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Apple Tablet Sales Decline 15% from 2013 to 2014 while Samsung Manages 7% Growth, Says ABI Research

Apple and Samsung managed to maintain control over the branded tablet market in 2014, although Apple carried the market as expected, according to new data from market intelligence firm ABI Research. Apple’s iPad experienced a decline of 15% in shipments between 2013 and 2014 but gained 9% market volume QoQ. In contrast, Samsung managed 7% … Read more

Atheer to Showcase Gesture-Controlled AiR™ Smart Glasses at SPAR International Conference

Atheer, the company pioneering Augmented interactive Reality (AiR™) Smart Glasses by combining the power of mobile 3D augmented reality with gesture-based interaction, will be showcasing their latest technology through live, hands-on demos at the SPAR International Conference. WHAT: Atheer invites partners, potential customers and media to experience first-hand how the AiR platform can be used … Read more

Insight Series: What Sparks the Big Buy in Education?

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Insights in Education This is the second installment in my new series that shines some light on the thinking, preferences, and tendencies of your education market customers. I know them well. I am one of them. I’ve been an educational technology director for 25 years, with a significant track record in large educational technology purchases … Read more

Corning Releases Data Sheet for its Iris Glass

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Earlier this year Corning released a new glass type called Iris. We have reported on this new material before but at the time Corning only released general goals and the name of the new material. Now the company has released the data sheet. First of all Corning is promising better colour performance based on a … Read more

Recon Instruments Integrating Its Jet Smart Eyewear Solution With SAP® AR Mobile Apps

Recon Instruments, the award-winning technology company behind the world’s first consumer heads-up displays for sports and high-intensity environments, today announced it has been working with SAP to integrate its new Jet smart eyewear with augmented reality (AR) mobile apps from SAP SE (NYSE: SAP). Jet smart eyewear will enable workers in industries like manufacturing, field … Read more

Panel Pricing and Book Learning

This week, we have had much discussion in the team about the newsletters. When we merged Display Monitor with Large Display Report and Mobile Display Report, I said in my editorial that we wanted to combine the completeness of the Display Monitor coverage, with the depth of the Large and Mobile titles. I think we … Read more

Leader Chosen for North America’s First UltraHD MPU

Leader Instruments’ LV5490 UltraHD waveform monitor has been chosen by the Mobile TV Group, to be used in the first UltraHD mobile production unit in North America. The Mobile TV Group created the MPU, which is capable of handling sports and entertainment events using 14 UltraHD cameras. It will be active in the middle of … Read more

Fatih Project Hits More Delays

Turkey’s Fatih Project hit significant delays last year. The movement aims to provide a tablet to every school child and a smartboard to every classroom. The Turkish government had planned to distribute 1.2 million tablets and 100,000 smartboards last year. However, the latest official figures show that only 550,000 tablets and 30,000 smartboards were rolled … Read more

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 14

BenQ‘s BL2420PT LCD monitor (BenQ Booth Highlights B2B Push) will be available in Europe this month, for €335. Celluon is now selling two new DLP pico projectors: the wireless PicoAir and more premium PicoPro. Both models will accept wireless connections (Miracast), and the PicoPro also features an HDMI port. They have 1280 x 720 resolution … Read more

NLT’s Procap Touch Supports Gloved Operation

Content available to subscribers only. NLT Technologies has developed a new type of procap touch technology; a sensor and module combination are able to detect touches even when the screen is wet or the user is wearing gloves (up to 2mm thick). The 8.4″ module (1024 x 768) is a TFT-LCD unit with a ‘Wet … Read more