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As part of the announcement of its finance results, STMicroelectronics has said that it will discontinue the development of new STB platforms and standard products for STBs and home gateways. As the reason for its decision, the company pointed to ‘the slower-than-expected market adoption of leading-edge products’ and rising competition in the low-end of the … Read more
As part of its continued growth in the U.S., VAIO Corporation today announced the arrival of its new flagship notebook line, VAIO Z, which comes in flip (a two-in-one convertible) and clamshell models, and its subsequent standard model, VAIO S, all of which were created specifically for hardworking, mobile business professionals. Both notebooks offer top-of-the-line … Read more
E Ink® Holdings, “E Ink” (8069.TW), the leading innovator of electronic ink technology, today announced an investment by its wholly owned subsidiary, Transcend Optronics Co. Ltd, in Wuxi Wei Feng Technology Co. Ltd “Wei Feng.” With this investment E Ink and Wei Feng will form a strategic partnership and join resources to expand the market … Read more
Toshiba’s Business Solutions Division (BSD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the addition of the 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processors to its line of high-performance, enterprise-class of thin-and-light mobile computing devices. This lineup consists of a 13.3-inch Portégé® Z30 and 14-inch Tecra® Z40 Ultrabooks™, which come with a variety of screen … Read more
The Recycling Partnership is pleased to announce that the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, has just become its newest member, joining the ranks of 19 other industry associations, manufacturers and consumer product groups to improve the nation’s curbside recycling efforts. CTA brings an impressive array of market research and educational … Read more
PTC has announced new features for for its Vuforia augmented reality platform. Vuforia will now support Windows 10 devices, and the new VuMark tool.
Tom Wheeler, chair of the FCC, is circulating a vote for a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which will be voted on by the FCC on the 18th February. The Notice deals with consumer freedom and set-top boxes. Wheeler says that ‘99%’ of pay-TV customers in the USA are ‘chained’ to their STBs, which must be … Read more
Quantum Materials Corp. (QMC) has launched a joint venture with China’s Guanghui Technology Group (GTG). GTG will invest $20 million to build QMC’s QDX quantum dot production facilities and quantum dot application development in China. The name of the joint venture, registered in Hong Kong, will be Quantum Materials Asia Co. Ltd. The company will … Read more
Philips had been intending to sell its Lumileds LED manufacturing business to a China-led private-equity group. However, US authorities have forced Philips to cancel the $3.3 billion deal. Announced in early 2015, Philips was to sell an 80% stake in Lumileds to GO Scale Capital. However, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States … Read more
In its quarterly investor briefing, LG Display (LGD) outlined how its business has been developing. In Q4, shipments were up 4% to 10.2 million m², boosted by demand for bigger TV sets, while small/medium also grew, which helped blended ASPs to rise 2%, despite falling panel prices because of the change in size mix. TV … Read more
This week, I have been thinking at times about wireless display technology. As long term readers will know, I have been saying for some time that the eventual desktop system for all but those needing the most powerful workstations will be a mobile “brain” – be it a smartphone, tablet or notebook, and a docking … Read more
Eyevis has celebrated a win in Germany: since August 2015, its 46″ double-sided displays have been used at 200 Jet petrol stations across the country. The custom-made displays were created for PMS GmbH, and are used to advertise tobacco products. The two sides feature one high-bright display (5,000 cd/m²), directed to the outside, and one … Read more
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