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World’s Biggest Duty Free Area Chooses Absen

Set to become the world’s largest airport, the US$11bn (€9.6bn) Istanbul Airport is located on the outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey, where it will eventually handle up to 200 million passengers a year – eclipsing the former Ataturk Airport. At the heart of the new airport terminal, is the newly constructed Unifree Duty-Free area, which at … Read more

Samsung Looking Beyond QD OLED

There has been a lot of discussion about why Samsung is going for QDOLED technology, given the complications, the technology risk and the amount of money involved. Several times I have found myself thinking “They must know something that we don’t”. It turns out that they certainly do – as was detailed in an article … Read more

Samsung Fellows’ Study on the Potential Commercialization of QLEDs Published in Leading Science Journal, ‘Nature’

A duo of researchers and fellows at Samsung Electronics have, in an industry-first, proved the potential of Quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLEDs) for commercial purposes in a new study. On November 27 (London), this study on the commercialization of QLEDs was published by Nature, the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal. The authors of this groundbreaking … Read more

BenQ Launches Cross-Platform Interactive Flat Panel Series for the Workplace

Leading display manufacturer BenQ launches the Duoboard, a platform-agnostic all-in-oneInteractive Flat Panel (IFP) display series designed for the modern meeting room. Creating aninteractive meeting room experience for any device, this flexible display is perfect for corporateenvironments. Available in two sizes, 65-inch (CP6501K) and 86-inch (CP8601K) with 4K resolution, the Duoboardfeatures BenQ’s new Collaboration+ suite of … Read more

Commercial Refresh Ahead of Windows 7 EOS Will Continue to Keep EMEA PC Market Afloat Despite CPU Shortages, Says IDC

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Shipments of EMEA traditional PCs (a combination of desktops, notebooks, and workstations) will total 72.1 million in 2019, a 0.6% YoY growth, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). While weakness in the consumer segment will continue to constrict overall growth, commercial strength will keep the EMEA PC market afloat. “The Western European PC market continued … Read more

Worldwide Spending on Augmented and Virtual Reality Expected to Reach $18.8 Billion in 2020, According to IDC

Worldwide spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) is forecast to be $18.8 billion in 2020, an increase of 78.5% over the $10.5 billion International Data Corporation (IDC) expects will be spent in 2019. The latest update to IDC’s Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide also shows that worldwide spending on AR/VR products … Read more

Huawei Edges out Samsung in Russian Smartphone Market’s Third Quarter, Says IDC

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In Q3 2019, the Russian smartphone market totaled 8.6 million units, representing a 2.2% decrease compared with the same quarter last year. Despite the recent buoyancy of the ruble, total smartphone market value declined by 3.1% in U.S. dollars to 2.0 billion. With the addition of feature phones, the total market size was 10.6 million … Read more

3Q 2019 TV Shipments Grow 16.8% QoQ Owing to Peak Season

The latest analysis from the WitsView research division of TrendForce shows that global TV shipment in 3Q19 reached 54.97 million units, a 16.8% growth QoQ and 1.9% decline YoY. As China-U.S. trade relations worsened in 2Q19, TV brands took on a speculative attitude towards stocking-up. This attitude completely changed with the imminent arrival, towards the … Read more

AMD Graphics Cards Will Work With Future G-Sync Monitors

Over the last year, there have been changes in the environment for variable refresh rate monitors for gaming based on Nvidia’s G-sync or AMD’s Freesync technology. Historically, G-sync users could only use this feature with G-sync monitors and Freesync users could only use their monitors. The feature meant that frames were only updated between scans … Read more

China’s Surge Into 5G Will Push the Worldwide Smartphone Market Back to Growth in 2020, According to IDC

Following three straight years of market contraction, global smartphone shipments are expected to return to growth in 2020 fueled by ambitious 5G plans in China. According to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the worldwide smartphone market is expected to grow 1.5% year over year in 2020 … Read more

Shipments of Personal Computing Devices Expected to See Modest Growth in 2019 Followed by Continued Decline Through 2023, According to IDC

On the heels of strong growth during the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19) and changing dynamics in the market for personal computing devices (PCDs), International Data Corporation (IDC) has raised its outlook for the remainder of 2019. According to a new forecast from the Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, overall PCD shipments will reach … Read more