Vol 23 – Issue 42 – Page 8

Samsung Looks to LG Chem for Batteries

by Bob Raikes

Reports from Nikkei and the Maeil Business Newspaper suggest that Samsung has approached LG Chem about the supply of batteries for its next range of smartphones, to diversify its supplier base.

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Technicolor Result 20/10/2016

by Yvette Raikes

Technicolor reported Q3 turnover of €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion), up 30% from €877 million ($954 million) for the same period last year, resulting in year to date revenue of €3.6 billion ($3.9 billion), a …

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Samsung Stops Note 7 Parodies

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has had a sense of humour failure as well as a battery problem. The company has got some bad press over attempts to stop youTube videos that featured versions of Grand Theft Auto …

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And Finally…. Virgin’s trainers

by Bob Raikes

Virgin America decided to try to recreate the “experience of first class flight” with a pair of trainers including a miniature screen for ‘in shoe entertainment”. Only one pair of the trainers (size 42/8) …

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Floating Pixels Developed in the UK

by Bob Raikes

Groups from the Universities of Sussex and Bristol have developed a display that uses ultrasound acoustics to suspend physical pixels in mid-air while using electrostatic force to rotate the pixel to show different colours. …

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New Acer Predator Monitor Has QHD

by Bob Raikes

Acer has added the XB241YU to its Predator XB1 range of gaming monitors. The 23.8″ 2560 x 1440 unit has 350 cd/m² of brightness and has a claimed response time of 1ms from a …

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Ingram Micro Promotes Defrance

by Yvette Raikes

Christophe Defrance has been promoted to Managing Director of Ingram Micro. He succeeds Sophie Deleval who has returned to France. Defrance was previously the sales director. He has many years of experience in ICT …

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FandangoNOW app comes to Android TV

by Bob Raikes

The FandangoNow OTT video service in the US is now available on Android TV and with a catalogue of 40,000 shows. The service was originally launched as M-Go and is now owned by NBCUniversal …

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Interaction at Festo AG’s AutomationCenter

by Bob Raikes

We reported earlier this year on a contract won by Eizo at Festo AG’s automation centre. Now, we’ve heard from Sharp that Festo has also chosen 60″, 70″ and 80″ ‘Big Pads’ from Sharp …

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Kodak Ektra is a Smartphone for Photographers

by Bob Raikes

Bullit Group which licenses the Kodak brand has announced the Ektra smartphone (named after a historic Kodak camera) which is optimised for around for photography. It has a 21 megapixel main camera uses a …

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Large LCD to be Flat

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes Research forecast that large flat panel shipments will be broadly flat over the next five years, with a CAGR of 0.3%, growing from 673.37 million to 684.60 million in 2021. LCD TVs are …

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Nintendo Switch Teased

by Bob Raikes

Nintendo has announced its next console, which will be called the Nintendo Switch, as it is convertible and can be used at home or on the go. The unit, which is shown in the …