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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

Blackberry Makes Global Job Cuts

Blackberry is once again the subject of rumours about a possible take-over of its business, having already been linked to both Samsung and Apple so far this year as a potential acquisition target. Microsoft is the latest company rumoured to be interested in the struggling smartphone vendor, with reports suggesting that it has hired investment … Read more

OnePlus 2 Will Have 64-Bit CPU

Specifications have begun to appear for the OnePlus (the Chinese brand) 2 (OnePlus Plans Second Exclusive Handset). According to Geekbench Browser, the phone will run Android 5.1 on a Snapdragon 810 processor, with 3GB of RAM. Meanwhile, Android Headlines claims that the phone will have 1920 x 1080 resolution and that the processor will be … Read more