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LCD TV shipments reached a record monthly high in March, despite several factors curbing market growth. According to IHS, inventory adjustments caused TV brands to lower their panel orders in Q1. However, a strong push for TV brands to fulfil their panel facilitation plans – combined with a cross-marketing push by panel makers – meant … Read more
Panasonic Corporation has released its results for the year, recording a 49% year on year increase in net profit to ¥179.5 billion ($1.5 billion) from ¥120.4 billion ($1 billion) in the previous year, on turnover that was flat YoY at ¥7.7 trillion ($64.5 billion). Sales in Panasonic’s AVC Networks unit were also flat YoY, at … Read more
Verlase Technologies has patented its Chromover wavelength conversion technology. According to the company, Chromover enables full-colour micro-LED arrays for near-eye displays. The technology is said to be able to replace phosphors and quantum dots (QDs) for colour conversion in ‘key applications’. Chromover can convert colours from inexpensive and widely-available blue and violet light sources (such … Read more
OLEDWorks has reached an agreement with Philips to buy selected parts of its OLED light source component business. Financial details were not disclosed. Philips will establish a new legal entity and transfer into it key parts of its OLED business, including the production facility located in Aachen, Germany, and relevant intellectual property. All shares of … Read more
In its latest earnings call, AUO revealed that its 1.4″ circular OLED display will be shipped in Q2’15; the unit has already been qualified by a Tier-1 Chinese customer (possibly Huawei, which is also rumoured to be taking a similar unit from Everdisplay: see Everdisplay Linked to Huawei).
The Dow Chemical Company has released its first quarter results, posting a net profit of $974 million on turnover of $12.4 billion, which compares with a net profit of $964 million on turnover of $14.5 billion in the first quarter of last year. Despite the good results, the company reported a drop in sales of … Read more
Three Blackberry phones have been leaked on Chinese Weibo. The ‘Slider’ or ‘Venice’ is said to have a sliding keyboard, curved 5.1″ screen (2560 x 1440) and front-facing speaker. The phone will also have an octa-core CPU and 3,650mAh battery; it is due to be launched in the autumn. Next is a successor to the … Read more
GoPro has announced an agreement to acquire Kolor, a specialist in virtual reality and spherical media solutions, for an undisclosed sum. Spherical media enables a range of immersive viewing experiences and is an essential building block of virtual reality. Kolor’s solutions enable users to combine multiple photographs or videos to produce high-resolution panoramic or spherical … Read more
The UK’s Audio Visual Material (AVM) has signed a new distribution agreement with Toshiba which will see the company offer Toshiba’s FullHD large format displays in the UK. The range includes the TD-E, TD-Z and TD-X series, spanning sizes from 55″ to 70″.
The International Trade Commission has ruled against Microsoft in an ongoing dispute, which could force the company to stop selling some Lumia smartphones in the USA. A wireless technology company, Interdigital, claims that Microsoft has infringed two of its 3G patents and the ITC has found in Interdigital’s favour. It is not yet clear which … Read more
AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) posted a net profit in the first quarter of the year of NT$5.3 billion ($173 million), a significant improvement on Q1 2014 when the company’s net profit was NT$166 million ($5.4 million). Turnover for the quarter improved slightly to NT$95.3 billion ($3.1 billion) from NT$93.8 billion ($3 billion) a year earlier. … Read more
Sources in Asia say that vendors have been developing their own wearable platforms in-house, following relatively low shipments of Android Wear products last year. Asus uses its own OS for its new Vivowatch, for example, while Samsung is looking to Tizen. LG is pinning its hopes on WebOS, according to the sources.
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