AMD Enters ASMedia Partnership
ASMedia, in Taiwan, has signed contracts for a partnership with AMD. Details of the relationship have not been disclosed, except to say that it is related to next-generation chipset technology.
Ams Supports Eight-Direction Gestures
Ams AG has released a new family of chips that integrate six sensing functions, including gesture detection and Mobeam barcode emulation. The chips are part of the TMG399x family. They are intended for use in touchless gesture control and display management in consumer electronics. Gesture software on the devices currently supports optimised Android drivers. A … Read more
Apple Hides UltraHD Feature
The developers of a Mac video upload app, Waltr, have found that the A8 processors in Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus can playback UltraHD video. Apple has not even mentioned this feature; original source The Unofficial Apple Weblog speculates that this is because the company plans to integrate the playback with the next … Read more
Apple Warranties Become More Even-Handed
Analysing Apple data over the last 11 years, 369 Week has concluded that the company is ‘giving its customers a break’. Apple is paying more 369 claims and keeping extended 369 prices steady, resulting in ‘a more even-handed balance between product 369 and extended 369 than existed at the company five or ten years ago’. … Read more
Charge Transport Enhanced With Graphene
A more efficient way to transport electrical charge has been discovered by a team of researchers. Led by David Barbero of Sweden’s Umeå University, it was discovered that semiconducting polymers, placed on a layer of graphene, transport electrical charge more efficiently than when placed on a silicon substrate. When placed on a graphene substrate, there … Read more
Crocus Senses Flexing
Crocus Technology, based in Switzerland, has developed a sensor solution for flexible displays, built on its Magnetic Logic Unit (MLU) technology. MLU is a CMOS-based architecture using magnetic fields. The new solution can detect the position and shape of flexible 2D surfaces. Crocus envisions it being applied to flexible shape-sensor foils in displays and solar … Read more
Deloitte Forecasts £1.5 Billion Rise in December Spend
UK consumers will spend £42.4 billion ($66.8 billion) in December this year, according to Deloitte. The figure represents a rise of £1.5 billion ($2.4 billion) on 2013. Online sales will represent 13% of total sales, but 50% of growth.
First Stages of EPEAT Revision Detailed by GEC
The Green Electronics Council has released a 17-page report on its consulations as part of a plan to improve the EPEAT standard and develop a new EPEAT 2.0. Find it at http://tinyurl.com/mwjgzlq.
French Watchdog Recommends No 3D For Children
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has advised that children under the age of six be denied access to 3D content. Young people under 13 should have ‘moderate’ access. ANSES’ recommendations are based on analysis of scientific research into the possible effects of 3D imaging on the developing eye. … Read more
Germany Receives Wuaki
Streaming video service Wuaki.tv has been officially launched in Germany, following a beta test starting in October. The service is available on connected TVs from Samsung, Panasonic and LG, as well as iOS and Android smartphones and tablets.
Hannspree Takes on ed’System
Hannspree monitors and tablets are now being distributed by ed’System in Slovakia.
HBO’s Cord-Cutter Service Arrives in April
HBO’s standalone streaming service (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42) will be launched next April. The OTT service will be separate from HBO Go and will target cord-cutters; people will be able to watch without being locked into a rolling subscription.
