Vol 23 – Issue 13 – Page 7

Plenty to See from Technicolor in Rennes

by Bob Raikes

A couple of weeks ago, I was in France for the Virtual Laval event and made the journey via Rennes, which has a small and convenient airport. I knew that Technicolor has a large …

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Toshiba Confirms Consumer PC Exit

by Tom Allen

The consolidation of Toshiba’s business (Toshiba Updates Forecasts, Deepens Loss) continues, with the news that the company is withdrawing from the consumer laptop business. Although it had previously been reported that Toshiba would sell …

Vixs Result 31/03/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Vixs reported a Q4 net loss of $3.68 million, marginally down, under 3% YoY, from $3.76 million. Turnover was $5.2 million, a decline of 54% YoY from $11.23 million. For the full year, net …

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Why Nintendo Changed its Tune

by Tom Allen

Nintendo’s first smartphone game, Miitomo, has been released in the US and Europe, following its Japanese launch in March. Nintendo games like Pokémon have seemed ideally suited to the smartphone environment, but the company …

NAB is All About Codecs

by Tom Allen

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2016 show will take place in Las Vegas between the 16th and 21st April. There will be a renewed focus on traditional broadcasting, using the ATSC 3.0 platform, …

Ofcom Discusses 700MHz

by Tom Allen

Ofcom is currently holding consultations on the 700MHz spectrum clearance in the UK. Points under consideration are: what support viewers might require; whether public funding should be made available; and whether support should be …

Japanese UHD Will Double Next Year

by Tom Allen

Mitsubishi Research has forecast that adoption of UltraHD TV sets in Japan will grow rapidly, starting next year, Advanced Television reports. Around 1.2 million were purchased in 2015, and 3.3 million are expected to …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 13

by Tom Allen

We now have a specification list for Acer‘s laser gaming projector, the Z850 (Acer Brings Laser to Gaming). Despite being described as ‘mirrorless’, it is in fact a DLP unit – there are no …

LG Display Invests in TADF

by Tom Allen

Image: OLED-InfoKyushu University of Japan spun off a new company called Kyulux last month, which aims to commercialise thermally-activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters developed by the university. Kyulux raised ¥1.5 billion ($13.5 million) in …

Smartphones Falling, but PCs Will Rebound

by Tom Allen

Worldwide smartphone sales will grow at a single-digit rate for the first time this year, says Gartner. The firm expects growth of just 7% in the global market, which will reach 1.5 billion units. …

Foxconn Raises Chinese Investment

by Tom Allen

Foxconn is to deepen its investment in several companies in China, covering industries including handsets, glass and optical lenses. The investments will total $1.65 billion. $1.5 billion of this will go to a subsidiary …

WebEye VR is a Consumer Virtual Reality Webcam

by Arthur Berman

Several social media web sites, notably including Facebook and YouTube, are in the early stages of offering capabilities for viewing and sharing immersive video formats such as stereoscopic 3D. The current reality is, however, …

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