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Samsung Enjoying 2022 Business So Far

What They Say Samsung released its guidance on its Q1 result and said that it expects to report a jump of 50% in operating profits for its best Q1 result since 2018, on the back of solid demand for memory chips. Disruption at a rival NAND Flash supplier helped. Profits should reach $11.6 billion on … Read more

Ya Gotta Know When to Fold ‘Em

On April 1, Li Ki-jong of the Korean technical news source The Elec reported that LG Display plans to begin volume manufacturing of 17″ foldable notebook OLED panels in the third quarter. The inward-folding 4K panel measures 11 inches when folded. Sources reported HP would be the first customer for these panels, with notebooks using … Read more

IFA 2022: Global Tech Reboot in September in Berlin

Over five days, from 2 to 6 September 2022, IFA in Berlin will bring together global leading brands across consumer electronics, home appliances, information technology and telecommunications – providing a unique opportunity and platform for the worldwide industry to rebuild. Taking place in early September, IFA spans global time zones between East and West during … Read more

Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Reach $4.4 Trillion in 2022

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Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.4 trillion in 2022, an increase of 4% from 2021, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. “This year is proving to be one of the noisiest years on record for CIOs,” said John-David Lovelock, distinguished research vice president at Gartner. “Geopolitical disruption, inflation, currency fluctuations and … Read more

Trends to Help Save the Planet?

For today’s Display Daily, I have combined a couple of topics that both looked interesting to me, but neither had worked its way to the top of my agenda. It occurred to me that both had an common element about them – how worthy good ideas can struggle to gain acceptance for good real world … Read more

Ynvisible Produces Digital Road Sign to Ease EV Growing Pains

Interactive Inc., a fast-growing firm in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, announces a collaboration with Exevio, a digital solutions firm with a focus on quality, execution and implementation of modern technologies. Exevio has engaged Ynvisible on a project in Croatia to produce a digital e-paper road sign that informs the availability of EV charging … Read more

Taste the TV: Invention sends flavors straight to lickable screens

What They Say Nikkei reports that Homei Miyashita of Meiji University, has a system using 10 cartridges to create a taste sample that is like certain foods. To reproduce basic flavours, it uses sodium chloride for saltiness, sucrose for sweetness, citric acid for acidity, quinine hydrochloride for bitterness, and sodium glutamate for umami. Cartridges are … Read more

Intensifying Consequences of Russian-Ukrainian War and Rising Inflation, TV, LCD Monitor, Notebook Shipments Face Correction Pressure, Says TrendForce

As the Russian-Ukrainian war directly affects Eastern Europe and, indeed, the entire European market, the supply of raw materials has destabilized and prices continued to soar, exacerbating inflation and pummeling the global economy. In addition, lockdowns and work suspensions caused by the recent pandemic outbreak in China and the government’s insistence on a dynamic zero-COVID … Read more

HbbTV Releases Version 2022-1 of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite. The new version is called v2022-1; it is … Read more