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Philips’ Monitor Carries Four Signals Through USB

The new 21.5″ Philips USB docking monitor – the 221S6QUMB – is an expansion to the USB monitor line, which currently consists solely of a 23″ model. Designed to complement today’s ultra-slim notebooks, which have minimal ports, the display requires a single USB connection to carry video, audio (two 2W speakers are built in), ethernet … Read more

Merck Leads European Research Consortium on Printed Electronics

Merck, a global leader in the development of materials for printed electronics, today announced the start of the ATLASS project. ATLASS stands for Advanced High-Resolution Printing of Organic Transistors for Large Area Smart Surfaces and is to help achieve the breakthrough of printed electronics in smart switching solutions. The consortium, coordinated by Merck, consists of … Read more

Merck Leads Printed Electronics Consortium

Merck is a founder member of the ATLASS Project – a European project examining printed electronics. ATLASS (Advanced High-Resolution Printing of Organic Transistors for Large Area Smart Surfaces) aims to help achieve a breakthrough of printed electronics in smart switching solutions. 15 partners form the ATLASS consortium, co-ordinated by Merck. They range across the printed … Read more

M-Go Joins Netflix and Amazon

M-Go, the UltraHD streaming service established by Technicolor and Dreamworks, will offer HDR content later this year. The service will be launched with “a full selection” of titles, said COO Christophe Louvion. M-Go is one of the companies supporting the new Vidity download service (Hollywood’s UltraHD Service Becomes Vidity), which may be how it plans … Read more

Hiperwall 4.0 Will Automatically Adjust for Bezels

NEC has announced that v4.0 of the Hiperwall software will be released in Q2’15. With the new system, users can operate two control stations simultaneously, for redundancy. A new video engine, supporting UltraHD content, is also included. Future versions will allow users to adjust the UI, and the software will take different bezel widths into … Read more

Ive Promoted to Chief Design Officer

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Apple has promoted Jony Ive to the newly created position of chief design officer. CEO Tim Cook said in a memo to Apple staff that in his new role, Ive will remain responsible for all Apple’s current design projects, new ideas and future initiatives. From 1st July, he will hand over his day-to-day managerial responsibilities … Read more