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Qualcomm Enhances Mercedes’ Track Performance

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm has entered a multi-year agreement to act as the technology partner of the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team. The companies will work together to develop connected car technologies to enhance Mercedes’ track performance, …

Visionox Follows Samsung in OLED Capacity

by Tom Allen

China’s Visionox began building a G5.5 AMOLED plant in August 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 30). Now, it has told journalists that it will be ready to start mass production in Q2 this …

Apple Prepares to Spring Into Action

by Tom Allen

Invitations have been sent out to an Apple event on 9th March – widely thought to be the launch platform for the Apple Watch, which is set to be shipped in April. Unlike other …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Large-Screen Trend Continues, as Vendors Struggle to Differentiate

by Tom Allen

Smartphones with screens up to 5.6″ will become mainstream this year, says GfK. The prediction follows a spike in sales of larger handsets in 2014, as consumers replaced their older 4″ and 4.5″ smartphones. …

KAIST Keeps Power Draw Low in Eye-Tracking HMD

by Tom Allen

Image credit: NikkeiThe Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a head-mounted display, which combines object recognition, eye-tracking and augmented reality (activated by blinking!). The ‘Smart Glass’ uses a different chip …

ClassFlow is a Stout Player

by Len Scrogan

Imagine the mix of projectors, displays, and BYOD (laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, and smartphones) at play in today’s classrooms. Simply stated, it ain’t your grandfather’s classroom any longer. Now add to this confusing mashup the …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 11

by Tom Allen

Asus‘ Zenfone 2 smartphone, which we saw at CES (Asus Swims Against Current With Mobile Announcements), is now on sale in Taiwan. It will also roll out to China, Hong Kong, Singapore and France …

Barnes & Noble to Split Businesses

by Helen Vince

Barnes & Noble is to separate its education business from its retail and Nook digital units, creating two independent, publicly-traded companies. At the end of last year, Barnes & Noble bought Microsoft’s stake in …

Tags:Barnes & Noble| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Motorola Goes the Custom Design Route

by Tom Allen

Motorola has added its Moto 360 smartwatch to the Moto Maker service. Using Moto Maker, customers can customise their watch with different casings, straps and faces. Photo credit: Wired Analyst Comment This might not …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 10

And Finally… – Vol 22 10

by Tom Allen

Larry Shaw was the first person to celebrate Pi Day, in 1988Maths-lovers, rejoice – you get to live through an event happening just twice every 100 years – as long as you use an …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 10

A Natural Transparent Display

by Tom Allen

Scientists at MIT and Harvard University may have found the ‘key’ to next-generation augmented reality displays – on the shell of a European mollusc. The blue-rayed limpet is a small shellfish living in kelp …

Lytro to Shift to Video and Virtual Reality

by Helen Vince

Lytro, the US-based light field camera company, says it has raised an additional $50 million in a Series C funding round and will use the money to make a strategic change into video and …