Vol 25 – Issue 09 – Page 4

European Cable Industry Continues to Grow Steadily

by Andrew Fenn

The European cable industry continues to grow steadily, with total revenues up 2.4% year-on-year, reaching €23.43 billion ($28.81 billion) in 2017, according to IHS statistics released by the industry’s trade association, Cable Europe, at …

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Analog Devices Result 28/02/2018

by Vijaya

Analog Devices reported Q1 revenue of $1.52 billion, an increase of 54% compared to $984.4 million reported in Q1 of 2017. Net income was $268.2 million, an increase of 24% compared to $217.1 million …

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Hisense Adds Dual Display Option

by Bob Raikes

Hisense had a number of new smartphones at the show, but the one that caught our attention was the A2 Pro which is available now in Asia and is expected to be around €349 …

How Bright Can Lasers Get?

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The short answer is: a lot brighter than they are today. And probably sooner than you might think. Everyone knows that in 1960 Theodore Maiman of Hughes Aircraft Company built the first laser: an …

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M Ventures Invests in ClearInk Displays

by Andrew Fenn

M Ventures (the venture capital arm of Merck KGaA) has announced that it has made an investment in ClearInk’s C Round of financing, which began in mid-2017, with co-investments from strategic investors in China, …

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Irystec Succeeding with Platform Strategy

by Bob Raikes

We have reported on Irystec several times. The company is developing a range of technologies that support the processing of images to take into account differences in human vision. The company has built a …

Vimmi Claims Low Latency OTT Video

by Bob Raikes

Vimmi is an Israeli company that was in the country area and is a supplier of OTT video services. The company has 200 ‘microservices’ that it can supply to support those wanting to establish …

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LetinAR Developing its Pin Mirrors for AR

by Bob Raikes

We reported briefly on LetinAR from CES, but we caught up with them only at the very end of the show and had no time to discuss with them. There was a little more …

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We Get a Chance to Look at Varjo’s Headset

by Bob Raikes

We’ve reported several times on Varjo, the Finnish start-up that is developing an augmented reality system with variable resolution – fine in the centre and more coarse over the rest of the image. (Varjo …

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Next-Generation TCO Certified Drafts Coming This Month

by Andrew Fenn

From March 22nd, TCO Certified will release draft criteria and make these available for stakeholder comment, until May 31st. During this period, drafts for all eight product categories—Displays, AIO, Notebooks, Tablets, Smartphones, Desktops, Projects …

Huawei Moves Notebook Camera

by Bob Raikes

5G was, of course, the main topic for Huawei at MWC and the company made a number of announcements. In products, Huawei focused on a new laptop at MWC, the Matebook X Pro which …

Lucerne City Council Green-Lights Clear Channel CityMap Expansion

by Andrew Fenn

The city council of Lucerne, Switzerland has approved the expansion of Clear Channel’s interactive CityMap network throughout the city, from two units to ten, during the second half of 2018. Two CityMap displays were …

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