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Samsung Electronics Announces Fourth Quarter and FY 2021 Results

What They Say Samsung published its fourth quarter and FY 2021 result and saw record sales and profits for the quarter ($63.6 billion/$11.5 billion) and year ($232 billion/$42.8 billion). Samsung Electronics Announces Fourth Quarter and FY 2021 Results Q4 was mainly good for product sales in smartphones, TVs and home appliances. Memory was down, but … Read more

DSE postponed to November

What They Say It barely counts as news, but the DSE digital signage event planned, under new ownership, in March to be in Las Vegas, has been postponed to November. What We Think A friend was at the SPIE Photonics West event this week and said that it was extremely quiet – at one session, … Read more

Panasonic Projects Immersive Worlds in Las Vegas

What They Say We featured the Area15 entertainment location in Las Vegas (Defining Times for Immersive Destinations) last year. Invidis has now reported on a deal with the location for Panasonic to supply projectors for the site. What We Think There are some good images on the Invidis site. (BR) The designers clearly don’t know … Read more

Links Week Ending 28th January 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. (quite a few this week as we try to clear the backlog from CES!!) VIZIO’s CRO Honored with ITVT Award for Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television Health … Read more

Quebec Restaurant Chain Starts Deploying Touchless Kiosk Screens

What They Say Sixteen-Nine.net reported that a QSR in Montreal, Canada has developed with Samsung and the Luxembourg tech firm iNUI Studio some touchless kiosks that use infrared touch sensors that can detect gestures around 5cm from the display. The blog’s Dave Haynes pointed out that anything that slows down interactions is difficult in this … Read more

Acer Boosts Learning with Four Durable Chromebooks for Education

Acer announced four new Chromebooks with the latest technologies, durable designs and a collection of features that optimize them for the education environment. The popularity of Chromebooks continues to grow thanks to the robust features in the Chrome Education Upgrade combined with advances in Chromebook design, features and technology,” said James Lin, General Manager, Notebooks, … Read more

Nokia Brand Licensed for TVs`

What They Say HDTVTest reported that new QLED TVs will be sold in Europe (initially in DACH) under the Nokia name and using QLED technology. The sets are being sold under a licence by Streamview GmbH of Vienna, Austria and are based on the Android operating system. Prices will start at approximately €650 (£543) for … Read more

Boxlight Announces New App for Broadcasting Alerts

Boxlight Corporation, a leading provider of interactive technology, digital signage, and software solutions, announces that its new application – MimioMessage – has been added to its award-winning ProColor interactive display. MimioMessage allows users to broadcast messages, information, and alerts to all ProColor interactive displays at a school and/or within a district. During a time when … Read more