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Sweden’s ZetaDisplay has entered into an agreement to acquire Finland’s Marketmedia Oy, one of the country’s largest suppliers of digital signage, for approximately €2 million. ZetaDisplay supplies digital signage to major chains in the retailing and service sectors across Europe and said that the acquisition will enable the company to take ‘a more leading position’. … Read more
The seventh annual NEC Display Solutions showcase will take place on the 20th and 21st May this year, at the Vinopolis in London. There will be zones dedicated to applications including retail, DOOH, education, corporate and education use.
Intel will introduce its first Core i7 CPU (Broadwell architecture) with an LGA socket and in-built Iris Pro graphics this year. Pete Baker, VP of software and services, said that the new hardware would be introduced by mid-2015, with a 65W TDP and running ‘relatively cool’. It will be aimed at AIO PCs and small … Read more
A team at Google is working on a version of Android designed for virtual reality devices, according to the Wall Street Journal. There are ‘tens’ of engineers working on the new operating system, which will be distributed at no charge, said the magazine’s sources.
Pricing of LCD TV panels will soften in Q2’15, say sources in Asia, as China’s BOE ramps up production at the G8.5 Chongqing plant. LG Display will also increase its shipments. These factors will increase supply and lower pricing. TV panel demand is expected to pick up this month as Chinese vendors prepare for promotions … Read more
AU Optronics (AUO) saw sales and panel shipments decline in February. Revenue for the month of NT$28.3 billion ($895.8 million) was 11.8% lower than January and broadly flat year on year, taking sales so far this year to NT$60.5 billion ($1.9 billion), 1.2% ahead of the first two months of 2014. AUO shipped just over … Read more
Efforts to clear inventory have limited PC shipments worldwide in Q1’15. It is thought in Taiwan that this will cause a 20% QoQ fall in shipments, according to ODMs and component makers. PC demand has been limited, due to a lack of innovative features and competition from mobile devices. Apple is apparently the only player … Read more
Photo credit: CNetRazer has shown a new prototype of its OSVR headset, first seen at CES (Razer Strikes Nvidia’s Shield). The original used an LCD display, which has now been changed for an OLED. Additionally the unit can now connect to smartphones and mirror its display to another screen. Razer has also introduced two modular … Read more
Samsung has said that pre-orders for its new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones have reached record levels. 20 million orders had been placed by mobile operators at the end of the weekend following MWC: 15 million for the S6 and 5 million for the S6 Edge.
Sony has licensed Microvision’s PicoP laser beam scanning (LBS) pico projector technology. The company will pay an $8 million upfront license fee, as well as royalty payments. Microvision and Sony have been working together since April 2013.
Chughwa Picture Tubes (CPT) reported a 21.4% month on month and 18.4% year on year fall in sales last month to NT$3.8 billion ($120.2 million). February’s result brought sales to date to NT$8.6 billion ($272.2 million), 6.7% lower than the same period of 2014. CPT shipped 114,000 large panels, down 15.6% sequentially but slightly higher … Read more
An American company, Thumbs Up!, has introduced its own VR headset – although it doesn’t have a display. In the style of Google Cardboard the Samsung’s Gear VR, the Immerse Virtual Reality Headset is compatible with ‘most’ Android phones and iPhones and includes 360° head tracking. The salient point is the price: $40.
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