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American car brand Chevy has worked with its advertising agency to put a video screen and player into physical magazines. 10,000 copies of Esquire and Popular Mechanics had the screen embedded into a printed page, playing an advert for the Chevy Colorado truck. The company wouldn’t share the price of the campaign but said that … Read more
Korea’s ET News claims that Apple has contracted JOLED – a joint venture between Japan Display, Sony and Panasonic – to produce OLED panels for its next-generation iPads. Similar rumours have appeared before, claiming pilot production in the second half of 2017 and mass-production shortly after. ET News’ source is a lot more aggressive with … Read more
OLED-Info, citing ‘reports’, says that China’s BOE is aiming to start small-sized OLED production in the second half of this year. The company is ordering equipment for its G5.5 LTPS fab in Ordos, which has a monthly capacity of 55,000 substrates – although that includes LCD substrates. A G8.5 line, for large-size OLED TV panels, … Read more
The Dolby Vision HDR format will be launched on Vizio’s upcoming Reference series of TVs this year – but on 22nd May, you can experience Dolby Vision content for yourself with the premiere of Disney’s Tomorrowland. Pixar’s Inside Out will be shown on 19th June. Dolby Cinema locations will show the content in Los Angeles, … Read more
Bang & Olufsen a/s returned to profit in the third quarter, posting a net profit of DKK17 million ($2.4 million) on turnover of DKK800 million ($115 million), which compares with a net loss in Q3 of the previous year of DKK32 million ($4.6 million) on turnover of DKK 675 million ($97 million). For the first … Read more
It’s a bad time for iPads in education. First, schools began to favour Chromebooks over the expensive tablets – and now the Los Angeles Unified School District has asked Apple for a multi-million dollar refund. The LAUSD has told Apple that it will not accept continued deliveries and would seek the refund after it transpired … Read more
LG has issued a teaser video about the display of its upcoming G4 smartphone. The video says that the phone will have 2560 x 1440 resolution and will be 25% brighter, with a 20% wider colour range, than the G3. This is referred to as a ‘Quantum Display’ – although we already knew that (G4 … Read more
Acer’s H6517ST short-throw DLP projector is designed to make projection a matter of plug and play. It features Acer’s SmartFormat, which supports all wide-format PC signals. A PC can simply be connected and the projector will show images, without needing to change the PC’s resolution. Instant resume can be used to turn the projector back … Read more
Around 2.3 billion WiFi-connected devices were shipped worldwide last year, says Taiwan’s MIC, driven by smartphone and Internet of Things (IoT) demand. The figure was an 18% YoY rise. All sectors of the computing industry are considering the possibility of adding new IoT modules and solutions to their products, says MIC’s Remus Hsu. Based on … Read more
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) says it is reducing its capital expenditure budget this year by $1 billion to $11 billion, because of disappointing demand for smartphone chips this quarter. Last week Intel also revised down its capex plans by $1.3 billion to $8.7 billion. TSMC’s co-CEO, Mark Liu said that despite a “challenging” environment, the … Read more
The next iPhone will use the same Force Touch technology as is featured on the Apple Watch, say Taiwanese panel makers. The sources say that Apple is experimenting with the placement of the sensor, which will be supplied by TPK and GIS. It will either be between the outermost protective screen cover and the in-cell … Read more
Touch panel orders for Asus’ Zenfone smartphones will be moved from O-Film back to makers in Taiwan, say sources in the country. The new suppliers will include JTouch, TPK and Young Fast Electronics. O-Film has apparently struggled to achieve the quality that Asus demanded.
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