ADVANCES IN PROGRESS

Business / Tech | ADVANCES IN PROGRESS Mar 12, 2017

With blazing speeds and better connectivity, next-generation 5G network may lay 'foundation' for the future

by Shusuke Murai

The world of information technology is growing in leaps and bounds — and is predicted to grow even faster as telecommunications firms rush to get ahead before the introduction of a next-generation mobile network that could serve as "the foundation" of an increasingly internet-connected ...

Business / Tech | ADVANCES IN PROGRESS Feb 13, 2017

New technology has display designers thinking outside the rectangle

by Kazuaki Nagata

From smartphones, computers, TV sets to car navigation systems, almost every device's display shape is rectangular. But this stereotype is likely to change soon, as display-makers work to come up with unique designs, such as circular, curved, ultrathin and flexible. Such displays, they say, are expected ...