Vol 22 – Issue 41 – Page 4

The OLED Now Arriving at the Gate is Delayed

by Bob Raikes

I’m writing today’s Display Daily on an aeroplane as I fly to a press event put on by Sharp. The event is in Malta – a pleasant place to be for such an event, …

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JCDecaux Promises 1,000 New Screens

by Tom Allen

JCDecaux has announced plans for a massive rollout of large-format displays across London. The London Digital Network (LDN) will consist of 1,000 84″ screens in bus shelters across the capital’s busiest retail zones. The …

Korea Offers Tax Benefits as OLED Incentive

by Tom Allen

The Korean government plans to expand the country’s leadership in OLEDs, in an effort to stay ahead of competitors in China and Japan. LG Display CEO Han Sang-Beom, seen here at IFA 2015, said …

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FlexEnable’s Semiconductor Enables Uniform Plastic FPDs

by Tom Allen

FlexEnable, working with the UK government and other partners, has developed a proof-of-concept plastic LCD display. The project is known as PORSCHED (Printable Organic Semiconductors for Highly Enhanced Displays). FlexEnable worked on it with …

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Mobile Banking Will Double by 2020

by Tom Allen

According to Juniper Research, more than 1 billion people will use their smartphones for mobile banking this year. The global user base is expected to double, to 2 billion, by 2020 – representing 37% …

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Applied Materials Advances Flexible OLED Manufacture

by Tom Allen

Applied Materials has shown two new systems that enable volume production of high-resolution, thin and lightweight flexible OLED displays, for mobile devices and TVs. The Applied AKT-20K and AKT-40K are plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition …

New Smartphone Challenger Has Fizz

by Tom Allen

A new challenger has entered the (smartphone) arena – and it’s one that we weren’t expecting. In the coming months, Pepsi will launch a line of self-branded phones and accessories in China. The first, …

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Dell Pays $67 Billion for EMC

by Tom Allen

Dell has signed a deal to acquire data storage company EMC, for $67 billion. With the acquisition, Dell will diversify its portfolio away from the PC market and towards data storage for enterprise users. …

Asus Takes More Panels From Tianma

by Tom Allen

According to Asian news sources, Tianma Optoelectronics is expected to become the main panel supplier for new notebooks from Asus. Tianma already supplies Asus with smartphone paanels.

Asus and Acer Rise On-Month

by Tom Allen

Asus’ revenues rose to NT$43.9 billion ($1.3 billion) in September, while Acer’s reached NT$29.4 billion ($904 million). The Asus result was up 7.6% MoM and 5.7% YoY. However, while Acer’s revenues rose 40.2% MoM, …

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ITC Rules in Samsung’s Favour

by Tom Allen

In September 2014, Nvidia filed a complaint against Samsung and Qualcomm at the USA’s International Trade Commission (ITC). Nvidia accused Samsung of infringing on three patents, and wanted to block sales of Samsung’s Qualcomm-powered …

Qualcomm Leaves AR Market With Vuforia Sale

by Tom Allen

Software specialist PTC (formerly Parametric Technology Corporation) is to acquire the Vuforia augmented reality business from Qualcomm Connected Experiences (a subsidiary of Qualcomm). The deal is worth $65 million. Vuforia is a platform and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 41