Vol 21 – Issue 43 – Page 13

Panasonic Completes 7″ Toughpad Range With Android

by Super User

Panasonic’s 7″ Toughpad range has been completed, with a new Android 4.4.4 model – the Toughpad FZ-B2 – joining existing Windows units. A fanless tablet, the Fz-B2 is IP65-compliant, meets the MIL-STD-810G standard and …

EU Clears Dolby/Doremi Acquisition

by Super User

The European Commission’s antitrust authorities have approved Dolby Laboratories’ proposed acquisition of Doremi Labs. The two companies signed a definitive agreement in February under the terms of which Dolby would acquire Doremi for $92.5 …

Wide Color Gamut Updates from SMPTE 2014

by Super User

Discussion of wide color gamut at the SMPTE Fall Conference mainly centered around the ramifications of the new ITU BT 2020 color gamut. This is a much larger color gamut than rec. 709 (HDTV) …

Comcast Video Losses Slow

by Super User

Comcast lost 81,000 video customers QoQ in Q3’14. The company ended the quarter with 22.3 million video customers, which represented a fall of 155,000 YoY – although this was a 36% improvement on losses …

LG Entertains With TV Tuner

by Super User

LG’s PA1000T (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) is a bright DLP projector, with an LED light source and DVB-T tuner. As well as TV programming, users can share content via WiDi and MHL. …

Amazon Result 29/10/2014

by Super User

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 …

Canatu Recognises CNI as Manufacturing Partner

by Super User

China’s CN Innovations has been qualified by Canatu as a partner for the manufacture of carbon nanobud (CNB) touch sensors. The partnership will target brand OEMs in the mobile and wearable devices; home appliances; …

Ingram Micro Partners With Huawei

by Super User

Huawei’s consumer mobility and telephony products are to be distributed by Ingram Micro in Switzerland.

JDI Demonstrates Small, High-Res Panels

by Super User

Japan Display (JDI) has shown new panels at Display Innovations 2014 in Japan. As well as a small, high-resolution unit, the company showed a panel for automotive applications and an OLED product. Using LTPS …

Samsung Goes After Mid-Range Market

by Super User

Late last month a new line of entry- to mid-range Galaxy smartphones appeared online, called the Galaxy A series. We wrote about them, but Samsung put out an official release just before we went …

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