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Mobile Display Monitor First Weekly Issue

by Super User

This is our first weekly issue of the Mobile Display Monitor. As I have mentioned before, we are trying to ensure that the content is not only more timely, but also in more digestible …

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NPD Offers to Raise Wearables Knowledge

by Super User

A new wearables advisory service has been launched by the NPD Group. Led by Eddie Hold (VP of NPD’s Connected Intelligence group), the service will provide information including consumer-based panel reporting; point-of-sale (PoS) data …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21| Wearable Market

Sony Awards Green Partner Status to Valens

by Super User

HDBaseT technology developer Valens has been awarded Sony’s Green Partner Certificate. The Certificate recognises Valens as a supplier that co-operates in the production of environmentally-sensitive products.

Tags:Environment| HDBaseT| Large Display Monitor| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Acnodes’ Monitor Can Handle Unstable Electricity

by Super User

A large panel-mount monitor, able to withstand extreme environments, is now being offered by Acnodes in the USA. The APS9550 uses an IP65-rated stainless steel chassis and 8mm-thick protective glass. The enclosure features an …

Tags:Industrial Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

AGC’s Clearsight Suitable for Outdoor Use

by Super User

Asahi Glass Co. (AGC) has begun sales of a new, anti-reflective glass called Clearsight. The product possesses higher resistance to chemicals and the weather. A special coating is applied to the inner and outer …

Tags:Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Glass| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

Foxconn Looks to Lower Apple Reliance

by Super User

Sources in the upstream supply chain say that Foxconn is seeking to reduce its dependence on business from Apple. The company has been ‘aggressively’ assisting Chinese smartphone brands, such as Xiaomi, Oppo and Meizu.

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Apple Emphasises Quality – And Pays For it

by Super User

The cost of manufacturing the display for the Apple Watch (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36) is ‘several times’ higher than equivalent LCD or glass-based AMOLED screens, says NPD DisplaySearch. The screen is a …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

ViewSonic Enters VDI Creation with Userful

by Super User

ViewSonic has entered into a strategic global partnership with Userful Corporation to create and deliver virtual desktop solutions. It is hoped that education and small- and medium-size businesses will use the solutions to move …

Tags:Back Panel| Cloud Computing| Large Display Monitor| ViewSonic| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Subscribers Rise but Revenues Fall in Europe

by Super User

Revenues will fall for more than 40 European TV operators between 2013 and 2020, says Digital TV Research. Having risen from $33.7 billion in 2010 to $35.8 billion in 2013, the firm expects revenues …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

AMD Names New President and CEO

by Super User

AMD has chosen COO Lisa Su as the company’s new president and CEO to replace Rory Read, who has stepped down with immediate effect. Read will support the transition in an advisory role, remaining …

Tags:AMD| Large Display Monitor| People| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

Samsung Warns of 60% Fall in Profit

by Super User

Samsung says that it expects third quarter operating profit to be approximately KRW4.1 trillion ($3.8 billion), 60% lower than Q3 of last year and the fourth consecutive quarter of declines. Revenue for the period …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21