Volume 21 – Page 87 – Display Daily

China Works to Replace Windows, OSX and Android

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The People’s Post and Telecommunications News, of China, says that an OS to rival those from Microsoft, Google and Apple could be deployed by October. The paper quoted the head of an official OS …

VTech Adds Rechargeable Batteries to 4th-Gen Products

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Children’s tablet developer VTech has introduced two new products, with rechargeable batteries and more than 800 apps in the ‘Learning Lodge’ store. The Innotab 3 Plus (4.3″, $60) and 3S Plus (5″, $80) are …

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Ride Solo With Samsung’s Gear S

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Ahead of IFA, Samsung has announced a new smartwatch called the Gear S, with a curved, 2″ OLED screen. It is very likely the smartwatch that was previously rumoured to be called the Gear …

UltraHD TVs Grow at 107% CAGR to 2018

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A report by TechNavio, on the worldwide UltraHD market (http://tinyurl.com/o2ada4b), says that UltraHD TV market will grow at a 106.8% CAGR between 2013 and 2018. Only LCD and OLED TVs will have UltraHD as …

Daktronics’ Displays Chosen for Baku Olympic Stadium

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Daktronics is providing a new LED super-system featuring two HD video displays to the Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. Each display will feature a 15HD pixel layout and measure 10.97 metres high by …

The Market for Wearables

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Paul Gray talked about wearable electronics. Until the first world war, watches were kept in the pocket, and wrist watches were seen as “effeminate”. However, the need for accurate time keeping during the war …

DTG Tests D-Book 7 v4

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The UK’s DTG Testing is now trialling the functionality of the D-Book 7 v4. Updates have been released to the organisation’s MHEG test suites, under the ‘beta’ status; this means that test suite licensees …

Tablets Fall, but Emerging Regions Rise

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IDC’s tablet-plus-hybrid forecast for 2014 has been reduced to 233.1 million units. The new figure represents a 6.5% YoY growth rate: significantly below the previous prediction of 12.1% growth. “[I]t would be easy to …

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Peerless-AV Highlights Importance of Digital Signage

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Peerless-AV exhibited several digital signage solutions at this year

Epson is Finished With 720p

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Expanding its home theatre segment, Epson showed off three new 3LCD projectors, and had some interesting news ahead of Cedia 2014. Replacing the TW550 (Display Monitor Vol 18 No 15), the EH-TW570 is brighter …

ARM Expands 64-Bit Processing With 50th License

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Demand has been growing for ARM’s 64-bit v8-A processors, the company has said. It has recently signed its 50th licensing agreement to produce chips based on the architecture. The licences, with 27 partners, are …

MEA…As Tablets Shift to Tier 2 Vendors

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There was a 2% fall in tablet shipments in MEA between Q1’14 and Q2’14, according to IDC. As well as the expected fall due to the traditionally slow summer season and Ramadan, shipments were …