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Foxconn Raises Chinese Investment

by Tom Allen

Foxconn is to deepen its investment in several companies in China, covering industries including handsets, glass and optical lenses. The investments will total $1.65 billion. $1.5 billion of this will go to a subsidiary …

Acer Invests in Chrome

by Tom Allen

Acer has announced a long-life Chromebook: said to be the world’s first lasting up to 14 hours on a single charge. The Chromebook 14 (SDK: CB3-431) has a 14″ display with 1366 x 768 …

Philips Secures Design Awards

by Tom Allen

Philips’ 2016 TVs have been honoured at the Global Design Awards. The 7101 series won both iF and Red Dot Product Awards, while the small-screen 5231 TV won a Red Dot award.

Microsoft Identifies the Future of Windows at Build

by Tom Allen

The Microsoft Build conference was held at the end of March. Although originally a low-key event for developers, the setting has evolved to follow more of an Apple-like vibe, as Microsoft showcases its latest …

NetDragon Result 30/03/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Netdragon, new owner of Promethean, reported Q4 net loss of RMB 124 million ($18.6 million). Turnover for the period was RMB 500 million ($75 million), up 77% YoY. For the full year 2015, net …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Promethean| Vol 23 - Issue 12

US Leads Paid OTT, Europe Drags

by Tom Allen

Parks Associates has said that OTT video use in Western Europe is continuing to grow; 55% of UK broadband households, and 51% of French, watch video online. However, the amount is much higher in …

Ultrasonics Enable Non-ITO Liquid Crystals

by Tom Allen

Ultrasound has been used to replace ITO in LCD displays, by researchers in Japan. ITO is formed using rare metals such as indium. It is not only costly, it is also rigid. The display …

Tags:ITO Replacement| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 12

3D Keeps Twitching

by Tom Allen

Although 3D is largely seen as dead-in-the-water, there does appear to still be some life in the format. In February, the 27th annual Stereoscopic Displays and Applications (SD&A) conference highlighted works by 30 3D …

Acer Brings Laser to Gaming

by Tom Allen

Acer showed off an ultra-short throw laser DLP projector for gaming at CES 2016, where the product – the Predator Z850 – was named as an Innovation Award Honoree. Acer is now bringing it …

Tags:Acer| DLP Projectors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Foxconn Result 31/03/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Foxconn reported 2015 net profit of NT$164.3 billion ($5 billion). Turnover was NT$4.4 trillion (US$136.4 billion). For the first two months of 2016, turnover was NT$618.3 billion ($18.8 billion), down 8.55% YoY.

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Deluxe Delivers UHD Over Public Internet

by Tom Allen

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group says that its MediaCloud platform has been used to broadcast live UltraHD video, at 50fps, between Europe and North America. The broadcast used the public internet and was delivered using …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Foxconn Signs Sharp Deal At Last

by Tom Allen

Foxconn and Sharp have agreed a deal, which will see the Taiwanese firm acquire 66% of the Japanese company. The deal has been valued at ¥389 billion ($3.5 billion) – ¥100 billion ($889 million) …