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Samsung Completes Qualification of 8nm LPP Process

by Bob Raikes

Samsung said that it has now fully qualified its 8-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology, called 8LPP (Low Power Plus), three months ahead of its plan. The process is said to have 10% lower power …

Technology Brands Come Out on Top on UK Brand Loyalty Index

by Andrew Fenn

Consumer engagement firm Sodexo has released the UK’s first Brand Loyalty Index, containing data researched by Atomik. 7,000 consumers were surveyed on a range of brands including supermarkets, mobile phone networks, telephone and broadband …

New Technologies Will Drive ICT Spending

by Bob Raikes

IDC said that it expects spending on ICT to grow at twice the rate of GDP because of increase in spending on the IoT, robotics, AR & VR and cognitive computing and AI. Total …

Luna Display Set for iMac Second Screen

by Bob Raikes

Luna Display is a Kickstarter project to develop a dongle for Apple Macs that allows an iPad to be used as a secondary display. The dongle can go in a USB Type-C or DisplayPort …

ZTE Adds Dual Screen Phone

by Bob Raikes

ZTE has launched an unusual device, the Axon M which has dual 5.2″ IPS LCDs, each with FullHD, making an overall 6.9″ 1920 x 2160 resolution display. The screens are protected by Gorilla Glass …

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Sky to Increase Investment in UHD Content

by Andrew Fenn

Digital TV Europe reports that Sky has delivered more news to attendees at MIPCOM, this time from Managing Director of Content, Gary Davey. Davey outlined the company’s plans to increase its investment in Ultra …

Pluto TV Gets $5 Million Funding From Samsung

by Alan Spencer

Pluto TV has announced it has received $5 million in funding from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, with participation from other investors totalling $8.3 million. Pluto will use the funding to further expand products, content …

Misco UK Fails

by Bob Raikes

UK distributor, Misco, has gone into administration (equivalent of the US Chapter 11) after a late attempt to sell the company to PCM of the US failed. The company was the subject of a …

ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Launch the 7TV Free OTT Service

by Alan Spencer

ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications in Germany, have launched a joint streaming service under the brand 7TV, and the new free-of-charge OTT platform, is open for further partners. The content and the app from ProSiebenSat.1, …

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Soitec Makes LED Breakthrough

by Bob Raikes

One of the challenges of making LEDs and, in particular, microLEDs, is to keep them consistent, even though the structures of red, green and blue LEDs are usually different, with blue based on Indium …

Gartner Expects Device Growth in 2018

by Bob Raikes

Gartner has revised its forecast for device shipments and now expects device markets to grow by 2.0% in 2018, an improvement over the last two years. The company quoted its online end-user survey as …

Xiaomi Aiming for 90 Million Smartphone Shipments in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Xiaomi has another target that it wants to achieve before the year is out. Following a statement earlier this month that Xiaomi is aiming to ship 30 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, CEO …

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