Vol 23 – Issue 51 – Page 2

Qwilt Selected by Afrihost for OTT in SA

by Bob Raikes

Qwilt, a provider of online video delivery and open video caching solutions, in conjunction with local partner Three6Five, announced that Afrihost, a South African Internet Service Provider, has chosen Qwilt’s open caching solution to …

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Can VR Impact Learning?

by Len Scrogan

Quick Search: Research is a series dedicated to unpacking some of the emerging research on 3D, VR, and other dynamic visualization technologies. See my introductory article for this series, entitled the Research Chase. In …

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Siemens Claims Fastest Tablet

by Bob Raikes

Siemens has launched a new industrial tablet PC that is reported to be the fastest on the market, powered as it is by an Intel Core i5 Skylake processor and a 10.1″ display with …

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New Smartphones to Launch at CES

by Bob Raikes

The Silicon Angle blog has highlighted the rumours about new smartphones at CES. As well as the four LG phones we reported on (LG Boosts Volume Phone Offerings) and the TCK Blackberry (Blackberry Confirms …

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Will HTC Suffer from OLED Shortage?

by Bob Raikes

Forbes.com has said that it believes that HTC will suffer poorer sales and market share in VR during 2017 because of difficulties in sourcing enough OLED displays for its Vive headsets. The site quoted …

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EHI Retail Institute and Retail Institute Italy

by Bob Raikes

Popai Italia has decided to change its name to the “Retail Institute Italy” and has signed a deal to join the EHI network which is based in Germany and represents 500 retailers in Germany. …

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Sharp Buys UMC Stake to Control TV in Europe

by Bob Raikes

Sharp has confirmed that it is executing on its plan to take back more control of the Sharp-branded TV business via a majority investment in Skytec UMC, the parent company of UMC of Slovakia, …

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Asustek, Gigabyte Re-structuring

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes of Taiwan said that Asustek is looking to get out of the tablet business by re-allocating R&D and sales staff to other business areas. Meanwhile, the blog said that Gigabyte is doing the …

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Transparent LED Displays from GWS

by Matthew Brennesholtz

GWS Displays in Shenzhen, China is a company that is not well known to Display Daily readers – there are no hits on “GWS” for either free or subscriber-only news on the Display Daily …

V-Nova Appoints Turkish Distributor

by Bob Raikes

V-Nova said that it has done a deal with Arttek to extend the distribution to Turkey and will sell to local pay-TV operators, broadcasters and mobile service providers. V-Nova hopes that Working with a …

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Microvision Raises Cash & Ships Samples

by Bob Raikes

Microvision had a busy holiday period and confirmed that it has sold 2 million shares worth $1.07 to Ben Lawrence-Farhi, after he was unable “for logistical reasons” to take part in a recent public …

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eMagin Announces $5 million Credit Deal

by Bob Raikes

eMagin said that it has arranged a $5 million revolving credit facility for working capital. The money will be used for general corporate purposes including funding the inventory build for the company’s recently launched …

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