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Dell Sticks to Original Acquisition Timeframe

by Tom Allen

Michael Dell has told attendees of EMC World that he intends to close the EMC acquisition (Dell Pays $67 Billion for EMC) by mid-July. Other executives, from both firms, echoed his statement at the …

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Amazon Aims at YouTube

by Tom Allen

Amazon has introduced a new service competing with YouTube, called Amazon Video Direct. Videos can be rented or purchased, viewed free with adverts or packaged together and offered as an add-on subscription. Several significant …

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Copaco Signs with Vidi-Touch

by Tom Allen

Copaco is now distributing Vidi-Touch touch displays for digital signage in the Netherlands.

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Asus Expects Mid-Year Rise

by Tom Allen

Asus’ April revenues fell sharply, down 42.4% MoM and 12.7% YoY, to NT$26.1 billion ($799.3 million). Year-to-date revenues were up 3.1% YoY, at NT$136.1 billion ($4.2 billion). The fall was blamed on delayed purchases, …

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Acer Down in April

by Tom Allen

Acer has said that its consolidated revenues fell 42.1% MoM and 11.2% YoY in April. Revenues reached NT$14 billion ($428.8 million), with year-to-date revenues of NT$70.4 billion ($2.2 billion) (down 16.2%).

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Foxconn Slightly Down in April

by Tom Allen

Foxconn’s April revenues were down 5.1% MoM and 8.5% YoY in April, to NT$322.4 billion ($9.9 billion). In the first four months of the year, revenues fell 6.3% to NT$1.3 trillion ($39.8 billion).

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Ateme Drives Live UHD in Spain

by Tom Allen

Ateme’s Titan compression system was used by Spanish public broadcaster RTVE to broadcaster the ‘Parsifal’ opera from Teatro Real last month, in UltraHD. The broadcast used both satellite and terrestrial networks. The signal was …

Augmented Reality Faces Challenges, Says Zervos

by Tom Allen

Harry Zervos, principal analyst with IDTechEx, presented a talk about eyewear. Virtual reality is already popular, he said, and augmented reality is growing in two stages. For now, it is tied to smartphones; the …

FlexEnable: Which Wearable Will Win?

by Tom Allen

We last talked to Paul Cain of FlexEnable at MWC 2016 (FlexEnable Curves an LCD Around the Wrist), and he was presenting at the IDTechEx Show on the topic of ‘Ubiquitous Displays and Sensors’. …

Kazlas: “Quantum Dots Are the Only Path to Rec.2020”

by Tom Allen

Peter Kazlas is director of advanced product development at QD Vision, which produces Color IQ quantum dots; these began to be shipped in early 2013. Color IQ optics use red and green QDs with …

Sony Calls for New Printing Methods

by Tom Allen

Kazumasa Nomoto from Sony covered the topic of TFTs for displays, specifically with regards to flexible and ePaper types. There are three ‘levels’ to flexible displays, which the industry is progressing through (and towards) …

Futaba Aims at Automotive with PM-OLEDs

by Tom Allen

Futaba’s Burkhard Jaeger discussed the expansion of the firm’s flexible PM-OLED range, which are produced for wearables. Futaba entered the OLED market after acquiring TMC in 2011. Futaba PM OLED roadmap – Click for …