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HTC on Phone by Tech Data

by Isaac Oburu

Tech Data has been appointed by HTC to distribute their smartphones in Italy.

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Brothers Share Management of AV Stumpfl

by Yvette Raikes

Austrian AV company AV Stumpfl now has two bosses, the two sons of the founder, who handed over in 2016. Previously, Tobias Stumpfl was the sole leader and his brother Fabian looked after HR …

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JDI Innovates with LTPS, Flexible and OLED

by Bob Raikes

Visiting JDI at SID is always a challenge – there is always so much to see and so much of it is both innovative and genuinely interesting to specialist display geeks like us. We …

PostFinance Encourages Contactless Payment

by Yvette Raikes

Swiss banking institution PostFinance is upgrading 820 of its 1000 ATMs over the next few years to allow barcode reading and contactless transactions. Diebold Nixon is supplying the new machines and will be servicing …

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E Ink To End LCD Completely

by Bob Raikes

E Ink said in March that it was improving profitability by moving away from LCD production to focus completely on its EPD technology (E Ink Benefits from Strategic Change). Now at an investors’ conference …

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TV Still Dominates

by Yvette Raikes

The TV screen is where 92% of all US viewing takes place, according to Nielsen’s Q4 report. Although there are more options available, consumers are still choosing the TV as their primary screen. 82% …

TV Still the Most Frequently Owned Product

by Yvette Raikes

Connectivity is the driving trend of our time, according to the Consumer Technology Association’s recent study. 80% of US homes now have a smartphone, up 6% YoY, raising the number of smartphones owned by …

Cinema is Now Digital

by Yvette Raikes

The world’s cinemas are now almost totally digital, according to a report from IHS Technology, as reported by Advanced Television. The only exceptions are a few cinemas in India and some 35mm projection specialists. …

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LG Will Adopt Snapdragon 845 Chip for G7

by Yvette Raikes

Reports from Koreas say that LG Electronics is working with Qualcomm on the development of the chip for the G7 smartphone planned for next year. Qualcomm is developing a 7nm mobile chip, currently known …

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A-I and the Art of Learning by Making Mistakes

by Steve Sechrist

In this, his second year presenting a “must see” Monday Short Course on Artificial Intelligence at the SID Display Week, Dr. Achin Bhowmik, Intel’s VP and GM of the Perceptual Computing group focused on …

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Microsoft Researching Better AR Displays

by Arthur Berman

Paraphrasing a recent publication by a team of researchers at Microsoft Research: the lightweight optics typically found in the current generation of virtual, augmented and mixed reality near-eye displays cannot be scaled to provide …

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Optoma Releases Dome Projector Lens

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has launched a new dedicated dome projection lens, the BX-CTADOME that is available immediately. The lens provides a 360º image that is intended for planetariums, simulation, military and live events. The lens fits …

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