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E Ink and Vanzo Launch Turnkey Solution of Dual Screen Mobile Phone

E Ink Holdings, the leading innovator of electronic ink technology in the world, and its partner, Vanzo Technology, today announced the successful co-development of a turnkey solution to support the development of dual-screen mobile phones based on the MediaTek (MTK) platform. The solution combines E Ink ePaper technology with Vanzo’s software and APP. The solution … Read more

TiVo, Public Knowledge Recognize Smaller MVPDs Warrant Relief From FCC’s Proposed Set-Top Box Regs

American Cable Association President and CEO Matthew M. Polka issued the following statement in response to filings by TiVo and Public Knowledge in the Federal Communications Commission’s set-top box proceeding, where each of these proponents for the proposed set-top box requirements recognizes that smaller MVPDs would face unique compliance challenges and therefore warrant relief from … Read more

Samsung Electronics CEO Joins SDC

Kwon Oh-hyun, current CEO of Samsung Electronics, will double his role and take on the position of CEO of Samsung Display – replacing Park Dong-gun. The change is seen as a way to generate more co-operation between the semiconductor and display divisions of Samsung, both of which will now be overseen by Kwon. Kwon joined … Read more

Flexible Mystery Phone Uses Graphene

Image: New China TV, YouTubeA company has shown a fully flexible smartphone, using graphene, at the Chongqing High Tech Fair in China. We heard about the demonstration at the Printed Electronics Expo in Berlin last week, but have been unable to find much information since then. In a video – all that has been seen … Read more

Samsung’s 2016 Phones and Tablets Now Available

Several small Samsung product announcements were made this week. We have combined them into a single article. The TabPro S professional tablet (Samsung Uses LED in Modular TV Concept), is now being shipped worldwide. It costs $900 and features an AMOLED display. The 2016 versions of Samsung’s Galaxy A smartphone series – the A3 and … Read more

BenQ Display Head Moves to Product Management

Bernd Süßenbach has been announced as the new head of product management (DACH and Benelux) for BenQ, replacing Thomas Müller, who is leaving the company in June. Süßenbach has beeen with BenQ for six years, as product manager for displays, and has also worked at Medion. (Müller is a veteran of the display business with … Read more

AR in Enterprise Will Top 1 Million Units

The number of augmented reality smartglass vendors is increasing, with rises seen at both CES and MWC this year, compared to the 2015 shows. Taiwan’s MIC says that there are now more than 100 companies operating in the space. “As AR companies continue to enhance basic and advanced features for the enterprise market and make … Read more

Resolving Ed-Tech Procurement Challenges

The predictive education bazaar that we know as SXSWedu was held this year in Austin, Texas from March 7-10. The SXSWedu® Conference & Festival is a part of the SouthbySouthwest family of conferences, fostering “innovation in learning by hosting a diverse and energetic community of stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds in education.” Over 6,000 … Read more