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According to Reuters, Sharp has accepted Foxconn’s takeover bid, and the companies are aiming to finalise a deal by the end of the month. Foxconn is said to have been granted preferred negotiating rights. Most of the remaining issues to be resolved are legal and regulatory, president Terry Gou has said. Sources familiar with the … Read more
Optoma’s focus was on retail digital signage – specifically, the benefits that projectors can bring to this space which FPDs cannot. Examples included mapping and picking out physical products to highlight, rather than displaying them on-screen. A new projector on the stand was the WU1500; a DLP lamp-based model that can be used 24/7. It … Read more
Blackberry will cut 200 jobs, in Ontario and Florida, to cut costs, it has said. The smartphone maker is seeking a return to profitability, putting more of its focus on its enterprise software business. The move follows earlier job losses last year (Blackberry Makes Global Job Cuts). Although the company did not state what percentage … Read more
The interaction between marketing and manufacturing is supposed to determine success or failure of products and technologies. At least, this is the basis for every business book I have ever seen. After capitalism achieved victory over communism, we would assume that this is pretty much the basis for worldwide product development. In recent years we … Read more
If you were among one of the 111.5 million viewers of Sunday’s Superbowl here in the US, there’s a good chance you also viewed a host of blockbuster commercials that themselves boast production budgets now swelling beyond the cost of a full feature film. A case in point was LG with its first ever “Man … Read more
Global projection technology leader Barco is broadening its successful HDX projector portfolio for large venues and events with a 3-chip DLP®, 19,000-lumen model that offers 4K UHD resolution with superb image quality. The HDX-4K20 FLEX shares its lens range, ease of use, and modularity with the other HDX models. What’s more, for higher versatility, the … Read more
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/znpj7c/chinese) has announced the addition of the “Chinese Smartphone Market Development, 4Q 2015” report to their offering. As of the third quarter of 2015, the number of China’s mobile phone subscribers topped 1.3 billion, with the adoption of 3G/4G services reaching 57.6%. There were 102.6 million smartphones shipped in the quarter. When … Read more
Today, Colorado-headquartered DISH Network announced plans to open a software development office in downtown Denver and expects to add up to 100 new technology jobs at the location. The initiative is part of DISH’s expansion of its in-house software development capacity to support its products and services including the award-winning Hopper DVR platform and Sling … Read more
Toshiba Europe GmbH is pleased to announce a partnership in conjunction with M4B S.A, a leading digital signage supplier, for AmRest,the largest independent chain restaurant operator in Central and Eastern Europe. This partnership will provide AmRest’s KFC business with easy-to-manage and engaging digital menu boards which will replace its current print menus. Taking over two … Read more
ISE 2016 was a special year for Barco of Belgium, as it marked five years of the HDX projector line – the company’s most popular projector series. There was certainly a celebratory mood in the air, assisted by regular infusions of cake! A new addition to the HDX products was being shown off-stand: the HDX-4K20 … Read more
The Lighting Japan 2016 conference was held in mid-January, where Sumitomo and Merck revealed the specifications of their soluble OLED materials. Compared to Universal Display’s evaporable materials, efficacy and lifetime are lower for the soluble red materials, and lifetime is lower for the soluble green materials. However, efficacy for green soluble/evaporable materials is largely identical. … Read more
British astronaut Major Tim Peake enjoyed live coverage of the Scotland v England Six Nations rugby match on the 6th February – in the International Space Station. Philip Bernie, Head of TV Sport for the BBC said that they always try to push the boundaries of broadcasting at the BBC and are glad Peake was … Read more
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