Vol 23 – Issue 13 – Page 2

Play PS4 Games on a PC or Mac

by Tom Allen

An update to the Playstation 4 console has delivered an in-built game streaming service. The ‘Remote Play’ feature enables gamers to stream games to PCs and Macs on the same network, so that the …

Matrox Returns to DSS Europe

by Tom Allen

Matrox has said that it will exhibit at the Digital Signage Summit Europe (23rd – 24th June, Munich). There, the firm will show off its C900 video card and Maevex encoders and decoders.

LG Invests in Vietnam

by Tom Allen

LG Display has said that it will build an OLED display module assembly plant in Vietnam. The plant, in Hai Phong, will begin production in the second half of 2017. Although LGD did not …

Samsung Augments Reality With Contact Lens Display

by Tom Allen

The Korea Intellectual Property Office has granted Samsung a patent for contact lenses with a tiny display and built-in camera, as well as sensors that detect movement. The ‘eye-mount display’ projects images onto a …

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Netflix Rewards LG

by Tom Allen

LG’s 2016 TVs have been awarded the Netflix Recommended badge, for the second year in a row.

Job Cuts Rumoured at Nokia

by Tom Allen

‘People familiar with the plans’ have told the Taipei Times that Nokia Oyj is planning to cut between 10,000 and 15,000 people – 14% of its total 104,000 employees – from its workforce, following …

HTC Continues to Suffer in Annual Comparison

by Tom Allen

HTC’s revenues were down 1.3% MoM, but 79.3% YoY, in March, to NT$4.1 billion ($127.6 million). In the year-to-date, HTC has registered revenues of NT$14.8 billion ($456.7 million): a 64.3% YoY drop.

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HTC Shares Vive Promotion Plans

by Tom Allen

HTC is to launch an HTC Vive experience zone in the Harrods department store, London. Consumers will be able to try and pre-order the device there. HTC has also said that it will work …

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Quanta Result 06/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Quanta Computer reported net profit for full year 2015 at NT$17.8 billion (US$538.91 million), down 5.6% YoY. Turnover for the period was NT$ 1 trillion ($30.23 billion), up 8.7% YoY. Net profit declined due …

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UltraHD Trial is Success in Germany

by Tom Allen

Espial and Tele Columbus have successfully trialled an UltraHD video service in Germany, called ‘Advanced TV’. The Tele Columbus service is based on Espial’s video solutions. 83% of trial participants were said to show …

Viaccess-Orca Live Streams UHD 360° Football

by Tom Allen

Viaccess-Orca and French TV channel TF1 trialled a live UltraHD 360° VR broadcast of a football match on the 29th March. The signal was encoded using HEVC and sent to a private test audience. …

Hybrids Replace Tablets in Enterprise

by Tom Allen

Juniper Research has published a whitepaper (http://tinyurl.com/za8auhw) discussing the role of hybrid (detachable) devices in the workplace – which are gradually replacing tablets. As well as this, the firm looks at phablets’ cannibalisation of …