Volume 21 – Page 35 – Display Daily

Apple and Samsung See Smartphone Success

by Super User

Apple has revealed that 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus units were sold during the smartphone’s launch weekend. Samsung also enjoyed a minor celebration recently, having sold the 1 millionth Galaxy S5 smartphone …

Microsoft Works With Miracast

by Super User

Earlier this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 34), a Chromecast-like dongle called the HD-10, for Windows Phone devices, was leaked by Windows Phone Daily. Microsoft is now going further down that road with …

Hudl 2 Is On Its Way

by Super User

Considering the success of Tesco’s Hudl tablet last year, a second-generation model was always going to be in the works. The supermarket has sent out invitations to a Hudl-related event in London in October. …

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DPI Wins Specialist Projector Award

by Super User

After being shortlisted for the AV Awards (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 31), Digital Projection has picked up the ‘Specialist Projector of the Year’ (5,000+ lumens) prize.

Panel Looks at Industry Trends

by Super User

The final session was a panel discussion featuring our own Bob Raikes, Ronni Guggenheim of Navori, Brian Dusho of Broadsign, Damon Crowhurst of Scala and Vladimir Kozlov of Digisky and was moderated by Oliver …

Companies Look to UltraHD at Ceatec

by Super User

Ceatec takes place in Chiba, Japan, from 7th – 11th October this year. Mitsubishi will bring its laser-projection TVs to the show again this year. A prototype UltraHD model was displayed in 2013 (Display …

Dow to Build Cadmium-Free QD Plant in South Korea

by Super User

The Dow Chemical Company is to start construction of what it claims is the world’s first large-scale, cadmium-free quantum dot manufacturing operation at the company

Flexible Substrate Production Cost Cut by Two-Thirds

by Super User

A technique that bonds a polymeric film to glass, in a way that means it can be ‘easily’ removed by applying heat, has been developed by the Suga Laboratory of the School of Engineering …

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Passport is Only Blackberry’s First Phone

by Super User

After the launch of the square-shaped Blackberry Passport, the Canadian company has said that it already has another unusual device under development. Blackberry will look to introduce at least one unconventional device each year. …

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Gestures Detected Through GSM Reflections

by Super User

A research project at the University of Washington, called Sideswipe, demonstrates a way to control smartphones through gestures – without adding power-hungry components. Some smartphones today use cameras for 3D gesture sensing. However, they …

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Age UK Chooses Amscreen

by Super User

Amscreen has supplied 150 AM24 LCD displays to 150 Age UK charity stores. The screens supply live news and weather. They also highlight products and services offered by the charity. The screens are fitted …

Microsoft Iterates on Illumiroom

by Super User

It’s been a few months since we heard anything about Microsoft’s Illumiroom concept (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 4) – not since March, in fact (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 10). Illumiroom uses projectors …