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Corning Receives BMW Recognition

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BMW has presented its Supplier Innovation Award to Corning, for its ‘Gorilla Glass for Automotive’ product. BMW uses the glass in its i8 vehicle.

iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus – Which do you prefer?

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When Apple announced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, many saw the iPhone 6 Plus as a way for Apple to participate in the somewhat elusive phablet market. The phablet market is basically …

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Tesco Raises Specs and Price

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Tesco’s Hudl2 tablet, successor to last year’s Hudl (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 37), features a larger screen – but correspondingly higher price. A deeper integration with Tesco services comes with Blinkbox and My …

Philips Promotes Soft Blue – AOC Looks to Mobile

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MMD had a single booth, but with Philips monitors on one side and AOC on the other. On the Philips side, there was nothing since our meeting with the company at IFA (confirmed by …

Elo Brings Robust Touch to Curved Surfaces

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Designed for the casino gaming industry, Elo’s newest touchscreen product is particularly interesting for its shape: it is curved from the top to the bottom. The aptly-named Intellitouch Curve is robust enough to handle …

Subsidy End Hurts TV Sales in China

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Sources says that TV sales in China during the country’s National Day holiday, at the start of October, were down between 3% and 5% YoY this year. The energy-saving subsidies that boosted sales in …

Dell Boosts Laptop Speeds for Gamers

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Dell’s Alienware brand targets gamers: an audience emphasised by the new Alienware 18 laptop. Overclocked to 4.4GHz (Intel Core i7 Haswell processor), the product runs very quickly. A new thermal solution (copper heatsinks and …

Gartner: 90% of Mobiles Will be Smartphones by 2018

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Tablet growth has slowed enough this year that these products will represent 9.5% of all devices worldwide. Consumers are looking at alternative devices like hybrids and phablets, as well as holding on to their …

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AMD to Cut 7% of its Workforce

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has announced plans to restructure its business and has said that it will cut 7% of its global workforce, so the cut is estimated to be around 710 employees. The …

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Signagelive Offers “Dramatic” Cost Savings

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Signagelive has rolled out 42 Samsung Smart Signage screens to the StubHub Center stadium in California. Samsung’s 55″ DM55D screens, with 1920 x 1080 resolution and 450 cd/m

Americans Hungry for Online Video

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According to Adobe’s Video Benchmark Report, online TV consumption in the USA, across all devices, is up 388% YoY. While consumption is fragmented across platforms, games consoles and OTT devices gained the largest percentage …

BenQ Brings Short-Throw to Triple-Flash Projector

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BenQ’s TH682ST projector is a short-throw version of the TH681 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 8). Able to be placed on a wall, floor or ceiling, the 1DLP projector can throw a 100″ image …