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Many Brands Honoured in EISAs

by Tom Allen

The winners of the 2016-2017 EISA Awards have been announced, ahead of IFA 2016. Most of the major CE brands took a prize. Panasonic’s 65DX900E took Home Theatre TV; LG’s 65″ G6 OLED TV …

Asus Takes Workers From Tablets for VR/AR

by Tom Allen

Asus’s CEO, Jerry Shen, has said that the company is accelerating the development of its robotics and VR businesses, to counter the continued weakness of its PC and tablet arms. “We have been reallocating …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Vuforia Upgraded to V6

by Isaac Oburu

PTC has announced that the newest version of its AR platform, Vuforia 6, is available. Vuforia 6 is the first software with VuMark, which makes it possible to attach AR to any product or …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Speaker Slots Still Open for Immersed 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Immersed 2016 is an event for professionals working with technologies in VR, AR and stereoscopic 3D. It will take place on 16-18 October at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, Canada. There is limited …

From Ascot to Wakes Week on the Glorious 12th

by Bob Raikes

We have a short issue for you this week as we hit the depths of what is known in the UK press as the ‘silly season’, based on the time when parliament and law …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Vol 23 - Issue 31

China Clears Way for Foxconn/Sharp Deal

by Tom Allen

The Sharp/Foxconn merger has been approved by China’s anti-monopoly authorities, completing the final stage of regulatory reviews in the $3.8 billion deal. Foxconn said in a statement that it and Sharp ‘will now move …

Lenovo Teases Flexible Devices for IFA

by Tom Allen

A teaser for Lenovo’s IFA 2016 presence talks about new tablets and new modules for the Moto Z smartphone – and clearly shows flexible displays. As well as “a new chapter in tablets”, the …

Tags:Flexible Displays| IFA 2016| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 32

DIGILITY16 to be Held in Germany

by Isaac Oburu

Digility, an event focusing on VR, AR, wearable computing, hardware and software, 360° imaging and artificial intelligence, will take place from 22-23 September 2016 in Cologne, Germany. It will run alongside the Photokina show. …

Acer Result 11/08/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Acer reported Q2 2016 net profit of NT$538 million ($16.7 million), up from NT$ 46 million ($1.4 million) in the previous quarter. Turnover was NT$56.1 billion ($1.7 billion), down marginally from the previous quarter. …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Compal Positive About the Future

by Tom Allen

Compal’s revenues fell 18.5% MoM and 5.3% YoY in July, to NT$56.9 billion ($1.8 billion). Year-to-date revenues were down 11.1% at NT$406.5 billion ($13 billion). The company shipped 2.4 million notebooks in July and …

Tags:Compal| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Visionect Updates Museum Labels

by Tom Allen

Electronic paper company Visionect has developed an electronic label for museum exhibits, called the Amlabel Digital Gallery Display. The first museum to trial the device is the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. The …

Meizu Slants to High-End in Low-Cost M Series

by Tom Allen

China’s Meizu has launched a new device in its M series targeting young professionals. Because of this, the M3E is geared more towards the high end than other products in the range. The focus …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 31