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The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today announced LG Electronics, Inc. as the recipient of the 2015 Design for Recycling® (DFR) Award for advanced new television products that emphasize recycling during every lifecycle phase. The DFR Award is ISRI’s highest award given annually to the most outstanding contribution to products designed with recycling in … Read more
We have a quieter week this week in the mobile area, while the large display side has plenty of news because of the NAB show. I have attended NAB in the past and much of the coverage is similar to IBC. However, the influence of Hollywood and the cinema industry is much stronger at NAB … Read more
Toshiba’s Chromebook 2 and Portégé Z20T notebooks have won Red Dot design awards. The ‘Product Design’ section this year had almost 5,000 entries from, 2,000 participants across 56 countries.
Primesight and On Device Research have launched a new online portal that acts as a real-time reporting platform for outdoor advertising campaigns. The portal is open to Primesight’s customers. It will provide instant access to consumer campaign feedback by tracking social media.
A new digital display tower has been launched in LA International Airport by JCDecaux. Tiffany is the launch partner for the Time Tower, which uses LED displays on all four faces. These are a combination of 10mm pitch and 6mm units – the 10mm displays, on the bottom, are touch interactive, and the Tower is … Read more
AMD’s net loss in the first quarter of the year widened to $180 million from $20 million in Q1 of last year. Turnover for the quarter fell 26% year on year to $1 billion from $1.4 billion a year earlier. The company said that computing and graphics segment revenue decreased 20% sequentially and 38% from … Read more
A new 2mm quantum dot has been introduced by QD Vision. The new Color IQ component is 33% narrower than QD Vision’s previous 3mm QD. Compatible with LCD displays using 2mm light guide plates, the new dot is intended to support the move towards thinner designs, as well as the trend towards wider colour gamuts. … Read more
LG has received the 2015 Design for Recycling Award from the Institute of Scrap Recycling (ISRI). The award – ISRI’s highest – was granted to LG for its TVs, specifically the UltraHD and OLED models, which are said to ’emphasise recycling during every lifecycle phase’. They use mercury-free panels; recycled and recyclable plastics; PVC- and … Read more
Xplore Technologies, a US-based manufacturer of rugged tablet PCs, US has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Motion Computing and its subsidiaries, which also produces rugged tablets. The transaction will be effected through an asset purchase and sale agreement by and among Xplore, Motion and Square 1 Bank. Xplore will acquire Motion … Read more
World Class Technologies (WCT) has begun a Kickstarter campaign (now well past its funding goal) to develop an OLED display, plus other components, for the Arduino computing platform. Arduino computing boards can be used for many projects, similar to the Raspberry Pi. WCT’s product adds new components to enable data storage and Wi-Fi connectivity. The … Read more
An analyst at China’s KGI Securities, Ming Chi-Kuo, says that the Apple Watch supply issues (Apple Cuts Watch Targets on Display Concerns…) have been caused by difficulty in producing two components. The first is the vibration motor, produced by AAC. The second is the OLED display from LG Display.
LG Display has signed an agreement to supply its ‘Art Slim’ LCD TV panels to Chinese companies for new lines. The 55″ and 65″ panels will be used in TV ranges from Hisense, Haier, Konka, Skyworth and Changhong. Analyst Comment As we reported in our CES report, the LG Display Art Slim concept creates a … Read more
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