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The Digital Signage Business Climate Index (DBCI) in Russia, polled by OVAB Europe, has fallen dramatically since the last survey in September: from 28.85 base points to -22.74. While the business situation in Russia is currently satisfactory, expectations for the next six months are highly negative. The main reason for this is the tumbling rouble … Read more
I thought that I had written recently about the topic that I wanted to cover today, but looking back through my recent 343s, it seems not! We have covered Samsung a lot in recent weeks as the firm has hit some real issues in maintaining its success in the smartphone market. Now, I’m a big … Read more
This week, I saw a new app on my Galaxy S4, apparently pushed after a recent software upgrade. Apparently, it was included with the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Note 3 and works on the Note 4 and is limited to versions of Android that are signed by Samsung, so no good on “rooted” phones. The … Read more
Samsung is supplying 4,000 Galaxy Note 3 devices to the UK’s West Yorkshire police force, replacing traditional notebooks. The phablets can be used to record crimes without requiring an officer to return to a station, increasing their time on the streets.
During a gathering at Samsung’s offices in Seoul the company’s head of TV, Kim Hyun-seok, reiterated Samsung’s stance on OLED TVs. He said that it is too early for such TVs to be launched; a view that will remain unchanged next year. Instead of OLEDs, Samsung will rely on quantum dot LCD TVs. These will … Read more
The 2014 Samsung Investor Forum saw several OLED prototypes on display. According to Samsung Display VP Chang Hoon Lee, OLED displays have reached the point where they can now be produced at a lower cost than LCD units; this is because they lack backlights, polarisers, liquid crystals and spacers. OLED is now ready to compete … Read more
Samsung Group’s Future Strategy Office is expected to conduct a managerial review of Samsung Display, which will cover the company’s business plan, strategies and portfolio, to try to establish what can be improved. In the third quarter, Samsung Display posted an operating profit of KRW60 billion ($55.2 million), down 94% from Q3 a year earlier, … Read more
There have been unconfirmed reports that Samsung is planning to reassign around 30% of the workforce in its IT and mobile business. Sources suggest that both employees and executives will be affected and will be relocated to other divisions based on performance evaluations. This would be the company’s largest reorganisation since the IM unit was … Read more
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory showed two new OLED displays at Display Innovations 2014 in Japan last month. The first was a 2.8″ colour unit with 2560 x 1440 resolution – 1,049ppi! A c-axis aligned oxide semiconductor is used for the backplane. The gate driver is formed on a substrate and the source driver using a chip … Read more
Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America (SEMCA) has announced the appointment of Jim Sanduski as interim president, following the sudden departure of John Herrington, who had been president of SEMCA for more than four years. Herrington has left Sharp “to pursue other opportunities”. Sanduski has been with Sharp for three and a half years and … Read more
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is using AltoBeam’s ATBM7811B and ATBM7812B demodulator chips in its new tuner modules, the DNOQ44QAH109A and DNOQ44QAV109A. These modules support the reception of DVB-T/T2/C/S/S2 digital television broadcasts.
User Interface – Jay Esfandyari of STMicroelectronics (STM) presented the Sensor Tutorial at the event. Esfandyari began his tutorial by charting the evolution of human interface technology from the 1940’s through to the present and into the future. In his overview of sensors for human interaction he cited microphones, motion sensors, environmental sensors, touch sensors, … Read more
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