Vol 23 – Issue 44 – Page 6

General Mobile Supports Android 7

by Bob Raikes

General Mobile, which is aiming at markets in 20 countries in MEA and West Asia, has released its third Android phone, the GM 5, which is an Android One phone. It has Android 7.0 …

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LG Bundles Sky Q

by Bob Raikes

LG has joined with Sky in the UK to offer a Sky Q Multiscreen subscription for buyers of all of its 2016 OLED TVs as well as the Super UHD UH770, UH850V and UH950V …

Intel has bought a US VR start-up, Voke, which has a stereoscopic capture system designed to improve the experience of S3D for viewers. Intel is developing an IntelSports division that is working on developing …

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Want to See Billy Lynn at 120Hz in 3D and UHD?

by Bob Raikes

ArcLight Cinemas is working with Christie to present Ang Lee’s “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” (Ang Lee Shows the Future of Cinema Display (Updated) at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, which is equipped with …

Quantum Dot Displays Identified as One Application for CHS

by Chris Chinnock

When we think of quantum dots we usually think of CdSe or InP-based structures, but it turns out that silicon-based structures can also emit light when particles of the right size are fabricated and …

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Parade Technologies Result 03/11/2016

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Parade Technologies posted Q3 FY16 consolidated sales of $65.8 and Q3 FY16 net profit of $9.5 mn, resulting in a net profit margin of 14.5%. The Q3 FY16 sales were up 8.3% from Q3 …

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UK Likes Subscription Services

by Bob Raikes

Zuora has reported data from a YouGov poll conducted in the UK for itself, a finance solutions provider, that supports the notion of increased interest in streaming video by younger demographics. 43% of respondents …

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More Spanish Viewers Choose IPTV

by Yvette Raikes

According to the Spanish regulatory authority CNMC, IPTV saw an almost 1 million rise in subscribers during the year to the end of March, bringing the total to 3.06 million. In the previous year …

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Luxol Software Allows Development of OLED with 45% Efficiency

by Bob Raikes

Seoul University, with a team lead by Professor Kim Jang-joo has developed an OLED simulation programme with CoCoLink (a company related to the university and which specialises in supercomputing) to allow the development of …

ABC Data adds Xiaomi to Portfolio

by Milos Pavlovic

Xiaomi has contracted ABC Data to be its official distributor for its tablets and smartphones in Poland, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia and Lituania, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.

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Amscreen Wins ClearChannel in Ireland

by Bob Raikes

After signing a deal with Amscreen of the UK, Clear Channel Ireland has started operating displays based on units from the company in the Westend Shopping Park. Declan O’Carroll, Clear Channel Ireland COO said: …

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Android is 88% in Q3 Says Strategy Analytics

by Bob Raikes

Strategy Analytics has reported that its analysis is that 375 million smartphones were shipped in Q3 2016, 6% from 354.2 million in Q3 2015, with 88% using the Android operating system. “Modest smartphone regrowth …