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Is S&T a Target for Foxconn? Or Kontron?

by Bob Raikes

Reports suggest that Foxconn might be interested in acquiring S&T Ag of Linz, Austria, after Ennoconn increased its stake in the company to 29.4%. S&T owns 29.9% of Kontron Ag.

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HannStar Display Reports Good November Sales

by Yvette Raikes

HannStar Display recorded turnover for November of NTD2.87 billion ($90.1 million), up 133% YoY, bringing year-to-date revenue to NTD20.64 billion ($648.7 million), an increase of 29%. During the month, the company shipped 200,000 large …

Rogers and Sportsnet Plan 100 UHD Sports Events

by Bob Raikes

Rogers Communications and Sportsnet in Canada said that they will produce more than 100 sports events (Blue Jays, NHL, and NBA games) in UltraHD, for a total of more than 300 hours of content. …

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Netflix and Amazon Drive Western European SVOD

by Bob Raikes

Netflix will remain the dominant force in Western European SVOD for the next five years, according to Digital TV Research. However, Amazon Video will provide a stiff challenge. Digital TV Research said that 15 …

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reMarkable’s Notebook Device is “Just Like Ink-on-Paper”

by Arthur Berman

reMarkable (Oslo, Norway) will soon be offering a new electronic notebook product. The device can be used not only for reading but also for handwritten notetaking and sketching. The user can use a “pen” …

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Manchester Metropolitan University Picks Sony Projectors

by Bob Raikes

Sony said that Manchester Metropolitan University, one of the largest campus-based universities in the UK, and which has over 600 technology-equipped rooms, including lecture theatres, IT labs, smaller classrooms and meeting rooms, is undergoing …

Nanolumens has 18 Patents and Plans to Defend Them

by Bob Raikes

Nanolumens has said in a press release that it has been awarded US Patents number 8,963,895, 9,013,367, 9,058,755, 9,159,707, 9,326,620, and others for its LED displays, which it can make in curved or flat …

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EV Group & NNFC Develop New A/R Coating

by Bob Raikes

EV Group (EVG) of St. Florian, Austria and a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment, together with the Korea National NanoFab Center (President Jae Young Lee, NNFC), a nano-technology R&D infrastructure for academia, …

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Ed Market Challenges: The 2016 Horizon Report

by Len Scrogan

Dissecting the 2016 Horizon Report† helps not only with an understanding of the ebb and flow of the educational marketplace, but more importantly, it supplies some insight into some of the chief challenges facing …

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