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The company says it will start mass-producing its eighth-generation glass-cutting technology the second half of 2014.
CNET
Approaching the latter part of 2013, continued investment in flat panel LCD technology has produced a crop of LED TVs which sacrifice little in terms of performance to their Plasma counterparts.
HDTV Org
Microsoft is discounting its Surface Pro tablet this weekend, following heavy reductions to its Surface RT costs recently.
The Verge
Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry recently showcased a smartwatch that can be connected wirelessly to an iPhone, which the company hopes will be part of its next driver of revenue growth.
Taiwan Trade
Samsung is set to lift the lid on the device alongside the Galaxy Note 3 at IFA at the start of September.
CNET UK
Right now, almost all the major TV manufacturers, and most of the minor ones, are shipping or preparing to ship, Ultra HD televisions. These have 4 times the resolution of your current television. The hope is this next-gen tech will inject some profits back into a stagnated industry.
Forbes
While the likes of Sony and LG have been banging the Ultra HD drum for months, it's the Chinese that are going to bring the technology to the masses.
Tech Radar
Now that consumers have proven uninterested in today's 3D TV, the consumer electronics companies have turned to 4K Ultra-HD TV as the Next Big Thing that will trigger the new upgrade cycle.
Variety
Computerworld - Some popular new tablets come equipped with storage expansion slots; others do not. Which is better?
Computer World Australia
Microsoft's Surface tablet has earned the company less in revenue than it paid to write down unsold stocks of the device.
PC World
Samsung is nearing an agreement to acquire Novaled AG, a German maker of materials used to light up smartphone and television screens, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Bloomberg
TDG have forecast that by 2020, around half of all viewing will be outside of a TV and will be on an application dedicated to a specific video service.
Mobile Entertainment Analysis - CNET Networks
A recent study done by Strategy Analytics revealed that Android tablets have eaten away at Apple's pie of the tablet market, getting a solid foothold of 67% in the second quarter of 2013.
Android Community
The flow of moving water has been one of humanity's oldest sources of energy. However, water wheels at shoreline mills are hardly sufficient for a modern electrified civilization.
Daily Finance
While LED based solid-state lighting continues to gain ground, and several major challenges have been solved, some still remain.
EDN.com
Accessing your private computer from anywhere could save you the trouble of lugging around your laptop, charger and all those assorted add-ons
Mashable
After making scratchproof glass for smartphones and tablets in past years, Corning is now working on making its famous Gorilla Glass resistant to germs and glare as well, a tech site reported.
GMANews.TV
Google is buying a stake in Himax Technologies, the Taiwanese chip manufacturer that develops display technology for Google Glass.
Computing News
Apple is testing larger screens for its smartphones and tablets as it attempts to answer increasing concerns about its product lineup and competition from Samsung Electronics.
Wall Street Journal
Google on Wednesday made another attempt to embed itself into living rooms, after several false starts.
Wall Street Journal
Among the key features are an HD screen (with 1,920x1,200-pixel resolution); front and rear cameras (1.2- and 5.0-megapixel, respectively); Bluetooth 4.0; a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor; 2GB of RAM; NFC; and an Adreno 320 GPU (the same graphics chip used in the Samsung Galaxy S4).
CNET
Nothing throws water on the out of box experience (OOBE) of getting a new toy than having to sit and watch it update for hours to get to a working state.
ZDNet
Apple details in-display fingerprint sensor tech in patent filing from AuthenTec cofounder (July 18)
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published one of the first AuthenTec patent applications assigned to Apple, with the property describing an advanced method of fingerprint identification that can be embedded into a mobile device's display.
Apple Insider
As India's smartphone market hovers on explosive growth comes the surprising news that Apple iPhone sales have tripped in the first quarter of 2013.
Forbes
Japan's Sharp is aiming to raise 100 billion yen (US$1 billion) from share sales by the end of September as the struggling display maker looks to partnerships and a public offering to bolster its finances.
Reuters
LG Display, the world's second-largest maker of flat-panels, posted second-quarter profit that missed analyst estimates on slower consumer demand for screens used in personal computers and televisions.
Bloomberg
Not too many people are talking about the future of dedicated e-readers these days, which is why I decided to meet with the folks from E Ink
CNET
The new iPhone 5S is expected to have a quad-core PowerVR SGX544MP4 GPU, 4-inch (1136?640) IGZO display, 2GB of RAM, and the brand-new introduction of NFC and... a fingerprint scanner.
ExtremeTech
Let's face it: smartphone screens are getting a little boring.
Techradar
Despite the prevailing opinion that the the PC is doomed, things could be a lot worse-at least in the United States.
Time
LG Display claims it has developed the world's thinnest full HD LCD display for smartphones, measuring just 2.2 millimeters thick.
PC World
In the evening of Jul. 11, 2013, while her authentic, less than one-year-old iPhone 5 was being charged, she was struck suddenly by a powerful electrical current.
Fortune
'Acqui-hiring' for wearable technology skills is under way as Cupertino company seeks followup to iPod, iPhone and iPad.
Guardian
Consumer demand for sophisticated mobile devices creates profitable growth opportunities for Applied's semiconductor and display equipment businesses.
Company release
What is the reality of UHDTV/4KTV today? A lot like it was in the early days of HDTV; that is, beautiful displays that looked nice on the wall but very little to no content.
TVTechnology
Google's claim that it will not need to alter its privacy policy to reflect the impact of its new Glass product has been met with scorn by US authorities.
Guardian
On this July Fourth holiday we cover two distinct patent applications published by the US Patent & Trademark Office today.
Patently Apple
Wearable technology is all the rage these days, and Dell isn't immune to the peer pressure: its global VP of personal computing, Sam Burd, tells the Guardian that his company is "exploring ideas" in the field.
engadget
The Samsung F8000 Smart TV is the jewel in the 2013 home-entertainment crown for the South Korean-gadget giant.
Gizmodo
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