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Adversign Claims 21.5″ is ‘Tablet’

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Germany’s Adversign has developed a ‘tablet’ for small signage applications. We use quote marks because the product is a bit bigger than your normal handheld… Adversign argues that consumers are used to seeing and …

TI Power Chip for Wearables is Wireless

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Texas Instruments (TI) has announced a number of devices addressing the power requirements of mobile and wearable devices. As nice as some of these new gadgets are, they still need power to run. The …

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HP Minimises Storage to Lower Cost

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The HP Stream 7 and Stream 8 are new 7″ and 8″ tablet PCs with full cloud connectivity. While local storage is minimal (32GB, expandable with micro-SD), each has access to 1TB of Microsoft …

Steady Chinese Panel Shipments Expected in Q4

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Chinese TV vendors will place steady panel orders in Q4, say Asian sources. UltraHD TV sales in the country are regular and vendors will be stocking up for the Chinese New Year in Q1’15, …

Core-M Arrives on Lenovo’s Yoga Lineup

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Intel’s latest chip series, the Core-M line (previously known as Broadwell-Y, Display Monitor Vol 21 No 1), is designed to make convertible laptops thinner and lighter. Lenovo’s 13.3″ Thinkpad Yoga 3 is one of …

Microsoft Bypasses Text-Entry Problems

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Microsoft Research is trying to get round the problem of text entry on the tiny touchscreens found on smartwatches. It described the problem by explaining that, on a 1.6″ screen, a keyboard with 10 …

Apple Result 21/10/2014

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Apple has reported its fourth quarter and full year results, recording a net profit of $8.5 billion on turnover of $42.1 billion, which compares with a net profit of $7.5 billion on turnover of …

Ocean Enables WiFi Campaigns Across Portfolio

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Ocean Outdoor’s new Ocean Labs division has rolled out Wi-Fi across Ocean’s DOOH locations so that users can connect to exclusive content. Brands operating on Ocean’s sites can now leverage Wi-Fi campaigns as needed. …

LG: LCDs Produce Three Times More Blue Than OLEDs

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The Korean Photonics Technology Institute and LG Display have conducted a study on the output of blue light from different types of displays. Blue light in the 380-450nm wavelengths, such as that from most …

John Lewis Eyeing VR Technology

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The head of John Lewis’s online marketing, Lloyd Page, has said that the retailer is considering using virtual reality technology such as the Oculus Rift to enhance shoppers’ in-store experience. Speaking at a recent …

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Microsoft Smartwatch Expected ‘Within Weeks’

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Forbes claims that Microsoft is preparing to launch a smartwatch, which could be available ‘within the next few weeks’. Sources close to the project have told Forbes that the watch will track heartrate and …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Amazon Result 29/10/2014

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Amazon.com Inc. reported a net loss in the third quarter of the year of $437 million, compared with a net loss in Q3 of last year of $41 million. Turnover for the quarter increased …