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Imagination Technologies Up for Sale

by Bob Raikes

Imagination Technologies, which is in dispute with its biggest client, Apple, has put itself up for sale. (Imagination Hit by Apple Decision). The company said that it had received several expressions of interest in …

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LGD Picks OLED (Probably!)

by Bob Raikes

LG Display has told Business Korea that the reported plan to split production at the P10 plant in Paju is likely to be changed to mean that only OLEDs will be made there. A …

Vudu App for Apple TV Shown

by Bob Raikes

Vudu has released in a blog post some screen shots of its AppleTV app that is due to launch in the autumn. Vudu already has content (which is free, with ads) that is in …

Eiki Expands with Viondis

by Bob Raikes

Eiki in Germany is starting to sell digital signage and DOOH systems from Viondis of Germany. Viondis supplies touch tables, kiosks and totems and allows Eiki to extend to direct view displays.

Google Glass Updated

by Bob Raikes

Google has surprised a lot of people, including owners (are there still any users?) by updating the Google Glass software for the first time in three years and adding support for bluetooth connectivity which …

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Wearables to See Strong Growth in Middle East & Africa

by Bob Raikes

IDC has released data on market shares of wearables in the Middle East and Africa. Shipments of Q1 were up 30.2% year on year. While shipments of basic wearables (devices that do not support …

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Worldwide Wearables Market to Nearly Double by 2021

by Bob Raikes

IDC has forecast that the global Wearables market will hit 125.5 million devices this year, up 20.4% from the 104.3 million units shipped in 2016. From there, the wearables market will nearly double before …

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Innolux Looking to Mini LED to Compete with OLED

by Bob Raikes

The Taipei Times reports that Innolux has said through EVP, Ting Ching-lung has decided to develop ‘mini LED’ displays rather than microLEDs because of the time that it will take to make microLEDs at …

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HPA VR TR-x Preview Discusses VR Standards

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA – formerly the Hollywood Post Alliance and now a part of SMPTE) has scheduled its second annual HPA Tech Retreat UK for 11 – 13 July 2017 at the …

3M to Retire QDEF

by Ken Werner

3M had a lot to show and talk about in its booth at SID Display Week last month. But 3M’s industry-changing quantum-dot enhancement film (QDEF) was noticeably absent both from the booth and from …

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BBC Looks to WCG & HFR for UHD Success

by Bob Raikes

The BBC’s Andy Quested has said that he believes that Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) and High Frame Rates (HFR) will be critical in making a success of UltraHD at the SES UltraHD conference. He …

Jabil Result 14/06/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Jabil announced its FY17 Q3 results with net sales of $4.5 billion and GAAP net loss of $25.0 million. The net sales increased by 4% on a yearly basis while the net profit of …

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