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Back From The Dead

A recent press release caused a raised eyebrow here…but perhaps it shouldn’t have. On November 19, Venture capital firm Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) “…announced its purchase of certain iconic RadioShack brands and related assets.” According to the press release, REV was founded in 2019 “as a means for giving life to businesses that have struggled … Read more

KES 2020 : Ready for the Future of Lossless 8K Video Transmission ?

intoPIX, the leading provider of innovative image processing and video compression technologies, introduces for the first time TICO-XS, TICO-RAW and FlinQ IP-cores for FPGA/ASIC and software SDKs for CPU/GPU at KES 2020 in South Korea. At the KES show, intoPIX will demonstrate the new JPEG XS standard and image sensor compression (also an upcoming JPEG … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Growing Demand For Smart Displays Drove Global Smart Speaker Sales To 2.6% Growth in Q3

What They Say Strategy Analytics (SA) said that users are switching to display-based smart speakers, or Smart Displays. An increase from 22% to 26% in share was part of the reason for an increase in smart speaker sales year on year of 3% overall. Smart Display sales were 9.5 million in Q3. Amazon and Baidu … Read more

Remote Work and Learn Solutions Drive Dell Technologies’ Third Quarter Fiscal 2021 Financial Results

What They Say Leading monitor supplier, Dell, published strong results for Q3 of its fiscal 2021 with revenues up 3% to $23.5 billion overall and with ‘client solutions’ of $12.3 billion, up 8%. Client solutions generated $1 billion of operating revenue out of a total of $1.1 billion. Consumer revenue was $3.5 billion, up 14%, … Read more

Screen Launches Coater/Developer for Forming Process of Color Filters for Rollable and Foldable OLED Displays

What They Say Japanese equipment maker, Screen Finetech said that it has a new a new coater/developer, the SK-F1500H, specially designed for the film forming process of color filters with anti-reflective properties. The firm said that current flexible displays suffer from wrinkles caused by multi-layer films, especially multi-layered circular polarizers, and that the anti-reflective film … Read more

SCREEN Launches Coater/Developer for Forming Process of Color Filters for Rollable and Foldable OLED Displays

SCREEN Finetech Solutions Co., Ltd. (SCREEN FT) has developed the SK-F1500H, a new coater/developer specially designed for the film forming process of color filters with anti-reflective properties. These color filters are intended for use in flexible organic EL displays (OLEDs) with structures that are rollable or foldable. SCREEN FT expects the SK-F1500H to make a … Read more

New Lockdowns Will Keep the EMEA Tablet Market Afloat, says IDC

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) tablet market is projected to increase 3.6% YoY in 4Q20, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). The full year 2020 is anticipated to grow at 10.1% YoY in EMEA, the highest YoY performance for the tablet market in EMEA since 2013. Education will continue to generate important volumes … Read more

EMEA Smartphones Bounced Back in 3Q Before New Lockdowns, Says IDC

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The EMEA smartphone market threw off the coronavirus blues in the third quarter, bouncing back to register some growth over the same period in 2019, according to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Total smartphone volumes were 93.1 million, up 2.1% on 3Q19, for a value of $27.7 billion. This contrasted with … Read more

Plastic Logic Displays to Drive RoadAds Interactive’s Digital Vehicle Advertising

Plastic Logic, a leader in the design and manufacture of flexible, glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs), is partnering with RoadAds interactive to provide its customers with mobile vehicle displays based on flexible oTFT-based ePaper technology. RoadAds interactive is planning to use Plastic Logic’s innovative 32in displays for ‘digital billboards’ on various vehicles such as vans, trucks … Read more