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Samsung's future flex
Life, James Hein, Published on 26/05/2021
» So whatever happened to the rollable displays we were promised some time back? Turns out companies like Samsung have been working on them, presenting a few at the recent Society for Information Display (SID) annual exhibition. The key to this technology is the OLED (organic light-emitting diode) display because it doesn't need a backlight. This allows for paper thin, flexible displays. In keeping with their usual nomenclature, Samsung calls their first device the S-foldable. Their range starts at phone size and unfolds twice to a 7.2-inch screen. They also presented a slidable screen that pulls out to give a wider view. Then came the 17-inch foldable screen that starts as a tablet that can be used as a small monitor tagged as the "Carrying Small Seeing Big". For now, these are concept devices that we should see in the wild next year. Not to be outdone, LG demoed a 65-inch rollable OLED TV along with a 12.8-inch rollable device. China is also in the mix with Visionox showing their rollable OLEDs.
Fans of LG smartphones bemoan end of an era
Business, Published on 07/04/2021
» SEOUL: Fans of LG smartphones rued the loss of more affordable Android-based devices after the South Korean tech company said on Monday that it would quit the business, with some praising LG Electronics Inc for the innovation it brought to the industry.
Backwards or forwards?
Life, James Hein, Published on 13/11/2013
» Why do software makers not bother to check with users to see if their latest upgrade is an improvement or a step backwards? In this case it is Visio 13. I've found a 770-point version of the good old Colossal Cave (or Adventure), a text-based interactive fiction game we used to play way back in the day. I was using Vision to make a map and when I used Visio 13 I could no longer easily make the connectors work as I wanted. This is not the only time I have had problems with new versions of Microsoft products trying to help me way past the point where I want any. I'm sure there is a setting somewhere buried deep under the Options Menu that will stop the behaviour I don't want, but it shouldn't be that hard. Perhaps a simple "make all options as per version 2010" would be the answer.
Aid-industry insider thinks outside the box
Life, Published on 20/07/2012
» It was an exhibition held in New York back in 2007 that transformed the direction of Toshi Nakamura's life and led to him setting up Kopernik, a non-profit organisation that tries to make a difference by serving as a link between two disparate worlds.