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Hitachi Pushes to 5,000 Lumens

by Bob Raikes

Hitachi in the US has announced the CPWX5500, a new 3LCD (0.59″ panels) with 1280 x 800 resolution and producing 5,200 Ansi lumens with 10,000:1 contrast. The lens has a 1.6:1 manual zoom and …

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Amazon Working on Wearable Alexa

by Bob Raikes

Amazon is reported by the FT to be working on a version of its Echo devices that would be like a pair of smart glasses and would support the Alexa voice assistant. Amazon wouldn’t …

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Amazon Patent Infringement Case Settled Out of Court

by Andrew Fenn

An ongoing patent infringement case between Amazon.com Inc., Avago Technologies and Broadcom Corp has been settled. Back in September 2016, Broadcom filed a complaint against Amazon, stating that its Fire tablets and TV devices …

Voice Control Leads New Sky Q Features

by Andrew Fenn

Sky Q users will soon able to control their TV via voice control built into the Sky Q remote. Coming later this month, the update will allow users to issue a range of simple …

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Large Panel Makers See Monthly Rise in Shipments

by Yvette Raikes

AU Optronics saw September turnover of NT$29.07 billion ($961 million), down 3.6% MoM and 3.8% YoY. This brought Q3 sales to NT$87.4 billion ($2.89 billion), a rise of 3.5% QoQ and 1.6% YoY, and …

Biggest Providers of Smaller Panels Fare Less Well in September

by Yvette Raikes

Hannstar posted September revenue of NT$2.1 billion ($70 million), a drop of 11.7% MoM and 25.7% YoY. The vendor sold 35.92 million small and medium panels, down 14.9% MoM but up 13.2% YoY. Chunghwa …

Taiwanese Companies See Improved September Sales

by Yvette Raikes

Acer reported September revenue of NT$22.36 billion ($740 million), a rise of 11.5% MoM but down 0.8% YoY. This resulted in turnover to date of NT$170.24 billion ($5.6 billion), down 0.5%. IPC maker Advantech …

ViewSonic Releasing ViewBoard Presentation Tool with Intel Unite

by Andrew Fenn

Global visual solution provider ViewSonic has announced that it is bringing a new collaborative productivity tool to the boardroom. The ViewBoard interactive flat panel display features Intel’s Unite application, allowing users to share on-screen …

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HP Updates 13.3″ Spectre Portfolio

by Bob Raikes

HP introduced some new notebooks including the second generation Spectre 13 – claimed to be the world’s thinnest touch laptop and with a FullHD display and using the latest 8th Generation Intel core processors. …

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Bigscreen Raises $11 Million in Series A Funding Round

by Andrew Fenn

Social VR app Bigscreen has raised $11 million in its Series A funding round, having received $3 million through its seed funding a year ago. As part of the funding round, True Ventures’ Toni …

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Barco and KanexPro Settle Patent Infringement Case

by Andrew Fenn

Barco and KanexPro have announced that they have come to a mutual understanding, as a patent infringement case between the two reaches its conclusion. Back in February, a judge authorised Barco to seize KanexPro’s …

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CrucialTec Fingerprint Recognition Used in Google Pixel 2

by Andrew Fenn

CrucialTec will continue to supply Google with its fingerprint recognition module for its forthcoming Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, according to ETNews. Google’s manufacturing partner HTC is a long-term customer of CrucialTec, …

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