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Exertis to Acquire Sweden’s CapTech

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Exertis says it is to acquire CapTech Distribution AB, Sweden’s largest independent technology distribution business. The company said last year that its strategy was to expand its geographic footprint across Europe as it aims …

Tags:Distributors| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

KT Makes Ambitious Claims

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An UltraHD IPTV service will be launched by Korean mobile carrier KT this month. ‘Olleh Giga UHD TV’ will be available through a set-top box, which will feature voice command and the ability to …

Tags:4k| Korea| Large Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Senior Qualcomm Exec Joins Intel

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Amir Faintuch, the former president of Qualcomm Atheros, has joined Intel as senior VP and co-general manager of Intel’s Platform Engineering Group. In his new role, Faintuch joins Josh Walden in leading the group …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| People| Qualcomm| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

AUO Sees Dip in Monthly Sales

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AU Optronics (AUO) reported sales in August of NT$35.5 billion ($1.2 billion), slightly down month on month and 5.5% lower than August 2014. Sales from January to August reached NT$267.1 billion ($8.9 billion), 3.5% …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Secret of Hisense’s ULED Tech is Revealed

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Hisense had taken a new location in hall 6.2 this year, next to new partner Loewe. The company was putting its more prominent stand to good use, and its press conference – the company’s …

Tags:Hisense| IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

ARM Expands 64-Bit Processing With 50th License

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Demand has been growing for ARM’s 64-bit v8-A processors, the company has said. It has recently signed its 50th licensing agreement to produce chips based on the architecture. The licences, with 27 partners, are …

Tags:Arm| Chips| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Sharp Chooses Metal Mesh for Large-Format Touch

by Super User

Although we missed it at the time, we have heard about several new products demonstrated at Touch Taiwan last month by Sharp. They used metal mesh rather than ITO, a proprietary controller chip and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Metal Mesh| sharp| Touch Taiwan 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

LG Moves Past P-OLED Problems

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LG is obviously deeply committed to OLED TVs, but our first stop on the stand was its OLED smartwatch, the G Watch R. Attracting a lot of attention from consumers, the product is the …

Tags:IFA 2014| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 36| Volume 21

Volfoni Chosen by Asia Cinema

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Volfoni’s Smartcrystal Diamond 3D technology has been installed in the showroom shared by Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures Releasing, at Asia Cinema’s Moscow location. The passive 3D system uses a ‘triple beam’ technology, …

Tags:3D Cinema| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Passive 3D| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

LG Lays Down Gauntlet to Samsung Signage

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LG actually had new products, which was pleasing to see after mostly being presented with older models and upgrades elsewhere in the hall. The first thing we saw was a demonstration of LG’s WebOS …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| LG Electronics (LGE)| Technology Exposed 2014| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Armada Brings RDK to SoC

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A new quad-core SoC, supporting UltraHD, has been developed by Marvell. The Armada 1500 Pro 4K (88DE3214) uses an ARM CPU and a ‘multi-core’ 3D graphics processor. UltraHD content can be played at 60fps, …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| Marvell| SOCs| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Start Menu Makes Reappearance in Threshold Video

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Screenshots and video has appeared that purport to show the Windows 9 technical preview. In a video (http://tinyurl.com/q3fnasy), German website Winfuture demonstrates the new Start menu, which incorporates both the traditional programme list and, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21| Windows