Vol 25 – Issue 01 – Page 8

DT strikes €1.9B deal for UPC Austria

by Bob Raikes

T-Mobile Austria, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom, has agreed to buy the UPC cable business unit in Austria of Liberty Global. The move is intended to help the company compete more effectively with …

JDI Looks to China for OLED Cash

by Bob Raikes

According to the Kyodo News, Japan Display Inc (JDI), which is struggling after the loss of a lot of business from Apple, has looked outside Japan to China for potential investors in a new …

New Atlético de Madrid Stadium Features LG LED Signage

by Andrew Fenn

Atlético de Madrid’s new 88,000m² home stadium is host to a range of LG digital signage products. The arena’s two main scoreboards measure 15.2m x 5.6m each and are comprised of one hundred 12mm …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Spain| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 01

IHS: LEDs Reduced Global Carbon Footprint by 1.5% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The use of LEDs to illuminate buildings and outdoor spaces reduced the total CO2 emissions of lighting by an estimated 570 million tons in 2017. This reduction is roughly equivalent to shutting down 162 …

Firefox Browser Now Available on Amazon Fire TV

by Andrew Fenn

Mozilla’s popular Firefox browser is now available via Amazon Fire TV streaming devices. Fire TV already includes Amazon’s own Silk browser, so the addition of Firefox won’t bring much in the way of new …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01

The K-12 Horizon Report: Ed Market Challenges

by Len Scrogan

What are the main roadblocks in educational tech? Which barriers tend to impede taking projects to scale in schools? What constraints slow expansion down the most? The 2017 K12 Horizon Report, after multiple rounds …

Tags:display technology| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Uico Touch Screen Works in the Shower

by Bob Raikes

Uico of Silicon Valley and Chicago, USA has unveiled a patented all-weather 15.6″ duraTouch projective capacitive (PCAP) touchscreen. The touchscreen is claimed to beat competing solutions in harsh environments — working with rain, sleet, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Rugged Displays| Touch Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Another Odd and Oddly Appealing Display-Based Product

by Arthur Berman

About a month ago, I wrote a subscription newsletter article about a new display-based product called Moi that I described as “Odd but Oddly Appealing.” Although it was not my plan that this article …

Tags:AMOLED| Vol 25 - Issue 01| Wearables

Immersive Experiences, Glasses-free

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The recent focus for “Immersive Experiences” has been on Virtual Reality (VR) Head Mounted Displays (HMDs). Let’s not forget there are other display technologies that can also provide immersive experiences, with no need for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Dome Projection| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01

The Merge Cube

by Len Scrogan

In education, as in business, the shiny-object syndrome is alive and well. This type of procurement illness occurs when a customer habitually seems inclined to get excited about “the next new thing”. That’s why …

Tags:Education| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 01