LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology expects smart lighting, high-end backlighting and infrared (IR) applications to drive business growth and hike overall gross margin by 3-5pp in 2017, according to company chairman Wu ...
Tags: LED Lighting, IR Devices
About nine million curved-surface LCD TVs were sold globally in 2016, 2.25 times the sales volume in 2015, according to Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker AU Optronics (AUO). China is the largest market for curved-surface LCD TVs, with ...
For the whole January, orders for solar products across the supply chain has mostly been dealt due to the upcoming Lunar New Year, and EnergyTrend found that the spot prices did not, and will not, significantly fluctuate in the recent. ...
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First-tier China-based touch panel makers, in view of decreased orders for projected capacitive touch solutions (out-cell) used in smartphones due to increasing adoption of in-cell and on-cell touch solutions, have extended production to ...
Tags: touch panel, AMOLED
Sure, Apple could make software that powers both Macs and iPads. Yes, it could put touchscreens in its laptops. And yeah, it could make a hybrid device that's both a tablet and a notebook. But that would be taking the easy route. At ...
"We are the company that stands for the builders, the makers, the creators." Sounds like a thing Apple might say, no? But those are the words of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella -- the guy who just ate Apple's lunch. I'm not saying the new ...
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The Apple Watch does a lot of things, but it didn't have a camera. Now it does, thanks to a new band. Are you ready to start taking wrist-snaps? Glide, makers of a video chat app for iPhone, just launched CMRA, a new Apple Watch band that ...
Tags: Apple Watch, camera, video chat
China's e-sports games revenues are expected to exceed CNY50 billion (US$7.3 billion) for 2016, up more than 50% from 2015 thanks to the increasing popularity of tournaments as more organizers and players jump on the bandwagon, according to ...
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The European Commission is taking legal action against seven member states, including the UK, for failing to properly regulate car emissions, after the Volkswagen emissions scandal. The Commission opened infringement procedures against ...
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Price support remains in China in December, According to EnergyTrend’s observation. Multi-Si wafers and cells from the overseas saw significant decline in prices after mid-December. Prices are expected to keep declining before the ...
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Today, Google announced Android Things, a new platform designed to power the connected devices in your life. Here’s what it all means. What is Android Things? Android Things is a platform and an operating system. Developers will ...
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China-based panel makers are making big investments in OLED technology, with EverDisplay Optronics (Shanghai) kicking off construction of a 6th-generation (6G) AMOLED factory. In addition to EverDisplay Optronics, China-based display panel ...
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Govt incentives remain the primary driver of the industry, rather than organic demand or products' competitiveness Electric cars are widely believed to be the future of the automotive industry, but experts say even in the world's largest ...
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Showa Denko’s (SDK) subsidiary Showa Aluminum Can (SAC) is set to produce sleek cans for beverages in Vietnam. In May 2014, SDK and SAC acquired a 91.75% stake in Hanacans Joint Stock Company, which produces beverage cans in ...
Tags: Vietnamese Beverage, Packaging
The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 241 basis points to 6.8972 against the U.S. dollar Friday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. In China's spot foreign exchange market, ...