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VR May Replace Pills in the Future

by Norbert Hildebrand

The Colorado State University has launched the Virtual Reality Initiative to bring VR to their students. In their recent ‘Virtual Reality Hackathon’, William Warren, Vice President and Head of Innovation Programs at Sanofi Pasteur …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Game Charges for PlayStation VR

by Bob Raikes

UK specialist retailer, Game, has upset users by charging £5 ($6) for a ten minute demonstration of the new PlayStation VR headset or £15 ($18) for thirty minutes, although it is refunding fees against …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| PlayStation| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Smartwatch Sales Plummet

by Bob Raikes

IDC said that the worldwide smartwatch market experienced a round of growing pains in Q3 2016, with sales falling 51.6% from Q3 last year at 2.7 million, although the company pointed out that Q3 …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 42

2016 German AV Market Will Top €11 Billion

by Yvette Raikes

VPRT, the German commercial broadcasters’ association, has just published its autumn report with AV media forecasts for 2016. The association believes that AV revenue in Germany will increase by 6.2% to €11.1 billion ($12.1 …

Tags:DOOH| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 42

AT&T Wants to Buy Time Warner for $85 Billion

by Bob Raikes

Image: CNBCAT&T has agreed a deal to acquire Time Warner (which owns HBO, CNN and Warner Brothers, among other businesses). The deal will need the approval of US regulators and is one of the …

TomTom Result 21/10/2016

by Bob Raikes

TomTom was slightly down on sales at €239 million in Q3 from €254 million last year, but gross margins rose to 60%, from 53%, so EBITDA was maintained at €33 million. The company is …

Tags:Financial Data| GPS| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 42

VR firms form Disruptive Reality group

by Bob Raikes

Tanya Laird – CEO of Disruptive RealityA new studio called Disruptive Reality has been formed by Digital Jam Ltd, Revolution Software, Amplified Robot/Medical Realities, Spearhead Interactive and Augusto. Tanya Laird, CEO of Disruptive Reality …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Komsa To Sell Moto and Lenovo

by Bob Raikes

Komsa of Germany has agreed a distribution deal with Lenovo, for its latest lines of Moto smartphones, Yoga tablets and Think notebooks. Komsa showed the Mota products on its booth at IFA. Countries include …

Samsung Looks to LG Chem for Batteries

by Bob Raikes

Reports from Nikkei and the Maeil Business Newspaper suggest that Samsung has approached LG Chem about the supply of batteries for its next range of smartphones, to diversify its supplier base.

Tags:Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Technicolor Result 20/10/2016

by Yvette Raikes

Technicolor reported Q3 turnover of €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion), up 30% from €877 million ($954 million) for the same period last year, resulting in year to date revenue of €3.6 billion ($3.9 billion), a …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Technicolor| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Samsung Stops Note 7 Parodies

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has had a sense of humour failure as well as a battery problem. The company has got some bad press over attempts to stop youTube videos that featured versions of Grand Theft Auto …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 42| warranty

The First 50% of a Web Project….

by Bob Raikes

This week, we introduced a new front end for our website that is intended to make our content easier to read online. The displaydaily.com website has all of our content since mid-2014 when Meko …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 41