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Accounting Malpractice Leads to Net Loss for Toshiba

by Helen Vince

Following the July release of an investigation into alleged accounting malpractices (Toshiba CEO Resigns Over Accounting Scandal), Toshiba says it is taking steps to restate past financial results and to finalise its results for …

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NEC, Transtec Extend HPC Partnership

by Helen Vince

NEC Deutschland and Transtec AG have signed a reseller agreement to extend their strategic partnership in high performance computing (HPC). Transtec plans to integrate NEC’s products into its HPC and services portfolio.

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Eizo Dims to 10 cd/m² For ATC Use

by Tom Allen

With a wide dimming range of 10 cd/m² to 650 cd/m², Eizo’s new Raptor monitors are designed for air traffic control (ATC) applications. The low and high brightness levels especially suit the monitors’ use …

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TCL Result 20/08/2015

by Helen Vince

TCL Corporation has released its interim results, reporting turnover in the first six months of the year of $7.3 billion, up 6.6% from the first half of 2014, and net profit of $253 million, …

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Chinese Tablet Supply Chain Shifts

by Tom Allen

Chinese tablet supply chain makers have been shifting production to other applications, according to ET Mag‘s sources. In light of falling orders from Chinese white box tablet vendors, companies have been moving to smartphones, …

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Philips Ends Sahara NL Partnership

by Helen Vince

Sahara in the Netherlands (not related to Sahara in the UK) is no longer offering Philips’ digital signage products.

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Lenovo’s Zuk Brand Shows Transparent Prototype

by Tom Allen

Lenovo’s online-only brand, Zuk, showed a prototype of a transparent smartphone at the launch of its Z1 phone in China (Lenovo’s Z1 Features Full-Speed USB). A video, from Vidibyte Gadget Focus, has now been …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Transparent Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Oculus Will Focus on the Virtual Reality Market

by Norbert Hildebrand

Wired magazine has released an interview with Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, in which he states that Oculus will focus in the immediate future on Virtual Reality (VR) rather than Augmented Reality (AR). This distinction …

Google Spins Off Niantic Labs

by Norbert Hildebrand

Google is spinning off its Niantic Labs activity, responsible for the augmented reality game Ingress and a location based mobile app. Ingress is a very successful augmented reality game, which has been downloaded more …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Game Playing| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Apple Watch Dominates With 68% Share

by Tom Allen

US research firm Tractica has predicted that 16.7 million Apple Watches will be shipped this year, out of a total market of 24.4 million smartwatches. The figure represents a 68.4% market share. Research director …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 33| Wearable Market

3D Expanding to New Markets

by Tom Allen

According to a report by Frost & Sullivan, 3D displays are set to become ‘a game changer’ in the smartphone, tablet and laptop markets. 3D technology is to have a strong impact on ‘mega …

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Samsung Improves AMOLED Yet Again

by Tom Allen

The Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+ are Samsung’s newest flagship phones (Samsung Beats Apple to Flagship Punch), and feature the company’s latest version of OLED technology. Ray Soneira of DisplayMate has analysed the …