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UK ATM Blown Up in Attempted Robbery

by Andrew Fenn

An ATM outside a Matalan store in Darlington, UK was blown up last week in an attempted robbery. However, the thieves clearly overestimated the size of explosion required, creating a blast that could be …

Tags:ATMs| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Kyocera Gets Profit Boost

by Yvette Raikes

Kyocera Corporation announced Q2 net profits of ¥26.4 billion ($233 million), up 41% from ¥18.7 billion ($165 million) a year ago, on sales which rose 18% to ¥393.2 billion ($3.5 billion) from ¥333.3 billion …

Tags:Financial Data| Kyocera| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Pimax 8K Headset Beats Oculus Rift Kickstarter Record

by Andrew Fenn

Pimax’s 8K virtual reality headset has now raised $3.22 million on Kickstarter from 4,955 backers—surpassing Oculus Rift’s previous record of $2.44 million—with four days to go. The Kickstarter campaigns for Pimax’s 8K headset and …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Praxair to Supply Nitrogen to Samsung OLED Facility

by Andrew Fenn

Long-term Samsung partner Praxair, an industrial gas supplier from the US, has signed a new agreement to construct and operate an air separation plant that will supply 700 tonnes of nitrogen per day to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 41

IDC Looks at China’s eTailer Trends for Devices in 2017

by Bob Raikes

IDC released some data on the eTailer market in China. We have included a couple of charts, but if you are interested in printers, PCs and other categories, including VR and tablets, it’s worth …

Innolux Sees Strong Q3

by Yvette Raikes

Innolux saw Q3 net profits of NT$8.8 billion ($290 million), up from NT$3.1 billion ($101 million) a year ago, on turnover which rose to NT$79.5 billion ($2.6 billion) from NT$74.5 billion ($2.5 billion). For …

Tags:Financial Data| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

AU Optronics “Guardedly Optimistic” Going Into Q4

by Andrew Fenn

LCD panel-maker AU Optronics (AUO) is “guardedly optimistic” as it moves into the fourth quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes. Digitimes quotes AUO chairman Paul Peng as saying that the panel industry is stable …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

AOT Offering Mini-LEDs for BLUs

by Bob Raikes

Local sources say that Taiwan-based Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Inc said in its investor conference that it planned to develop mini LEDs for backlighting in TVs. Although the technology is likely to be more expensive …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Court Overturns Vodafone/Ziggo Approval

by Bob Raikes

The EU’s General Court has overturned the approval of the merger between Vodafone and Ziggo in the Netherlands, after an appeal by KPN. (Reuters: EC Will Approve Vodafone/Liberty Deal) The European Commission had approved …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vodafone| Vol 24 - Issue 41

What’s Bubbling Up in the Ed Market?

by Len Scrogan

What are the late-breaking developments in educational tech? Which innovations are trending in the near term? What is expected to surge and scale in schools? And which innovations promise to swell over the long …

Tags:Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Zwim Developing HUD for Swimmers

by Bob Raikes

Zwim from South Korea has developed a pair of goggles for swimmers and with an integrated HUD. The group has started an Indiegogo project and had raise $12,400 from a goal of $20,000 when …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 24 - Issue 41

A Mixed Week for OLED

by Bob Raikes

OLEDs, and, in particular, OLED TV took up a fair amount of my time this week, as I attended the LG OLED Day (which was nearly all about TV) in Munich and spent some …