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Tsinghua Eyeing MediaTek?

by Milos Pavlovic

The chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup, a state-backed Chinese technology company, has said it may be interested in a tie up with Mediatek, if rules on investment from China into Taiwanese chip companies were changed. …

Giantplus Buys 4G Fab from CPT

by Milos Pavlovic

GiantPlus of Taiwan has bought a 4G production line from its parent company, Chunghwa Picture Tube (CPT) to further develop its specialty display products sales. The capacity of the fab is 60K 680 x …

Acer Re-vamping Smartphones

by Milos Pavlovic

Acer is re-aligning its smartphone strategy to look for revenues and profit rather than share and will de-emphasise developing regions, which are already seeing fierce competition and weak demand in some, according to Taiwanese …

Tags:Acer| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 44

BT TV adds 106K TV Users

by Milos Pavlovic

BT in the UK said that it has added 106,000 TV subscribers in Q3 2015, its best ever growth, bringing its TV customer base to 1.3 million. The company highlighted the BT Sport Europe …

Tags:BT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 22 - Issue 44

PEW Releases Technical Device Ownership Data

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a new survey, the PEW Research Center released the latest data on technical device ownership in the USA. The survey was taken in the March / April and June / July 2015 time …

Nanoco Gets Analyst Support

by Tom Allen

According to the Financial Times, Nanoco’s QD factory in South Korea – built with Dow Chemical – has not yet started production, as was stated in Nanoco’s preliminary financial results last month (Nanoco Doubles …

Samsung Could Re-enter Car Market

by Tom Allen

Data compiled by Thomson Reuters IP & Science shows that Samsung is making a concerted, if late, push into the automotive market. Samsung produced its own cars as Samsung Motors until 2000, when it …

Tablets Fall Again in Q3

by Tom Allen

Q3 was the fourth consecutive quarter of falling worldwide tablet shipments, says IDC. Despite signs of a slight seasonal improvement, shipments slipped 12.6% YoY to 48.7 million units. Many mature markets, such as North …

STMicroelectronics Result 02/11/2015

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

STMicroelectronics reported Q3 net profit of $90 million, a 25% increase YoY and a massive 157% increase QoQ. Turnover was reported at $1.76 billion, down 6.5% YoY, sequentially remaining flat. Gross margin was reported …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STMicroelectronics| Vol 22 - Issue 44

3D Printing of Optical Components with Glass

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Additive Manufacturing (AM), better known as 3D printing, has taken off since a patent on the topic was issued in 1984 to Charles Hull who used a photo-crosslinkable polymer material. Most current 3D printing …

Big Apple Buddy Brings Band to Britain

by Tom Allen

Customers in the UK can now purchase Microsoft’s Band 2 (Microsoft Announces New Phone, Band, Tablet and Laptop in New York) – despite it not being officially launched there until late November. A company …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 44| Wearables

Virtual Reality Across Europe

by Tom Allen

A hands-on session on virtual reality will be held at the 3IT centre in Berlin on the 16th November, at 3pm. Presentations will cover many topics, including live streaming to VR glasses; 360° production …