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IDC: Smartwatches to Have More Than Just Fifteen Minutes of Fame

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide shipments of wearable devices is on-track to grow 15.1% in 2018, totalling 132.9 million units over the course of the year. The overall market is also expected to deliver a CAGR of 13.4% …

Over 40 Million Devices Are Now Running RDK

by Andrew Fenn

At the 2018 Connected TV World Summit, RDK Management provided its annual update about the adoption of the RDK (Reference Design Kit) software used to power customer-premises equipment (CPE) from video and broadband services …

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Deloitte: 55% of US Households Now Subscribe to SVOD

by Andrew Fenn

American consumers’ appetite for streaming video continues to grow and they have no qualms shelling out cash for original content, according to Deloitte, whose report found that 55% of US households now subscribe to …

Apple TV Gets HDR Content – Probably!

by Bob Raikes

In looking for some information about Apple’s streaming, we came upon this article that explains the frustrations and problems of actually trying to watch HDR on an Apple TV. The author is something of …

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LG’s Next Flagship Smartphone Returning to LCD Roots?

by Andrew Fenn

A variety of sources across the internet are reporting that LG’s next flagship smartphone, the G7, will not follow in the footsteps of the iPhone X or the company’s own V30 handset and use …

Apple to Release the Biggest, Most Expensive iPhone This Year?

by Andrew Fenn

Apple may release a 6.5″ OLED iPhone X Plus this year with a price tag of $1,400, according to Forbes. This will be the biggest iPhone yet, eclipsing the screen of the iPhone X …

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OLED-A Highlights Flex OLED Changes

by Bob Raikes

The OLED Association published its latest forecasts for different OLED fabs now that a number of planned expansions have been revised in the light of the sales of the iPhone X (DSCC Releases Latest …

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Visionox to Discuss 7.2” Rollable AMOLED Reliability

by Bob Raikes

OLED-Info said that it would discuss a new flexible 7.2″ AMOLED that it has developed at the forthcoming SID Display Week. The report said that the firm has performed 200,000 folding cycles as well …

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Apple MicroLEDs Being Developed in California

by Bob Raikes

Bloomberg has reported that Apple has moved some of its microLED technology development work to a ‘secret’ (well, not any more!) facility in Santa Clara near its HQ in Cupertino. in California. The report …

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Panasonic Celebrates 100 Years in the Business

by Andrew Fenn

Panasonic celebrated its 100th anniversary on March 7th. The company was founded in Japan in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita. In the financial year ending March 31st 2016, the company posted consolidated net sales of …

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Apple, Samsung and LG Have All Filed Micro-LED Patents

by Andrew Fenn

A total of 358 Micro-LED patents have been filed in the country over the past 10 years—119 by Korean companies and 116 from overseas according to microled-info. Apple applied for 11 of the Micro-LED …

LG Releases Open Source Edition of webOS

by Andrew Fenn

LG has developed an open source version of its platform, webOS Open Source Edition, now available to the public. Developers can download the source code free as well as taking advantage of related tools, …

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