Vol 21 – Issue 44 – Page 2

uBeam Secures $10 Million Funding

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, …

KPN Loses DTT Subscribers

by Raverstead

KPN’s DTT platform in the Netherlands, Digitenne, is believed to have dropped below 500,000 subscribers. In KPN’s recent results, the Digitenne figure came under the heading ‘Other TV homes’ (508,000), which also included analogue …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| Terrestrial (DTT)| TV Reception| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Ziggo Maintains Market Share

by Raverstead

Dutch cable provider Ziggo had a market share of 62.5% in Q3’13. While the company’s total TV customers dropped by 18,000, to 2.76 million, the total homes passed in the Netherlands also fell. Because …

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Crocus Senses Flexing

by Raverstead

Crocus Technology, based in Switzerland, has developed a sensor solution for flexible displays, built on its Magnetic Logic Unit (MLU) technology. MLU is a CMOS-based architecture using magnetic fields. The new solution can detect …

BenQ Prompts Workers to Take a Break

by Raverstead

The BL2700HT 27″ LCD monitor from BenQ is suited for office use. As well as flicker-free and low blue light technologies, the unit will remind users to take a break at predefined intervals, through …

G Flex Mini’ Spotted in Factory Visit

by Raverstead

A journalist from Israeli website YNet recently visited LG’s phone factory in Korea, and appears to have spotted an unannounced model. The reporter wrote that it “seems like the G Flex…only smaller”. LG did …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 44

NEC Result 05/11/2014

by Raverstead

NEC Corporation returned to profit in the second quarter of its current fiscal year, reporting a net profit of ¥22.6 billion ($196.6 million), which compares with a net loss in the same period a …

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SEMCA Names Interim USA President

by Raverstead

Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America (SEMCA) has announced the appointment of Jim Sanduski as interim president, following the sudden departure of John Herrington, who had been president of SEMCA for more than four …

UK Retailers are Positive About Christmas

by Raverstead

A survey of 300 UK retailers by Barclays has revealed that almost 70% believe that the Christmas trading period this year will be better than last year’s. This compares to 52% who felt the …

Signagelive Wins Lithuanian Contract

by Raverstead

Lithuania’s AB ‘Citadele’ bankas has deployed Samsung’s Smart Signage platform, using Signagelive’s SoC software. It is the country’s first financial institution to deploy the product. Signage has been installed in waiting areas in every …

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Dynamic Focus on 42″ LCD Public Displays – Vol 21 Issue 44

by Raverstead

This week we are highlighting Public Displays in the 40″ and 42″ Full HD LCD category with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are eight brands featured in the advertising. NEC Displays is at the …

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First Stages of EPEAT Revision Detailed by GEC

by Raverstead

The Green Electronics Council has released a 17-page report on its consulations as part of a plan to improve the EPEAT standard and develop a new EPEAT 2.0. Find it at http://tinyurl.com/mwjgzlq.

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