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Following the announcement last week of its highest quarterly net profit in four years, Innolux has said that it plans to double its capital spending next year to NT$40 billion ($1.3 billion). The company’s chairman, Tuan Hsing-chien, told investors that next year’s spending will primarily be on capacity expansion, whereas the focus of the last … Read more
Intel SVP Kirk Skaugen has spoken about the company’s vision for PCs, specifically discussing three technologies: wireless PCs, eliminating passwords and enabling new kinds of user interface. Speaking at an event in California, Skaugen showed how radio-based technologies make it possible to set a laptop on a table and immediately have the screen mirrored to … Read more
As many analysts are debating the downfall of Google Glass, the Wall Street Journal released a report saying that Intel will be delivering the processor for the second generation of the device. The report sees this as a great chance for Intel to enter a new technology platform at its beginning after it missed entering … Read more
I had the chance to visit Magnetic 3D’s offices in downtown Manhattan and speak to Magnetic’s CEO Tom Zerega. Magnetic 3D is a developer and manufacturer of autostereoscopic displays from 22″ to 55″. The company is busy developing new products for a variety of applications. While Magnetic 3D was mainly known for developing autostereoscopic displays … Read more
Ipsos Media CT, part of the market research firm Ipsos, has released its findings on the use of mobile platforms for watching TV. According to a recently released study, it finds that half of all adults age 18 to 49 have tried mobile platforms for watching TV. However, 9 in 10 adults prefer watching TV … Read more
The first rumours of the Galaxy S6 have begun to appear. According to Sammobile, the phone is code-named Project Zero. While the screen size has not been leaked, the display resolution will apparently be 2560 x 1440. The source says that Samsung is still deciding between a 16MP and 20MP camera, though feels that a … Read more
ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute) from South Korea says it has licensed a new flexible display and backplane technology to start-up company FlexUP Technologies Corp. ITRI developed this new flexible backplane technology in support of flexible display development. ITRI described the FlexUP Technolgy in a 2011 paper submitted to the SID Information Display (http://tinyurl.com/naw8oar). ITRI … Read more
A prototype camera is under development at Jaunt Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) that can record 360 degree stereoscopic imagery. The prototype uses 14 high definition, 60 fps GoPro cameras to make left and right eye spherical stereo images. One of the challenges in creating such a panoramic image is to stitch the images together matching … Read more
JCDecaux SA has released its quarterly trading update for Q3. The company’s turnover in the quarter rose 6% year on year to €669.3 million from €631.6 million in the third quarter of last year. For the nine month period, the company’s revenue was 4.2% higher at €1.9 billion from €1.8 billion.
JCDecaux’s massive (120m²) Waterloo Motion digital billboard, in London, has won DailyDOOH’s Best Original Digital Billboard award for 2014. The company also took second and third place, with the Trafford Arch and Heathrow GrandView locations.
A US startup called Keyssa has developed its own solution to transfer data wirelessly. The solution is based around a new chip using high-frequency (60GHz) radiowaves to transfer data quickly between devices that are physically touching (‘Kiss Connectivity’). Keyssa envisions its chips replacing physical (wired) connectors on all sorts of devices, including smartphones, laptops and … Read more
Henrik Köhler has been named as the new managing director of TP Vision for Germany, Austria and Switzerland from 1st January 2015. Köhler worked for Philips DACH for 20 years until 2013, as managing director and head of sales for consumer electronics.
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