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Passport is Only Blackberry’s First Phone

by Super User

After the launch of the square-shaped Blackberry Passport, the Canadian company has said that it already has another unusual device under development. Blackberry will look to introduce at least one unconventional device each year. …

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Gestures Detected Through GSM Reflections

by Super User

A research project at the University of Washington, called Sideswipe, demonstrates a way to control smartphones through gestures – without adding power-hungry components. Some smartphones today use cameras for 3D gesture sensing. However, they …

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Barco to Sell Defence & Aerospace Unit to Esterline

by Super User

Barco confirmed this week that it has reached an agreement with US-based aerospace and defence group Esterline Corporation to sell its Defence & Aerospace division. The sale, which covers both shares and assets, is …

LED Brings American Football to the BIG Screen

by Super User

Bigger is better, as they say in the USA – and the owners of the Tannery Row Ale House in Buford, Georgia appear to have taken it to heart. The recently-installed digital display is …

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Jasper Suggests 4K Projectors for Home Theatre

by Super User

The German publication Elektronik Praxis reports that Kenneth Tai, Chairman of Jasper Display, has pushed the idea of creating UltraHD home theatre projection solutions based on a new UltraHD LCOS chip which the company …

EC to Investigate Apple

by Super User

The European Commission has concluded a preliminary investigation into Apple’s tax affairs in Ireland and concluded that the company benefited from unlawful state aid, following allegations of ‘special deals’ agreed with Irish authorities. The …

Gel Film Transistor Speeds Flexible Electronics

by Super User

Yang Yang, a researcher at UCLA, and colleagues claim to have developed an ‘inexpensive and simple way’ to produce transparent, flexible transistors. Transistors are generally produced using a multi-step photolithography process (printing a pattern …

Rumour: Nexus 6 Will be First With Android L

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9to5Google claims that the rumoured Nexus 6 smartphone will be launched this month, alongside the HTC-produced Nexus 9 tablet (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26). The website claims that an alternative name for the …

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Changhong to Close PDP Business?

by Super User

Changhong Electric, the last significant manufacturer of plasma display panels for TV use, continued to halt trading in its stock this week, leading to speculation that the company may finally have decided to end …

OVAB Signs Agreement With Club de Digital Media

by Super User

France’s Club de Digital Media and Germany’s OVAB Europe have agreed to work together, to standardise the collection of industry data. As well as collecting and presenting information on the European signage industry, the …

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LG Will Leave Plasma in 2014 – But a Market Still Exists

by Super User

LG has told Pocket Lint that it will end plasma TV production this year – but still believes that there is a market for the technology. According to Pocket Lint, LG said that the …

OLED Breakthroughs

by Super User

Unusually, we lead this week with a technical story. However, the breakthrough in blue lifetime could be significant indeed. It was 2003 when we reported two talks by David Fyfe of CDT, one of …