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Hisense Enters F1

by Tom Allen

Hisense has entered into a sponsorship deal with the F1 Infiniti Red Bull Racing team. The company hopes that awareness of its product launches and UK presence will be increased with the move.

Tags:Back Panel| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Google Looks to Radars as Camera Replacement

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeA new sensor, called Project Soli, which can be used to accurately track tiny hand movements has been shown off at Google I/O. The chip, for wearables, differs from other motion trackers …

Google Shows Off Android M

by Tom Allen

Android M, the next version of the popular OS, has been announced at Google I/O. Google has focused on improving the quality of the platform. However, new features have also been added, which include …

Tags:Android| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Apple Buys VR Start-Up

by Helen Vince

Apple is reported to have acquired German virtual reality start-up Metaio. The company currently makes a number of SDKs and toolkits that help to create augmented reality apps and has created a holodeck-style game …

Intel to Buy Altera for $16.7 Billion

by Helen Vince

Intel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Altera in an all-cash transaction which values the deal at $16.7 billion. This is the second major semiconductor acquisition in days, following the sale of Broadcom …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Educational 3D Bits and Bytes

by Len Scrogan

It seems there is no let up in the rain here in Colorado during our ‘monsoon’ season, but at least the landscape is in full bloom with beautiful hues of green. Events and developments …

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 27

by Tom Allen

“There’s nothing on!” – it’s a common complaint. But how many times did you stop and think about your poor pooch, sitting there as you veg out on re-runs of Gossip Girl for the …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Portugal| Vol 22 - Issue 27

LG Tests OLED – with a Hammer

by Tom Allen

LG Chemical has demonstrated the ruggedness of its flexible OLED displays by putting them under the hammer – and we don’t mean at an auction. Watch the video at http://tinyurl.com/qcnuwzh.

Everdisplay Unveils 8″ AMOLED

by Tom Allen

Everdisplay showed prototypes of an 8″ AMOLED panel for the automotive market at CES Asia last month. Credit: OLED-Info Little information is currently available. However, Everdisplay did say that the panel has 1920 x …

Tags:AMOLED| Automotive| Everdisplay| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Google is Committed to Cardboard. Really.

by Tom Allen

Google Cardboard (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26) was presumed to be a simple marketing stunt. Google, however, appears to be taking the device seriously – enough that the company has released a second …

Tags:Google| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 23| Wearables

Windows 10 Will ‘Stabilise’ PC Market

by Tom Allen

2015 will be the fourth consecutive year of declining PC shipments, says IDC, with a 6.2% fall forecast. The market continues to struggle, with competition from tablets and smartphones and generally low demand. While …

Cellular Devices Buck Falling Tablet Trend

by Tom Allen

That cellular connectivity will be a growth driver for tablets and hybrid devices in the future, is the main take-away from both IDC and Gartner’s new data set releases. IDC believes that worldwide tablet …