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2017 SID Vehicle Displays Exhibition

by Ken Werner

The exhibition at the 2017 Vehicle Displays and Interfaces Sympsium, held Sept. 26 and 27, 2017 in Livonia, Michigan, consisted of 73 tabletops, up from 61 last year. Given the growth of symposium, the …

Worldwide PC Shipments Drop 3.6% in Third Quarter

by Alan Spencer

According to Gartner, worldwide PC shipments reached 67 million units in the third quarter of this year, which is a 3.6% fall from the previous quarter. This is now the 12th consecutive quarter of …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Vol 24 - Issue 38

TCL Communications Sells Off Half of Its Business

by Andrew Fenn

A year after its privatisation and less than a year after its manufacturing deal with BlackBerry, TCL Corp has announced it will sell 49% of its smartphone unit shares to three strategic investors for …

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Detachable Google Pixelbook On the Way?

by Andrew Fenn

Having recently announced the new Pixelbook, a 10mm-thick 2-in-1 tablet-laptop hybrid with a 12.3″ 360° foldable touch screen and on-board Google Assistant, Google has also placed orders for a detachable model, according to Digitimes. …

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Digitimes Research Predicts 2-5% CAGR for LED Production Value

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research has published new figures, estimating that global production value for high-brightness LED chips will grow 2-5% year-on-year between 2018 and 2022. The prediction is based on the industry’s value in 2017, which …

Apple Tours the World in Support of AR

by Norbert Hildebrand

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple has been supporting AR and the release of the ARKit through many CEO interviews with news outlets and analysts around the globe. The latest was with the UK-based Independent …

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No Negatives from LED Li-Fi

by Bob Raikes

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found that using LEDs to transmit data (using either on-off keying or modulating brightness by a small degree) do not have an impact on the use of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Li-Fi| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 24 - Issue 38

New Kindle is Waterproof

by Bob Raikes

Although Amazon didn’t mention the Kindle when it recently updated its Echo line, the company is still developing the eBook range and has updated the top of the range Kindle Oasis. The new version …

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Amazon Working on Wearable Alexa

by Bob Raikes

Amazon is reported by the FT to be working on a version of its Echo devices that would be like a pair of smart glasses and would support the Alexa voice assistant. Amazon wouldn’t …

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Amazon Patent Infringement Case Settled Out of Court

by Andrew Fenn

An ongoing patent infringement case between Amazon.com Inc., Avago Technologies and Broadcom Corp has been settled. Back in September 2016, Broadcom filed a complaint against Amazon, stating that its Fire tablets and TV devices …

Biggest Providers of Smaller Panels Fare Less Well in September

by Yvette Raikes

Hannstar posted September revenue of NT$2.1 billion ($70 million), a drop of 11.7% MoM and 25.7% YoY. The vendor sold 35.92 million small and medium panels, down 14.9% MoM but up 13.2% YoY. Chunghwa …

Taiwanese Companies See Improved September Sales

by Yvette Raikes

Acer reported September revenue of NT$22.36 billion ($740 million), a rise of 11.5% MoM but down 0.8% YoY. This resulted in turnover to date of NT$170.24 billion ($5.6 billion), down 0.5%. IPC maker Advantech …