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Even a Binned Apple-1 Fetches Thousands

by Tom Allen

This is a tale of highs and lows. A woman in the USA recently took several boxes of her departed husband’s possessions along to a recycling centre in California. Unknown to her, one of …

Apple Wants to Own TV, Says Stephens

by Tom Allen

Technology journalist Mark Stephens (who writes under the pen name of Robert X Cringely) has written an interesting article about the Apple TV box, expected to be refreshed at Apple’s WWDC this month. Stephens …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Apple Buys VR Start-Up

by Helen Vince

Apple is reported to have acquired German virtual reality start-up Metaio. The company currently makes a number of SDKs and toolkits that help to create augmented reality apps and has created a holodeck-style game …

Tech Companies Dominate Brand-Value Rankings

by Tom Allen

Millward Brown’s annual ‘Brandz’ report (http://tinyurl.com/pmmjurd) contains quite the win for technology firms: four are in the top five, and six in the top 10. Apple (the overall most valuable brand in the world), …

Emerging Markets Drive Smartphone Shipments in Q1

by Tom Allen

Smartphone sales in Q1’15 rose 19.3% YoY, to 336 million units, says Gartner. Emerging markets – excluding China – led growth, with the fastest-rising regions named as emerging APAC, Eastern Europe, the Middle East …

Flexible, Plastic and High-Res Displays Honoured by SID

by Tom Allen

The winners of the 20th annual Display Industry Awards have been announced. The winners will be recognised during a special event on 3rd June, as part of SID 2015. Each product was chosen for …

Apple Readying Google Competitor

by Tom Allen

9to5Mac says that Apple is preparing ‘a major new iOS initiative’ known as Proactive, to challenge Google Now. The software will use Siri, Contacts, Calendar, Passbook and third-party apps. It will apparently replace the …

Tags:Apple| Google| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Rumour: Apple Plans New Supplier

by Tom Allen

Apple plans to take on a new LCD driver IC supplier, according to sources in the supply chain. Taiwanese suppliers including Novatek, Himax and FocalTech are being linked with the rumour.

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Saturated Markets Slow Smartphone Growth

by Tom Allen

After rising 27.6% YoY in 2014, smartphone shipment growth is expected to slow to 11.3% this year, says IDC. However, while overall growth will continue to decelerate, certain markets will experience strong growth in …

Ive Promoted to Chief Design Officer

by Helen Vince

Apple has promoted Jony Ive to the newly created position of chief design officer. CEO Tim Cook said in a memo to Apple staff that in his new role, Ive will remain responsible for …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Global Smartphone Shipment Volume to Top 1.5 Billion Units in 2015

by Helen Vince

Shipment value of the Taiwanese communications industry, comprising of wireless and network communications, is estimated at around NT$3.3 trillion (US$108.2 billion) in 2015, up 17.2% compared to 2014, according to MIC (Market Intelligence & …

Apple Gives up TV Ambitions – Probably…

by Bob Raikes

We have an emphasis on public displays this week as this has been “Digital Signage Week” in London. Tom got along to the summit on Tuesday and I was at NEC on Wednesday. We’ve …