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CTA Reports New Recycling Record

by Isaac Oburu

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced a record-setting 700 million lbs (317.5 million kg) of consumer electronics have been recycled under the eCycling Leadership Initiative (ELI). The consumer technology industry has recycled in …

Apple’s 13-Year Growth Grinds to a Halt

by Tom Allen

Apple reported Q2’16 net profit of $10.5 billion, down 23% YoY from $13.6 billion. Turnover was $50.6 billion, down 13% YoY from $58 billion. The company experienced the first ever decline in iPhone sales …

Large-Format Sales Favour Premium Features in Q1

by Tom Allen

PMA has published its data for large (32″+) displays sold in the USA, for Q1’16. Sales favoured large sizes and premium features, such as UltraHD resolution. 60″+, UltraHD and interactive displays all sold well …

Ford Coppola Praises LG TV

by Isaac Oburu

Hollywood director Francis Ford Coppola has hailed LG OLED TV as the next frontier in cinematic home entertainment. Speaking about watching Apocalypse Now on the TV, Ford Coppola said, “[I]t was so lifelike that …

SiliconCore’s New Front Access Panel

by Chris Chinnock

SiliconCore had a 4K LED video wall on display at NAB made from cabinets with an LED pitch of 0.95mm. This was placed next to a display of the same size (165”) composed of …

Highlights of NAB

by Chris Chinnock

I recently attended the Future of Cinema Conference and NAB to learn more about UHD, HDR, WCG, VR and more. And did I get an eye and ear full…. One of the highlights was …

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NAB Provides an Eye-full (and an ear full)…

by Chris Chinnock

I recently attended the Future of Cinema Conference and NAB to learn more about UHD, HDR, WCG, VR and more. And did I get an eye and ear full…. One of the highlights was …

UHD Forum Issues Important HDR Guidelines at NAB

by Chris Chinnock

The Ultra HD Forum used NAB 2016 to release the first phase of industry guidelines on end-to-end workflows for creating and delivering live and pre-recorded UHD content. This first release of the guidelines lets …

Nokia Plans to Acquire Withings

by Tom Allen

Nokia is to acquire Withings S.A. to enter into the health and fitness technology segment of the IoT, which the firm expects to grow by 37% per year from 2015-2020. The deal values Withings …

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Philips Result 25/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Philips reported Q1 2016 net profit of €37 million ($41.8 million), down 63% YoY from €100 million ($113 million). Turnover was €5.5 billion, up 3% YoY from €5.3 billion. The increase in turnover was …

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EGT Uses Zytronic’s Touch to Create Multiplayer Game

by Isaac Oburu

Euro Games Technology (EGT) used Zytronic’s procap touch to create a completely new multiplayer luxury roulette game on an 84” table. The new concept uses between six and eight independent touch zones, operating over …

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Nanoco Takes Edison Award

by Isaac Oburu

Nanoco Group was honoured with a silver Edison Award in the category of Applied Technology: Horticulture, for its cadmium-free CFQD technology for LED grow lighting and Deep Red CFQD Quantum Dot Film for sustainable …