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HUAWEI P40 Series Marks the Age of Visionary Photography 

Huawei Consumer Business Group announced the HUAWEI P40 Pro+, HUAWEI P40 Pro and HUAWEI P40, featuring ground-breaking camera innovations that radically expand mobile photography and video capture possibilities. The HUAWEI P40 Series continues the series’ heritage of imaging excellence. The large 1/1.28-inch sensor massively boosts light intake for enhanced low-light performance, while a new periscope … Read more

Verimatrix and Broadcom Join Forces to Support Rapid Android TV Deployment with 4K/UHD Compliance

Verimatrix, formerly known as Inside Secure, a global provider of innovative, customer-friendly cybersecurity solutions that protect content, devices, software and applications, and Broadcom announced a new collaboration to streamline Android TV set-top box (STB) deployments. By pre-integrating components of the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) with Broadcom’s Android TV Platform, the partners offer a … Read more

IDC Predicts Asia/Pacific ICT Spending Growth Will Drop to 1.2% in 2020 as COVID-19 Continues to Impact ICT Markets

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COVID-19 pandemic continues to hamper economic activities around the globe impacting businesses and industries at nearly every level, and IT markets will not be spared. In January 2020, IDC originally forecasted Asia/Pacific excluding Japan and China (APEJC) IT Spending to grow by over 5.2% (in constant currency) this year due to the expected boost in … Read more

THine Introduces a Small Package, Low Power Consumption MIPI CSI-2 Serializer IC for Video Applications

THine®, the leader in high-speed serial interfaces and image signal processing, announced the high-volume availability of their new MIPI CSI-2 serializer IC, THCV243. This new chip allows engineers to extend MIPI CSI-2 transmission to greater than 15 meters with a tiny 2.9mm package! It also allows the reduction of a significant number of cables between … Read more

NEC and Sharp Announce Joint Venture to Combine Display Solution Businesses

NEC Corporation and Sharp Corporation have agreed to create a joint venture by combining NEC Display Solutions, Ltd. (NDS), a subsidiary of NEC, with Sharp. NDS and Sharp are two market leading brands in the production and development of visual solutions. The Sharp-NEC joint venture will allow both companies to build upon their strengths and … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Global Smartphone Shipments Tumble 38 Percent YoY in February 2020

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments tumbled 38 percent year-on-year in the month of February, 2020. It was the biggest fall ever in the history of the worldwide smartphone market. Linda Sui, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “Global smartphone shipments tumbled a huge 38 percent annually from 99.2 million units … Read more

Over $4 billion AR/VR Investment in 2019 for 3rd Highest Year

Digi-Capital’s AR/VR Analytics Platform tracked $4.1 billion AR/VR investment in 2019, the third-highest virtual reality investment and augmented reality investment year on record after 2017 and 2018. However, investment dropped significantly in Q4 2019 compared to the previous quarter in terms of both deal volume (i.e. number of deals) and deal value (i.e. dollars invested). … Read more

Global LCD-TV Panel Unit Shipments Set to Drop by 10 Percent in 2020, as Area Shipments Decline by 3 Percent

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In a historic first, the worldwide market for LCD-TV display panels is set to decline both in terms of unit and area shipments in 2019, as major suppliers cut production, according to Omdia. Global LCD-TV panel unit shipments will drop by a steep 10-percent margin this year, declining to 257.8 million units, down from 287.2 … Read more

Epson’s Revolutionary Native 4K Projector Now Available

Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide,1 announced availability of the world’s first native 4K 3LCD 12,000-lumen laser projector. A groundbreaking large-venue solution, the new Epson Pro L12000QNL delivers extraordinary detail and ultra HD image quality for incredible, lifelike performance for live events, higher education and corporate environments. The 4K resolution projector boasts 12,000 lumens … Read more