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VR and Haptics in Dental School: If You Build It, Will They Come?

While attending the University of Colorado Systems’ spring technology symposium last week, I found myself in a conference session entitled “Shaping the Future of Dental Education Through Extended Reality Systems For Teaching, Training and Assessment” offered by Dr. Tom Greany and Ben Wilkoff from the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine. The session showcased … Read more

ISTE 2019 Preview

The annual ISTE conference, the largest ed-tech conference in the U.S., is rapidly approaching, convening this year in Philadelphia. By examining the ISTE 2019 conference landscape through conference session analysis we can get a firm sense about what is trending in education. And this year there are some notable developments. Let’s zoom in on some … Read more

Matrox Unveils QuadHead2Go Multi-Monitor Controllers For Dynamic, Next-Generation Video Walls

Matrox Graphics Inc. is excited to announce the launch of Matrox QuadHead2Go Series, an innovative range of multi-monitor controllers designed to deliver an easier, more convenient way to deploy next-generation video walls. Capable of driving four displays from one signal, these controller appliances and PCI Express cards provide complete video wall scalability and flexibility by … Read more

Gartner Says Global Smartphone Sales Declined 2.7% in First Quarter of 2019

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Global sales of smartphones to end users declined 2.7% in the first quarter of 2019, totaling 373 million units, according to Gartner, Inc. Despite its absence from the U.S., Huawei maintained its ranking as the No. 2 smartphone vendor worldwide and continued to reduce the gap with Samsung. “Demand for premium smartphones remained lower than … Read more

HP Elevates Premium and Personalized PC Experiences

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HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) introduced bold new additions to its Personal Systems portfolio that enable more natural and intuitive experiences across work and life. Today’s PC users lead busy on-the-go lifestyles and demand beautiful designs and seamless productivity that allows them the freedom for inspiration and the exchange of ideas. Fifty-seven percent of millennials know the … Read more

Direct to Home Satellite TV (DTH) Subscriber Falls will Accelerate and Spread from North America to Europe and Eventually to the Far East

Rethink Technology Research’s Rethink TV service has launched a new report which shows how Direct to Home satellite TV (DTH) subscriber falls will accelerate and spread from North America to Europe and eventually to the Far East. Where subscribers numbers rise there will be falls in ARPU. The new report is entitled, “Who benefits as … Read more

All Five Patents Asserted by HKC Against Innolux were Declared Invalid

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On the 21st, Innolux Ningbo received the final decision from the National Intellectual Property Administration, PRC(hereinafter referred to as CNIPA??????????) wherein the two patents (Chinese patents No. ZL201611179077.5 and ZL201720606454.2 and jointly owned by Chongqing HKC Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. and HKC Corporation Limited) were declared invalid. As such, all five HKC’s Chinese patents asserted … Read more

Samsung “Making History” with QLED 8K TV Campaign to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced the “Making History” QLED 8K TV commercial and a multi-platform campaign with CNN Films in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, when television enabled people around the world to witness one of mankind’s greatest achievements. In 2019, Samsung is making TV history again … Read more

SigmaSense Beyond Touch to Skin Sensitivity

In case you missed Display Week in San Jose last week, one stand-out technology empowering displays (and just about any surface, for that matter) was SigmaSense (www.sigmasense.com). This is a start-up based out of Austin, TX that delivers a digital, fully-scalable sensing technology (think skin) that “…dramatically increases immunity to noise, and solves the tuning … Read more

NAB’s 2019 Display Awards

My last Display Daily was titled “SID’s 2019 Display Industry Awards” and covered seven display products that received awards at the recent Display Week. For the first time ever, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) also awarded “NAB Show Product of the Year Awards” for things exhibited at the NAB show, which ran from April … Read more

India PC Market Declines YoY for the 3rd Consecutive Quarter in 2019Q1 Owing to Weak Consumer and Commercial Demand, IDC India Reports

The India traditional Personal Computing (PC) market declined for the third consecutive quarter in 2019Q1 according to IDC’s Asia/Pacific Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, 2019Q1. The market witnessed a year-on-year (YoY) drop of 8.3 percent with shipments reaching 2.15 million units in 2019Q1. The market remained weak outside big commercial deals due to weak consumer … Read more