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65% of US Broadband Households Bought at Least One CE Device in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

New research from Parks Associate finds that 65% of US broadband households bought at least one CE device in 2017. According to the report, US broadband households now own an average of 8.6 connected …

Antycip Shows Us its UK Demo Suite

by Bob Raikes

We decided to make the most of the (relative) slowdown of news in the summer to catch up with a company that we met at the Laval Virtual conference and which had invited us …

NES Classic Outsold PS4, Xbox One and Switch in the US in June

by Andrew Fenn

NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella sent out a tweet reporting that the best-selling games console in the US during the month of June 2018 was Nintendo’s NES Classic, a compact remake of the original Nintendo …

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Daydream View Headset Heavily Discounted at Verizon

by Andrew Fenn

A few months on from the release of Lenovo’s Mirage Solo standalone headset running on Google’s Daydream VR platform, Daydream View is being heavily discounted as companies seemingly wind their stocks down. When we …

Innolux Result 02/08/2018

by Yvette Raikes

Innolux saw Q2 profit before tax of NT$1.0 billion ($33.1 million), down from NT$16.2 billion ($528.8 million) a year ago, on sales which fell to NT$66.5 billion ($2.2 billion) from NT$84.5 billion ($2.8 billion). …

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Sharp OLED Business Ramping Up, Appliances Moving

by Bob Raikes

Unconfirmed reports from Asia suggest that Sharp will start to ship smartphones using the company’s own OLED panels in Q4, with EVP Katsuaki Nomura quoted as the source of the information. Separately, Sharp has …

NPD Group: 17% of US Population Solely Use SVoD Services

by Andrew Fenn

While the majority of consumers in the US view video content from a variety of sources, in both physical and digital formats, the number of people using only Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and …

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Newly Expanded AUO 8.5G Fab to Reach Full Capacity in 2018 Q3

by Andrew Fenn

Following its expansion, AU Optronics’ (AUO) 8.5G 8B facility in Houli, Taiwan will reach full production capacity during the third quarter of 2018, according to Digitimes. This is due to “growing demand for high-end …

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Google Hires Sony VR Specialist Richard Marks

by Andrew Fenn

Google has fuelled the fire of supposition that it may be planning to enter the gaming sector, with the appointment of Sony’s Richard Marks, head of the company’s Magic Lab team and a senior …

Could This Be Our First Proper Look at the 2018 iPhone Range?

by Andrew Fenn

It’s hardly a secret that Apple is planning to release three new iPhone models this year, having been heavily rumoured for many months now. But thanks to TechCrunch, we are able to take a …

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Taiwan Small-to-Medium LCD Panel Shipments to Decline 2% in 2018 Q3

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research says that small-to-medium LCD panel shipments from Taiwan-based firms will decline 2% during the third quarter of 2018. This drop has been attributed to the extension of LCD profile-cutting to support ‘notched’ …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphone Market| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Researchers Demonstrate Efficient White Light Emission from Colloidal QDs

by Arthur Berman

In many ways, Quantum Dots (QDs) are well suited as a basis for white light emitting LEDs. They are not, however, fully optimised for this application. More specifically, up till now, the efficiency achieved …

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