional evidence that … Read more
Mark Harrison is MD of Digital Production Partnerships. He has covered CES as a journalist for many years, and shared his observations about the trends that have come, gone and are rising at the show. CES is undoubtedly the largest technology trade show in the world – twice the size of NAB. Attendance has now … Read more
MMD has developed two new UltraColor monitor models under the Philips name. The 23.6″ 246E7QDAB and 27″ 276E7QDAB feature a wider colour gamut than conventional monitors: 120% sRGB and 85% of NTSC, compared to the standard 72%. Rather than colour-boosting software, MMD says that the UltraColor displays work through “chemistry in the panel”. We suspect … Read more
Distributor Steljes went bust (Steljes Goes Under) owing more than £6.7 million ($8.8 million) to unsecured creditors, according to a statement at the UK’s Companies House. Around 120 of these were trade creditors with debts of £6.1 million ($8 million). The largest, Smart Technologies, was owned more than £2.9 million ($3.8 million). BenQ (£1.2 million … Read more
Element One will hold a demonstration day on the 15th September, at its headquarters near Karlsruhe, Germany. To register, send an email to [email protected] with the subject line ‘VISULUTIONARY DAY 16’.
A small 360° camera has been invented as an addon for the iPhone 6 family. The Insta360 Nano can shoot and live-stream both 3040 x 1520 video (for VR) and stills from the phone. It uses two 210° fisheye lenses and holds an 800mAh battery and 64GB memory card. The camera costs $200.
The shortlist for Hispasat’s 4k International Short Film Festival (Spain, September) contains 40% more films than the 2015 edition, Hispasat has said. More than 100 films have been submitted; winners will be chosen by a jury, including filmmakers and employees of Samsung, Dolby and Hispasat. A new prize, sponsored by Samsung, is the Samsung SUHD … Read more
Four weeks ago, LG announced that it was supplying OLEDs for Audi’s TT RS coupe. Osram has now joined the same market, developing and supplying OLEDs for the taillights in BMW’s M4 GTS. Although the announcement comes a month later, Osram says that its lights will be first on the road in a production car: … Read more
UBI Research claims that LG Display shipped 140,000 65″ OLED panels in Q2, as it has begun to supply companies outside of the LG group including Skyworth and Loewe. LG Electronics was said to have shipped 28,000 OLED TVs in Q2’16: almost double the results of Q2’15.
Microsoft reported Q4 2016 net profit of $3.1 billion, up from a net loss of $3.2 billion in the previous year period. Turnover was $22.6 billion, down 7% YoY from $22.1 billion. For the full year 2016, net profit was $16.8 billion, up 38% YoY from $12.2 billion, while turnover was $85.3 billion, down 9% … Read more
Image: The VergeOSVR (Razer Strikes Nvidia’s Shield) is now taking pre-orders for its second modular dev kit, HDK 2. The kit will begin to be shipped on the 29th July and prices start at $400. The biggest change is in the dual OLED displays, which have a higher resolution and frame rate (2160 x 1200, … Read more
Sony launched three new TVs in the USA last month: the X800D, X750D and X700D (UHD Becomes More Affordable With Sony). These have now been launched in Europe as the XD70, XD75 and XD80, along with two more models: the XD83 and SD80. Both of the new models (despite the SD80’s name) are UltraHD and … Read more
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