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Bell becomes Canada’s largest TV provider

Bell of Canada said that its Fibe TV service has helped it to get to 2.7 million TV customers, making it the top TV supplier for Canadian subscribers. The service is supported on the recently announced Samsung Galaxy View (Samsung’s ‘Tablet’ is so Large it Needs a Handle). Bell highlighted features of its service including … Read more

Apple Wins Patent for Detachable Display on Notebook

Microsoft recently announced its Surface Book as a brand new idea in mobile computing and the first notebook class device that transforms from a notebook computer into a tablet by detaching the display unit as a tablet and with an additional graphic processor in the base / keyboard part. When combined, they act as a … Read more

Exploring the Potential for Printed LEDs

The range of enterprises seeking to develop and apply printed inorganic light emitting diodes (LEDs) for lighting and display applications is expanding with some interesting recent developments. Rohinni with offices in Coeur d’Alene, ID, USA and Austin, TX, USA is one of the newer entrants in this emerging area. As indicated by recent patent filings … Read more

First Application of Smartglasses in an Active Healthcare Facility

We have reported in many articles how augmented reality is aiming at industrial, professional and corporate applications after the consumer products like Google Glass did not take off as hoped for by Google and others. While we typically focus on the developers of the hardware solution, the software side is as important because professional applications … Read more

$25.5M Agreed in Oregon LCD Settlement

A settlement has beeen agreed between the state of Oregon and nine LCD panel makers over the price fixing case that has been going on since 2007. The amounts are $6.97 million from LG Display; $4.5 million from Samsung; $4.25 million from AU Optronics; $1.95 million from Sharp; $1.63 million from Chi Mei; $1 million … Read more

Asahi Glass Result 29/10/2015

Asahi Glass company reported net profit for Q3 2015 at JP¥ 8.8 billion ($72.8 million), up 47% YoY, but down 70% QoQ. Turnover was flat at JP¥ $331 billion, compared to JP¥ 335 billion ($2.8 billion) in the previous year. For the nine month period, net profit was up by 407% YoY at JP¥ 42.7 … Read more

SES result 30/10/2015

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SES SA, a leading satellite communications provider, reported an decrease of 1.2% YoY in operating profit for Q3, at €216.5 million ($235 million). Turnover was reported at €493.5 million ($539 billion) up 5.5% YoY however, due to a weaker Euro, which otherwise would have caused a decline of 3.3%. For the nine month period, profit … Read more

Panasonic Result 04/11/15

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Panasonic Corporation reported results for the six month period ending September 30, 2015, with net profit of JP¥ of 48.11 billion ($397 million), a 37% increase YoY from JP¥ 35 billion ($288 million). Turnover for the same period stayed flat at JP¥ 3.76 trillion ($31 billion), compared to JP¥3.72 trillion ($30.67 billion) for the previous … Read more