In yet another indication that self-published writers are gaining ground with readers and retailers, Apple on Tuesday launched a new section on its iBookstore called Breakout Books, featuring only self-published works.

Opera Software continues to broaden the reach of its Opera TV Store when it agreed to integrate the platform into MediaTek's chipsets for smart TVs.

Apple's press release for the new 128GB iPad contains an unusual concession from the company: the word "multitouch."

Japan-based company Toray managed to impress us a couple of times last year by producing two different, yet equally useful touchscreen films.

Designers can stretch the operating battery life of handheld devices through judicious management of the operational states. Touchscreens, which are now nearly ubiquitous, make a good example.

E Ink, the parent company of Hydis, appeared to have no concrete plans on how to run Hydis, a local manufacturer of LCDs.

Recent technology advances and a growing role for automotive Internet connections have auto makers giving a new look at windshield projection technologies that could one day replace dashboard displays.

Smart phones primarily use two types of displays: the active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) and the liquid crystal display (LCD).

At CES Sharp made its new IGZO technology a centerpiece of the company's presentation on Press Day that will transform displays by moving from amorphous silicon (A-Si) material to the Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide with far superior electron mobility and much smaller TFTs (thin film transistors) that significantly boost the pixel aperture ratio.

The EU launched a new ??1.2-million 3-year project called Flex-o-Fab that aims to help commercialize flexible OLEDs within six years. The project partners will create a a pilot-scale modular yet integrated manufacturing chain for flexible OLEDs, and use it to develop reliable fabrication / production processes.

It's only a prototype right now, but a group of engineers at the National Taiwan University in Taipei think that using fingernail-mounted OLED screens could solve a number of UI problems plaguing today's gadgets.

Reports are circling around Apple's supply chain of a potential shift in the company's display strategy for its future iPhones and iPads -- moving back to LCDs and away from touch panels -- but a drastic realignment of its supply chain is probably not likely, observes DisplaySearch.

To quote the immortal lines of Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) in Jurassic Park: "your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn't stop to think if they should."

Nokia, Plastic Logic, Philips, Dyson, and BaE systems are among more than 20 industry partners who have pledged 瞿13 million worth of support for a new graphene R&D centre to be established at Cambridge University.

Touch screen technology has become an integral part of our lives. They have revolutionized the way we interact with gadgets and smart devices.

Moneual has unveiled a design for a touchscreen cafe table that can display apps to help diners browse and order off the menu. Basically, Seamless has arrived to a real world setting.

Acer has recently denied a news report saying that it was organizing an alliance of touchscreen suppliers in the country to battle competitors in South Korea.

The LCD touch screen has become commonplace in cars, but the technology suffers from limited shaping. Texas Instruments used its Digital Light Processor (DLP) technology to come up with a display that could take a wide variety of shapes in the car, and allow touch control for people wearing gloves.

A computer display that has the refresh rate and color reproduction of LCD, but the power consumption and daylight visibility of e-ink - it sounds too good to be true, but I've just described an electrowetting display.

Aside from the Triton 2 color E-ink screen there wasn't much to new see from E-ink this time around (and even that screen looks pretty much like the earlier Triton screen), so here's something interesting to take the place of the non-news.

Holographic maps developed by Zebra Imaging (Austin, TX) and sponsored by a US Army contract allow soldiers to view three-dimensional (3D) landscapes and cityscapes prior to entering a battle zone.

Samsung plans to invest US$1.7 billion in expanding and fitting out its operations in Kunshan, a fast-growing manufacturing hub west of Shanghai, the Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.

LED lighting system costs can be reduced with good control circuit design and component selection, writes Fabrizio Petris from Omron Ellectronic Components Europe

In a move that may augur more Siri-like functionality for its tablets, Amazon on Thursday announced it is buying Ivona, a firm specializing in text-to-speech technology.

LG Display reported a profit for the fourth quarter as its key customers including Apple Inc. launched new products.

In a bullish sign for Apple, Google and other tablet makers, market tracker ABI Research says worldwide tablet shipments will surge 29.5% in 2013 to 145 million units, up from about 112 million unit sales in 2012.

Corning developed a thin, flexible glass, but the real breakthrough was figuring out how to mass-produce it.

As well as its US regional headquarters, Sony has also indicated its willingness to sell the building housing its television business in Tokyo.

Sony will introduce a new tablet computer in Japan this year as it tries to lure customers from Apple and Samsung Electronics.

Apple might release three new iPhones in 2013.

While it's a sketchy rumor, it seems reasonable that Apple will get serious about taking on smartphones like Samsung's 4.8-inch Galaxy S III.

Reports out of Korea today cite a milestone figure for LG Optimus G sales, and information on the device's arrival finally in Europe.

There seem to plenty of leaks around the devices that we might see at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013. The latest to join the league is Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0.