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Dell Sells Software Business

by Tom Allen

Dell is to sell its software business, ahead of its acquisition of EMC (Dell Pays $67 Billion for EMC). The company is selling the division to Francisco Partners and Elliott Management. A price was …

Quirk Logic Shows Largest Ever E Ink Display

by Bob Raikes

Quirk Logic was a new name to us – it’s a new company that has been established to develop a new class of product – an electronic equivalent of a flip chart based on …

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TCL has said that it (and subsidiaries) sold more 6.1 million handsets ‘and other products’ in May, rising 11% YoY. Sales volume overseas was up 24%, to 5.9 million units; Chinese shipments reached 264,000. …

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E3 Shows the Promises and Problems of VR

by Tom Allen

After years of prototypes, demonstrations and teasers, we are finally on the cusp of virtual reality going mainstream. The evidence was seen at E3 this month, where VR was demonstrated by companies including Sony, …

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Hackers Invade Acer Store

by Tom Allen

Acer has said that its North American online store was hacked recently. Shoppers who used the site between the 12th May 2015 and 28th April 2016 (yes, almost a year – TA) may have …

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LG Begins Paju Investment

by Tom Allen

The Korea Herald says that LG has begun the replacement of its LCD line, at its P8 Paju plant, with an OLED facility (LGD Confirms Plans for Large OLED Factory).

Samsung and Tech Data Promote Sales

by Tom Allen

Tech Data and Samsung are giving away Galaxy smartphones as part of a promotion around the European Champion football tournament. Every week until the 10th July, retailers in Germany will be able to win …

Audi Takes OLEDs From LG Display

by Tom Allen

LG Display has revealed that it is the supplier of the OLED taillights for Audi’s TT RS coupe. ETNews revealed the fact, and also said that LG is planning to supply OLED display screens …

Nikkei: Samsung Will Raise OLED Production by 50%

by Tom Allen

The Nikkei newspaper claims that Samsung will invest about KRW8 trillion ($6.8 billion) to boost OLED panel production this year. The move will raise capacity by about 50%, or 200 million smartphone panels, at …

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Samsung Takes Exertis in the UK

by Tom Allen

Samsung has taken Exertis on as its exclusive distribution partner for its ‘E-Board’ large-format displays in the UK. These are used in corporate and education markets.

Apple Appeals Against Chinese Sales Ban

by Tom Allen

The Beijing Intellectual Property Bureau has ruled that Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus copied the design of a handset made by a Chinese firm, and has banned their sale in the city. A …

BeIN Uses Technicolor in MENA-First

by Tom Allen

BeIN Media Group has integrated Technicolor’s UltraHD technology into its broadcast platform for the MENA region. Technicolor’s technology enables UltraHD content to be broadcast, and includes a single layer transmission using 10-bit HEVC encode/decode; …