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Covid Hits E Ink Production

by Bob Raikes

What They Say E Ink is having problems supplying enough of its EPD panels according to GoodEReader.com. The prime reason is the effect of the coronavirus on its production facility in Yangzhou in Eastern …

Tags:Covid-19| E Ink| Supply Chain

Prowise Tackles Global Supply Chain Shortages Through In-house Software And Hardware Development

by Artem Alekseenko

Due to COVID-19, there is a worldwide shortage of chips, components and raw materials for the production of touchscreens. Because Dutch market leader Prowise writes all software and firmware for its touchscreens itself, teachers …

Tags:Covid-19| Supply Chain

Tablet and Chromebook Shipments Continue to Surge During the First Quarter, According to IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

While much of the world is still dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, sales of tablets and Chromebooks remain on fire. Tablets had an outstanding first quarter of 2021 (1Q21) with 55.2% year-over-year growth and …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Chromebooks| Covid-19| IDC| tablets

What’s Popping on the Education Beat

by Len Scrogan

In a recent webinar, “Media Roundtable: State of the Education Beat”, four seasoned education-industry editors hashed out the big issues confronting today’s educational press in the Covid era. These respected editors weighed in on …

Tags:Covid-19| Education

Guidance on Touch Screens From US CDC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The US Centers for Disease Control have published new guidance on the use of touch screens that reports that there is less than a 1 in 10,000 chance of getting an …

Tags:Covid-19| Touch

Links Week Ending 30th April 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. The ambiguity of 4K, UHD and Ultra …

Hologate Sees Return of LBE Visitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hologate VR, based in Germany and a developer of LBE VR, said that its number of users has now got back to 90K per week, which is the level of early …

Tags:Covid-19| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Virtual Reality

Sony, Nokia and More Pull Out Of #MWC2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say After the demise of the full ISE event in June (there will be a series of two day ‘local events’ including 2 days in Barcelona, and after Ericsson pulled out of …

Tags:Covid-19| Events

Links Week Ending 2nd April 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Sigmaintell Research｜Summary and forecast of the Chinese …

2020 EMEA Smartphone Market Posts Weakest Results in Six Years Due to COVID-19, Says IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) smartphone market recorded its weakest performance in six years in 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone …

ISE Clarifies June Policy

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Mike Blackman of ISE put out a statement with details of the organisers’ policies for the event which is still due to go ahead from 1st to 4th June this year. …

Tags:Covid-19| Events

Chinese monitor market to grow 3% in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell that said that sales of monitors in the Chinese market in 2020 were 34.5 million units. The forecast for 2021 is 3% in volume to 35.6 million units. 144Hz monitors …