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 show
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Stephen Martin would often tell the story about when he was a Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor and a company would come in and claim they spent all the money they could on their corporate compliance program. Martin would then ask, “How much did you spend last year on Post-It Notes?” The answer was always four to five times the amount of their annual compliance budget. This immediately put the company back on its heels and would set the tone for rest of the negotiations. The bottom line was that the company viewed Post-It Notes as more business critical than a corporate compliance program.
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You may have heard about the tiger that was on the loose in Houston, Texas. The nine-month-old named India was finally found last week, and it was announced that she would be going to the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Murchison, Texas, where she will have a half acre of land all to herself.
But it was the name of the ranch that made me raise an eyebrow. Cleveland Amory? The Cleveland Amory who used to write a column for
TV Guide that I read religiously? Yup, the same Cleveland Amory. In addition to writing that column plus work for
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