Vol 22 – Issue 24 – Page 9

Optoma Brings Middle East to Milan

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeA VR underwater landscape, set in the Arabian Sea, and a projection of a Middle Eastern kitchen were created by LM Productions for the Milan Expo (1st May – 31st October). The …

German Companies Co-operate for T2 Rollout

by Tom Allen

Several German companies have organised a joint initiative for the introduction of the DVB-T2 platform in the country. Public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, with commercial broadcasters RTL and ProSieben Sat.1, industry association VPRT and …

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Samsung Debuts Mirror and Transparent OLEDs

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s past virtual fitting room applications have used LCD screens and cameras Samsung Display has shown off new OLED panels at Retail Asia Expo 2015 (RAE), which it says are the world’s first-such transparent …

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Vukunet is NEC Success Story

by Tom Allen

NEC’s Vukunet ad serving platform has achieved more than 1.8 billion ad impressions – in 100,000 locations – since it was launched.

Nvidia Patent Shows HMD With Own GPU

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeNvidia has filed a patent for a VR headset, with its own CPU, GPU and storage built in. The unit will use six cameras – two forward, two down and two to …

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TD Maverick Expands Philips Portfolio

by Helen Vince

TD Maverick in Germany has expanded its partnership with Philips Professional Displays and will now be offering Philips’ entire digital signage portfolio. This includes video wall displays, touch and LED displays, high brightness and …

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Sony Skimps on Storage

by Tom Allen

Website XperiaBlog has found that Sony’s M4 Xperia Aqua (Sony Improves the Look of its Waterproof Devices) is supplied with just 1.2GB of usable storage. The phone has 8GB of storage built in, but …

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Samsung Ruggedises S6 Flagship

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s Galaxy Active line-up is expanding with the Galaxy S6 Active smartphone: an iteration on its current flagship. Built with rugged use in mind, the S6 Active is housed in an IP68-compliant housing. It …

Asustek Sees First Profit from Smartphones

by Helen Vince

Asustek Computer shipped over 1.5 million smartphones in May, generating a profit for the company for the first time, and says it expects shipments to exceed two million in June. The company reported sales …

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New LCD Lines for Innolux

by Tom Allen

Innolux president JC Wang has said that the company will construct new G8.6 LCD facilties, entering mass production in Q3’15. Monthly capacity is expected to be 40,000 glass substrates. Panels sized from 40″ – …

BLU Makers Have Mixed Fortunes in May

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s main backlight unit (BLU) makers, Radiant Opto-Electronics and Coretronic, reported mixed results in May. Radiant Opto’s sales for the month fell 8.3% sequentially to NT$2.9 billion ($93.7 million), just 0.8% higher than April. …

Wistron Expects Q2 Notebook Decline

by Helen Vince

Wistron shipped 1.3 million notebooks in May, 7.1% lower than April and the company says it expects its second quarter notebook shipments to suffer a sequential decline, having originally forecast up to 5% growth. …

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