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OVAB Europe’s latest Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) (presented with Invidis) for the DACH market shows that sentiment in the region’s signage market rose slightly in January/February, from the previous November/December survey. Overall, the industry rose five base points, to 59.15. The business situation is ‘very positive’, and optimism about the near-future has risen … Read more
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc. (CCO) has reported its fourth quarter and full year results. The company posted a net profit in Q4 of $43.3 million on turnover of $802 million, which compares with a net profit in Q4 of the previous year of $12.7 million on turnover of $806 million. For the year, CCO … Read more
Smartkem, a UK-based developer of organic backplanes for flexible displays, has signed an agreement with the Centre for Process Innovation, to support customers’ prototype developments using Smartkem’s ‘Tru-Flex’ products. The agreement will last for three years. Smartkem opened a new OTFT fabrication facility in Manchester at the end of 2014, helping its partners to co-develop … Read more
Vivitek’s DH758USTiR is a specially-developed DLP projector for education. It is a UST model and features interactivity, using IR pens. Finger touch is supported through use of the DT01 laser curtain module. Vivitek’s Novoconnect collaboration tool enables teachers to display work from up to four students’ mobile devices using the projector. Resolution is 1920 x … Read more
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s is trailling a new digital pricing display to reduce the use of paper and automatically update prices. The retailer has installed the displays in its Shoreditch Old Street Local store in London and said the trial would give the company useful insights before deciding whether to introduce it to other stores. … Read more
Asian sources have said that three major notebook vendors – Dell, HP and Lenovo – are expected to release models with on-cell touch in the first half of this year. The sources said that 14″ and 15″ products would be released. On-cell was chosen over one-glass-solution, due to higher yields and lower prices. Last week … Read more
Apple has launched a repair service for Macbook Pro notebooks affected by video issues. These include distorted video, no image and unexpected system restarts, and affect 15″ and 17″ products sold between February 2011 and December 2013 (to see a list of affected models, visit http://tinyurl.com/q57fdnt). Repairs are now available worldwide, from both Apple and … Read more
Acer‘s H7550ST, introduced at CES (Acer Attempts to Kickstart Notebook Innovation), is now available in Europe. The projector costs €840. Asian sources have said that three major notebook vendors – Dell, HP and Lenovo – are expected to release models with on-cell touch in the first half of this year. The sources said that 14″ … Read more
Samsung Electronics is to acquire LoopPay, a mobile wallet solutions provider that turns magnetic stripe readers into secure, contactless receivers. Under the terms of the deal, LoopPay will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung and the company founders, Will Graylin and George Wallner, will work closely with Samsung’s mobile division. The acquisition will enable Samsung … Read more
The subject of this Display Daily article is a technology under development at Apple and in the news during the past few days. To put this development interest into context, recall that the iPhone has a fairly large bezel located below the display that is occupied by a circular home button/touch ID fingerprint sensor. If … Read more
In a project co-funded by the seventh Framework Program of the European Union, FlexEnable, Merck and several other partners have now demonstrated the world’s first plastic LCD with active-matrix in-plane switching (IPS). It uses FlexEnable’s Organic Thin Film Transistor (OTFT) array as well as liquid crystal (LC) and organic semiconductor materials from Merck. While the … Read more
The virtual reality market has seen quite a few introductions of smartglasses that allow the user to incorporate a smartphone as the main display for the headset. Such headsets typically come at a lower price tag and less predictable performance as the smartphone display used influences the optical as well as computing performance. Now Apple … Read more
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