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Advantech Looks to Haier for IoT

by Super User

Advantech is apparently seeking a partnership with Haier to develop Internet of Things products, say sources in the upstream supply chain.

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Toshiba Challenges Google at Ceatec (Sort of)

by Super User

Wearables were big news this year at Ceatec, which took place in Japan earlier this month. The show is always an interesting one, to see what we can expect from Japan in the coming …

Tags:Ceatec 2014| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21| Wearables

Aiptek Has Tablet with Projector

by Super User

We’ve been reporting on Aiptek of Taiwan for more than 10 years and on its activities in pico projectors for six years. At Gitex, the company was proudly showing off the P70 Android 4.4 …

Tags:Gitex 2014| Large Display Monitor| Pico Projectors| Vol 21 - Issue 41| Volume 21

Light Illusion Extends Eizo Partnership

by Super User

Two versions of Light Illusion’s content management system (CMS) have been developed for calibration of Eizo’s ColorEdge displays. Lightspace Eizo and Lightspace EizoLight enable automated profiling and calibration of the ColorEdge monitors.

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Another Week of Too Much

by Super User

I’ll keep the editorial short this week as we have a huge amount of content for you as we have three event reports this week. I worry that we’re overloading you, but, equally, I …

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Chinese Display Makers Form Alliance

by Super User

According to the Xinhua News Agency, Chinese FPD makers have formed an alliance to boost their global competitiveness. The alliance, which has not been named, was launched on 11th October. The launch event saw …

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Qualcomm to Buy CSR for $2.5 Billion

by Super User

Qualcomm announced this week that it has reached agreement with CSR to acquire the UK firm for a cash consideration of approximately $2.5 billion. Qualcomm said that the acquisition complements its current offerings by …

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Christie Brings Movie Night to Hospital

by Super User

Christie has donated the components of a small cinema to the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) in California. The cinema is intended to show films to children too ill to travel outside of …

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Copaco Adds LG Monitors

by Super User

Copaco in France is now distributing monitors from LG.

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Gartner: SVoD Holds Strong Growth Potential

by Super User

Pay-TV is the largest segment of the overall consumer video services market, representing 96.3% of spending this year. Gartner expects this to fall to 94.2% by 2018, while subscription VoD (SVoD) services will grow. …

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Koreans Plan CES Launch for Cadmium-Free QD TVs

by Super User

Cadmium-free quantum dot (QD) TVs will be introduced by Samsung next year, claims the Korea Times. The source quotes an unnamed official at Samsung. Samsung will apparently receive the QDs from Dow Chemical, which …

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LG Donates Smartphones to Help Fight Ebola

by Super User

2,000 smartphones are to be contributed to the UN, for use in combating the ebola outbreak in West Africa, by LG. The phones will be provided to UN healthcare and other key personnel in …

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