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Royole Has Assets Frozen

What They Say The Caixin newswire has reported that Royole Corp of China has had $5.3 million equivalent of assets ‘frozen’ by a local court because of ‘contract disputes’ with suppliers. The application is reported to have been filed by four PR companies and was approved late last month. What We Think Again this news … Read more

IFA 2022 – Display Components

Now my comments about IFA in general last week were pretty negative, but I did manage to find a few interesting products and technologies at the show. I don’t really see IFA as a place for components, but Seoul Viosys, the LED specialist clearly had a different view. They had an impressive demonstration of how … Read more

Vuzix Smart Glasses Supporting Deutsche Telekom’s Enhanced Telephony for Connected Workers at Digital X 2022

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, today announced that the Company will be broadly showcasing its M400 smart glasses at Deutsche Telekom’s Digital X 2022 exhibition, taking place September 13-14 in Cologne, Germany. Digital X is DT’s main event around digitization in the DACH region of … Read more

Delphi Display Systems Partners with Paerpay to Bring Mobile Payment to the QSR Drive Thru

Delphi Display Systems, Inc. – a global provider of technology solutions for the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) industry, announced that it has partnered with Paerpay, Inc., a leading mobile payment platform to provide integrated Mobile Payment for QSR drive-thrus. Delphi has integrated Paerpay’s QR Code based payment solution into their drive thru digital menu board … Read more

Blackmagic Design Announces New Ultimatte 12 Models

Blackmagic Design announced 4 new models of Ultimatte 12 real time compositing processors that are all designed for creating the next generation of broadcast graphics. Also announced was a new Ultimatte Software Control app for Mac and Windows that’s available for download free of charge. This software lets you control all Ultimatte 12 models without … Read more

KAON, 3SS and Green Streams Empower Tier 2 and Mid-Sized Providers to Deliver World-class TV Services

KAON (IBC2022 stand 1.B51), 3 Screen Solutions – 3SS(IBC2022 stand 5.A83), and Green Streams (IBC2022 stand 5.B37) together announce the launch of their new joint IPTV / OTT service platform product. This launch-ready market offering is based on their pre-integrated end-to-end technology platform enabling Tier 2 and medium-sized providers to rapidly and economically deliver super-aggregated … Read more

Varjo Raises $40 Million Series D Funding to Build a True-to-Life, Industrial Metaverse

Varjo™, the industry-leading provider of professional-grade VR/XR hardware and software, announced it has secured $40 million USD (equivalent to €41 million EUR) in new funding. The Series D investment is backed by return investors including EQT Ventures, Atomico, Volvo Car Tech Fund, and Lifeline Ventures, and new strategic investors including Mirabaud and Foxconn?, one of … Read more

NYT Looks at Long Life Smartphones

What They Say The New York Times looked at the idea of getting smartphones to have an extended life. The main content is about the Fairphone company in Amsterdam. (Trends to Help Save the Planet?) What We Think There are compromises to be made, as I discussed in my article, but it would be good … Read more

The Best Quality TVs at a Great Price – Surely They Should Sell Well?

Samsung’s TV business currently has access to what I (and pretty well everyone I know in TV!) consider to be the best quality TV panel technology in the world (as long as you are not in very bright ambient light). But sales levels are a problem. How did that happen? The story that we have … Read more

ZTE and Amlogic Launch Smart 8K STB at IBC 2022

ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, together with Amlogic, has launched ZTE 8K STB (set-top box) at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC 2022) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The 8K STB, connected to a big screen, can present immersive 4K UI and enhance ultra HD video … Read more