Ocean Expands The Grid
A new display has been added to Ocean Outdoor’s Grid network (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 36). The Screen @ Bullring South, in Birmingham, is 3.84m x 5.76m with a 10mm pixel pitch.
Outdoor Plus Chooses Impact 10
Outdoor Plus has commissioned and installed a new LED screen from Lighthouse Technologies. The unit, in East London, is mounted on a custom-made steel tower near the A12 road. It is 12.16m x 2.88m and, as one of Lighthouse’s Impact 10 products, has a 10mm pixel pitch.
Primesight Spreads Roadside Network
Primesight is rolling out a new roadside billboard collection in the UK, called Network. The first phase saw three units installed in London (Shoreditch High St., Wandsworth Bridge Road and Commercial Road), one in Glasgow (M8) and one in Edinburgh (Salamander St.). They are LED displays measuring 5.71m x 2.94m, with a 10mm pixel pitch. … Read more
Stockholm Street Furniture Handled by JCDecaux
The main contract to operate street furniture throughout Stockholm has been awarded to JCDecaux. Lasting for 10 years, the contract covers the design, installation and maintenance of 300 city information panels; 50 columns; 55 ‘fully accessible’ public toilets; and 70 bicycle pumps. Additionally, JCDecaux will operate a network of 50 digital screens in the centre … Read more
Amazon Expands Electronics Trade-in Programme
Amazon’s trade-in service for old products has been expanded in Germany. Used feature phones, smartphones and tablets can now be exchanged, in addition to books, videogames, DVDs and Blu-rays. Customers will receive the value of the trade-in as credits on their Amazon account.
Tech Companies Achieve Sustainability Index
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices has featured Panasonic again in 2014 – for the 10th consecutive year. UMC has been chosen for the seventh time, in both the worldwide and emerging markets sectors. Acer was also chosen, for the first time. The index evaluates the sustainability of companies in terms of the economy, environment and … Read more
Start Menu Makes Reappearance in Threshold Video
Screenshots and video has appeared that purport to show the Windows 9 technical preview. In a video (http://tinyurl.com/q3fnasy), German website Winfuture demonstrates the new Start menu, which incorporates both the traditional programme list and, to the right, a pane of Live Tiles.
Apple Looks to LG for AMOLED
The Apple Watch uses an AMOLED screen, we reported last week (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36). Asian sources now claim that these screens are being supplied by LG Display. Shipments are expected to reach 5 million per month next year, when the product is released. LGD will be the sole provider of the Watch’s … Read more
AUO Joins Sony Supply Chain
AUO is supplying 30% of the 1.6″ LCD panels for Sony’s Smartwatch 3, say Asian sources. Innolux will also supply some panels, as Sony is apparently increasing its orders from Taiwanese makers.
Delayed Demand Boosts Apple Pre-Orders to New Record
There were more than 4 million pre-orders for Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in the first 24 hours after the products were announced. The figure is a new record for Apple, according to CEO Tim Cook. Supply of almost all versions is now backlogged until late September (16GB silver and space grey) or … Read more
Fingerprint Sensor Popularity on the Rise
Sources in the supply chain claim that orders for fingerprint recognition solutions for smartphones and smartwatches are rising. As well as Apple and Samsung, Chinese makers are beginning to integrate the technology into their own models (Huawei’s Ascend Mate 7 uses it; see our coverage in Mobile Display Monitor for more – TA). ‘A surge’ … Read more
LG Lowers OLED Target – Apparently
Sources in Asia have said that LG has reduced its OLED TV sales target. The company set a target of 5 million sets in June (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25), but has apparently now dropped that to 800,000.
