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Interbrand Releases Top 100 Most Valuable Brands Report

by Andrew Fenn

Interbrand has released its latest brand value estimations, with Apple leading the pack, valued at over $184 billion dollars. Other high achievers are Facebook, which has grown in value by 48% and Amazon which …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Shares - Brands| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Samsung and SK Telecom Successfully Trial 4G and 5G Interworking

by Alan Spencer

Samsung Electronics and SK Telecom have successfully completed what is claimed to be the world’s first 4G LTE and 5G end-to-end network interworking trial in a real outdoor environment in Seoul. To enable interworking …

Tags:Korea| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Apple Watch May Struggle with LTE

by Bob Raikes

A blog post by IHS has pointed out that the new Apple Watch with integrated LTE connectivity, while clever in including the needed antenna within a slim form factor, may struggle in some areas …

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Lithium-Sulphur Battery Technology from Fraunhofer

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Four Fraunhofer Institutes, led by Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (Fraunhofer IWS), have recently completed a three year research project on lithium-sulphur (Li-S) batteries. The lithium-sulphur technology is said to be potentially …

Tags:Batteries| Fraunhofer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Tivo Sees Big Interest in its Voice Technology

by Bob Raikes

After the takeover of Tivo by Rovi and the change of name to Tivo, the company remains a supplier of ‘entertainment discovery solutions’. In the past, Rovi impressed us with the quality of its …

BBC Updates on HLG Status

by Bob Raikes

Andrew Cotton from the BBC’s R&D department is one of the developers of the HLG EOTF and gave an update on the development of support for the technology as one of SES’s excellent technical …

System Plus Releases Analysis Report on LG Automotive Display

by Andrew Fenn

System Plus Consulting has released a new report analysing the LG LA080WV3 8″ in-car touch display and taking an in-depth look at why LG Display is one of the driving forces in the automotive …

USB 3.2 Announced

by Bob Raikes

USB 3.2 has now been published by the USB 3.0 Promoter Group. The new standard can deliver double the throughput of USB 3.1, by using dual lanes. Both source and devices need to support …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Render of Samsung Windows Mixed Reality Headset Leaked on Twitter

by Andrew Fenn

Images have surfaced on Twitter of a Samsung VR headset displaying the Windows Mixed Reality symbol. Infamous technological whistle-blower @WalkingCat leaked the images out into the wild earlier this week, but elected not to …

Thinfilm NFC Scanner App Released for iOS

by Andrew Fenn

With the release of iOS 11, Apple has extended the range of the iPhone’s near-field communication capabilities. A platform previously reserved for Apple Pay, near-field communication can now be used to deliver digital experiences …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| NFC| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Qualcomm Extends Offer for NXP

by Bob Raikes

Frankly, the deal was done so long ago that it had slipped our minds, but now Qualcomm has extended its offer to buy NXP, a deal that was due to be concluded by Oct …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 24 - Issue 36

OLED Partnership for Idemitsu Kosan and Toray

by Andrew Fenn

Japanese OLED manufacturer Idemitsu Kosan will add Toray Industries to its ever-growing list of partners in the co-development of OLED materials. Idemitsu Kosan had previously stated its intention to expand its production capacity by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Vol 24 - Issue 36