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Next Light Field Streaming Workshop Announced

by Yvette Raikes

The next Streaming Media for Field of Light Displays event will be added to Display Summit in Sterling VA, USA. The SMFoLD workshop will take place on 3rd October followed by the conference on …

US Live OTT Subscribers Happy

by Bob Raikes

A report from The Diffusion Group (TDG) in the US said that the results of its survey of 2,000 US broadband users showed that fewer than 5% of those users were using a live …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 30

India Smartphone Market Readies Itself for Festive Sales

by Bob Raikes

IDC said that 28 million smartphones were shipped to India in Q22017, which was just modest 3.7 % QoQ growth and a “meagre” 1.6% YoY) increase. Just as the market had started to recover …

Tags:IDC| India| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 30

UPS Uses HTC Vive for Training

by Bob Raikes

HTC has done a deal with UPS for its Vive VR technology to be used for training couriers at nine training centres in the US, starting next month (see the video below). Supply chain …

Tags:AR/VR| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Nvidia Becomes Third Largest Fabless Chip Maker

by Bob Raikes

Nvidia went past MediaTek to get into third place in the ranking of fabless IC design companies published by Topology Research (part of TrendForce of Taiwan). Broadcom remained top with Qualcomm just behind. Nvidia …

Vol 24 #30 Product Round-Up

by Milos Pavlovic

EVGA has released the SC17 notebook PC, a new update that uses an Nvidia GTX 1080 GPU along with G-Sync on a 17.3″ UltraHD IPS display. The notebook can support up to 3840 x …

Tags:Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Foxconn CEO Cancels IFA Keynote

by Yvette Raikes

Foxconn CEO Terry Gou has cancelled his keynote appearance at IFA 2017, but says he will be happy to take part next year. He said that the company was working on a “global investment …

Display Week Calls For Papers

by Yvette Raikes

Display Week 2018 is not until 22-25 May 2018 but papers must be submitted by 1st December 2017. The event will be held in Los Angeles and will cover virtual and augmented reality, artificial …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Altspace to Survive?

by Bob Raikes

AltspaceVR said recently that it would be closing down its VR-based social network because of a lack of finance. (AltspaceVR Closing Down on August 3rd) However, the company said: “We’re now deep in discussions …

GFU Surveys Germany Households

by Bob Raikes

The GFU in Germany has conducted a survey of 2,000 households in Germany and found that internet access is now ubiquitous in German homes, with 98% of the respondents having a device with access. …

Noa H10le Wins EISA Award

by Bob Raikes

Croation smartphone maker, Hangar18, with its brand, Noa, has won the EISA award for the “best buy” smartphone for its H10le. The phone uses a 10 core MediaTek Helio X27 processor, running at 2.6 …

Tags:Awards| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 30

Sharp Sues To Lift Gag Order On Hisense Arbitration

by Bob Raikes

The dispute going on between Sharp and Hisense in the US has stepped up with a lawsuit filed by Sharp to lift a gagging order imposed by a Singapore arbitrator that has barred Sharp …