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France Sets Frequency Auction For 2015

by Super User

An auction of French frequencies in the 700MHz band will begin next year, President Fran

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Maxwell Extends to Laptops

by Super User

Last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37), Nvidia introduced the GTX 970 and GTX 980 desktop GPUs, based on the new Maxwell architecture (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 8). Now, the company has …

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Battery Technology Must Change, ABI Urges

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The eight billion mobile devices – including smart- and feature phones, wearables, tablets and notebooks – in the world by 2019 will provide a huge base for new battery and charging technologies, says ABI …

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HTC’s ‘Selfie Phone’ Responds to Voice Commands

by Super User

While smartphones’ front-facing cameras have often been outclassed by those on the rear, recent months have seen a change in this trend. The latest smartphone to pack a powerful front camera is the HTC …

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ODHitec Looks for Distributors

by Super User

ODHitec is a specialist display supplier from Korea that has been working on high brightness sunlight-readable technology and also transparent displays. It had an impressive demonstration of the ability of its special 3.5″ to …

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Acer Removes Flicker From Prosumer Models

by Super User

Acer’s prosumer CB display range, which began with the CB280HK (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 30), has grown with the addition of the CB270HU and CB290C. Both feature Acer’s flicker-free backlight technology, sRGB gamut …

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Short Film Supply Will Restrict Polariser Growth

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The market for polarisers will reach 400 million m

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Samsung’s 14″ OLED Panel Suggests Laptop at IMID

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The International Meeting of Information Display (IMID) exhibition took place in Korea recently, with a range of products on show from both LG Display and Samsung Display. According to local media, SDC was due …

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Openwave Claims Further Optimisation of HEVC

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Openwave Mobility, based in California, has announced a new technology designed to ease UltraHD video transmission over mobile networks. ‘Dynamo’ apparently works with all types of transmissions but is optimised for HEVC video. Openwave …

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Stino Works With MMD at Viscom

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Stino Eyevis and MMD will jointly showcase digital signage products at Viscom in Frankfurt next month. These will include the new iChannel 7 content management system; an in-store cloud radio service; and ePromoter, an …

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Intercity Guides Travellers From the Hotel Lobby

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The Intercity hotel chain is rolling out a ‘virtual concierge’ to its locations in German-speaking European countries. Installed by MIB GmbH, the first concierge was an 82″ display (1920 x 1080) at Intercity Berlin. …

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UHF Report to be Examined Next Month

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A draft report on the future of Europe’s ultra-high frequency (UHF) band (470 – 694MHz) has been finalised. The report was authored by Task Group 6, under the ECC. ‘Draft ECC Report 224’ will …

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