subscribe

Samsung Will Use WRGB in OLED TV Return, Says ET News

Samsung Display is resuming its efforts in the OLED TV market – according to Korea’s ET News. The source says that SDC is taking up OLED TV panel production once more, using a different structure to its OLED smartphone panels. New OLED TV panels from Samsung Display will, apparently, use a WRGB design like LG … Read more

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 14

Blackberry‘s Leap smartphone (Blackberry Shows new Smartphone and Prototype with Curved AMOLED Display) can now be pre-ordered in the UK, USA, France and Germany; residents of Canada have been told to ‘stay tuned’, so pre-orders are also likely to be available there soon. The phone will be released on the 27th April for $275. The … Read more

Eastern Zone Keeps CEE PCs Negative

Central and Eastern Europe PC shipments exceeded 18.5 million units last year, falling 14% YoY, says IDC. 2014 was the second year of contraction, as the region’s market was limited by currency fluctuations and economic slowdown in the East. Portable shipments were down 14.5% (to 11.92 million), while desktops fell 12.9% (to 6.63 million). 42.6% … Read more

LG Opens New Vietnam Facility

LG Electronics has completed construction of its latest production facility in Vietnam which will be used to manufacture TVs, mobile phones and car infotainment systems for both its domestic and overseas markets. The new facility is located at LG’s Haiphong Campus and has been constructed as part of of $1.5 billion investment earmarked by LG … Read more

Intel, Samsung Rumoured to Be on Acquisition Trail

At the end of last week, there were murmurings that both Intel and Samsung were mulling options for acquiring rival chip firms, with Intel linked to Altera and Samsung linked with AMD. Both Intel and Samsung are believed to be looking to diversify their customer base and improve competitiveness. Intel is reported to be in … Read more

DTG Updates UK’s D-Book for 2015

The UK’s Digital Television Group has launched the D-Book 8. The new version provides the DTT industry with the tools to support Freeview Play and manage the clearance of the 700MHz spectrum. Also included are support for future HEVC broadcasts; a new method to deliver software updates over broadband; and ‘hundreds’ of minor updates to … Read more

Panasonic Commits Royalty Free Code to Internet of Things

In the high stakes game of moving everything to the cloud, the idea of truly Open Source code (implementation) and protocol specifications for the Internet of Things ( IoT) can be elusive. Now Panasonic has committed to a patent non-assertion policy on some of its core software code used to connect everything from in-flight entertainment … Read more

Best Buy Consolidates in Canada

Best Buy Canada is to consolidate its Future Shop and Best Buy stores and websites under the Best Buy brand, unveiling a plan to build a multi-channel customer experience. As a result, 66 Future Shops, which are co-located with Best Buy stores, are to be closed, leaving the retailer with a total of 192 locations … Read more