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MMD has shared details of the desktop monitors that will be shown under the Philips brand at IFA next month. Highlights include new designs, high resolutions and an extension of the Ambiglow system. A 34″ curved display will be Philips’ first non-flat monitor. The unit will feature narrow borders and edge-to-edge glass, as well as … Read more
This is the year when we go back to the future, at least according to the movie. But it may be true in another sense. Back in the 1970s, digital calculators and watches used small inorganic Light Emitting Diodes as low resolution pixels to form numbers and even letters on the display. They were red … Read more
Partnering Touch and OLED Technologies: Heraeus and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan demonstrate new flexible technologies for the touch panel and display industries. Electronic materials play a key role in touch panel technologies, such as new flexible touch technologies. Equally application know-how plays a vital part in the success of the new material … Read more
IDTechEx has revealed IDTechEx Launchpad: an initiative that 10 start-up companies or education institutions will be able to use to display their prototypes at the IDTechEx Show (18th – 19th November, Santa Clara). Companies can apply to take part until 8th September, at http://tinyurl.com/okgnjud.
AU Optronics Corp. (“AUO” or the “Company”) (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) and 3M (NYSE: MMM) today announced a new technology alliance that offers television manufacturers around the world an all-in-one solution for incorporating the best components for visual quality into their products. The two companies’ integrated manufacturing allows TV brands to quickly bring vivid, true-to-life … Read more
AUO and 3M have joined forces to offer a display solution to TV makers. Under the auspices of the new alliance, AUO’s Advanced LCD (ALCD) technology will be combined with 3M’s Quantum Dot Enhancement Film (QDEF) (using Nanosys QDs) and AUO’s backlight components. The result, they say, is a wide colour gamut and high dynamic … Read more
Microsoft’s Applied Sciences Group (ASG) has been working with input devices for decades. There is a trend today towards miniaturisation, especially when it comes to portable devices. However, says the ASG, little research has been done into input methods on these products. In 2009, the ASG showed off the Microsoft Adaptive Keyboard: a standard keyboard … Read more
Microsoft is extending the reseller network for its Surface tablets, beginning in the UK with the addition of 51 new distributors to add to the 14 which already offer the device. The company is planning to expand its global network of VARs from the current level of 150 to around 4,500. Reports suggest that Tech … Read more
MMD has introduced two new gaming monitors under the AOC brand, which use the ‘SoftBlue’ technology that Philips premiered last year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36). SoftBlue is a low-blue-light technology. Rather than applying a filter to the monitor’s screen, which can result in colour shifts, the 450nm blue light is instead shifted to … Read more
Press renders of Microsoft’s upcoming Lumia phones have apparently been leaked. Pictures of the ‘Cityman’ and ‘Talkman’ phones (Windows 10 Flagship Leaked) were tweeted by Evan Blass (@evleaks). They are said to be called the Lumia 950 XL (5.7″, 2560 x 1440) and Lumia 950 (5.2″, 2450 x 1440), respectively. Both are said to feature … Read more
Shipments of tablet and hybrid PCs will fall 8% YoY this year, IDC has said – a significant fall from the previous -3.8% forecast. Shipments are now expected to reach 212 million, the majority being pure slates (rather than hybrids). Overall tablet trends have not changed significantly in the past 18 months, although hybrid devices … Read more
PC shipments will fall 8.7% YoY in 2015, and will not stabilise until 2017, says IDC. Growth will continue to decline through 2016, making it the fifth consecutive year of falling shipments. When growth resumes in 2017, it will be led by the commercial market. Consumer volumes will continue to decline – slowly – through … Read more
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