A new report has revealed that global figures for mobile advertising revenue surged 64.8 percent to $31.9 billion in 2014 from $19.3 billion in 2013 and were driven by continued shifts in consumer usage patterns and industry innovations.
Global consumers have lately become less interested in acquiring conventional notebooks with 15-inch displays, and they are instead shifting their spending to smaller product segments.
While touch-screen technology works well in smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices with flat panel displays, it is less suitable for use in some new and emerging applications; therefore, gesture sensing control will fill an industry need gap.
While overall smartphone market growth continues to slow, global demand for low temperature polysilicon thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal displays (LTPS TFT LCD) for smartphones is on the rise.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is turning many manufacturers of "things" into first-time software vendors that need licensing and entitlement management (LEM) solutions, according to analyst firm Gartner.
With the overall industry forecasted to reach $26.8 billion in revenues by 2020, biometric security and surveillance is way past the ?trend? threshold and is steadily making its way into multiple verticals ? one segment at a time.
Following an above average first quarter (1Q15), smartphone shipments were still able to remain slightly above the previous quarter thanks to robust growth in many emerging markets.
Companies investing in IoT are reporting significant revenue increases as a result of IoT initiatives with an average increase of 15.6 percent in 2014. Almost one in ten (9 percent) saw a rise of at least 30 percent in revenue.
