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by Bob Raikes
One of our lead stories this week is about Black Friday. We first used the phrase “Black Friday” in the newsletter in 1997 in the context of a sales day after Thanksgiving. Interestingly, our …
Tags:Black Friday| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48
by Raverstead
Los Angeles-based start-up uBeam, has secured $10 million in Series A funding to take its wireless charging system to market. The technology has been in development for three years by company founder, Meredith Perry, …
Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 44| Wireless Charging
by Raverstead
We have reported before on the CastAR headset from Technical Illusions and its successful Kickstarter campaign. Now Venture Beat reports on an interview with Jeri Ellsworth on the status of the CastAR headset prototype. …
Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 47
by Raverstead
Just after we reported on the use of Intel processors for the second generation Google Glass device, Intel announced that it has entered into a multi-year collaboration on wearable tech with the Luxottica Group. …
Tags:Eyewear| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 49
by Raverstead
Motive Television’s Tablet TV product (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 46) is now available for pre-order in the UK. Pre-orders can be placed at www.tablettv.co.uk. The Tablet TV mains tuner costs £55 ($85) and …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 21 - Issue 49
by Raverstead
In June this year, Advantech announced a rugged tablet PC called the PWS-870. The unit has now been launched. It is a 10.1″ model designed for field services markets, with an optional sunlight-readable display …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor
by Raverstead
Kumar Chinnaswamy, general manager of wireless charging at Intel Experiences Group, has said that smartphones using wireless charging solutions from Intel will be available early next year. The technology is also forecast to reach …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor
by Raverstead
Since 2012, Display Central has published roughly 60 articles that discuss the Oculus Rift. I’ve reviewed most of them and not one of them mentions the terrible image quality produced by the head mounted …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Opinion
by Raverstead
UK consumers will spend £42.4 billion ($66.8 billion) in December this year, according to Deloitte. The figure represents a rise of £1.5 billion ($2.4 billion) on 2013. Online sales will represent 13% of total …
Tags:CE (Consumer Electronics) Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 47
by Raverstead
Intel has introduced four new Core M chips, which are faster than the original devices from IFA (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36). The news comes from CPU World, which claims that the chips …
Tags:Chips| CPUs| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 44
by Raverstead
Work on a new supercapacitor has led a South Dakota State University researcher to develop a new plasma technology that will streamline display screen production. Qi Hua Fan was working on a less-expensive supercapacitor …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vapour Deposition| Vol 21 - Issue 47
by Raverstead
Brian David Johnson of Intel was the next speaker (Intel is a Diamond Sponsor for the Fujitsu Forum event). Johnson is a futurist and principal engineer and his topic is “How to design the …
Tags:Fujitsu Forum 2014| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 46
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