iPhone 5S screens entering mass production in June, report says

Sharp, Japan Display, and Samsung rival LG Electronics are tooling up for Apple iPhone 5S production runs which will begin in earnest in June, according to a report out of Japan.

Samsung nabs 3% of Sharp for $112M, taking their display relationship to the next level

Samsung's latest strategy? Nabbing tiny stakes in companies it relies heavily on.

Japan wants to bring 4K Ultra HD broadcasts to televisions by next year

4K television content could get a major bump next year, courtesy of the Japanese government.

Explore the Internet’s future with Broadcom’s broadband pipe dreamer Henry Samueli

The technical wizard at Broadcom shares his views on broadband technology with us in an exclusive interview.

If this is the best Sharp can do, 2013 is going to be another tough year

Sharp showed off its latest TV and display products today at CES 2013, but if this is the best it can do, the company is in trouble.

Consumers are becoming ‘digital omnivores’

Consumers are adopting smartphones, tablets and other digital gear in increasing numbers.

Your roadmap to CES 2013: parties, events, and survival tips

Bring comfortable shoes and travel light as you make your way to the biggest U.S. tech trade show.

After Tim Cook interview, prepare for lots of weaksauce Apple Television rumors

The latest rumor to circulate around the Internet about Apple's alleged television set indicates that the company has taken another baby step by testing the product outside its offices.

Japan’s top science students are pursuing ice cream over tech

In an unusual twist, Japan's top science students are applying to make ice cream and yogurt rather than work for tech companies such as Sony, Panasonic, and Sharp.

Funding Daily: Hakuna Matata

Life in the tech scene is a lot like life on the Africa savanna. Read more to find out which 15 companies drank from investor watering holes today.

Panasonic cutting 10K jobs as only half its 88 business units make significant profits

Japanese electronics companies are fighting surging Korean electronics companies such as LG and Samsung -- and losing.

Sharp’s new 5″ smartphone screens: full 1080P HD and 443 pixels per inch

Sharp announced today that it has started manufacturing 5-inch high-definition LCD panels for smartphones with a full 1,080 x 1,920 pixels -- and an astonishing pixel density of 443 pixels per inch.

Sharp said to be cutting 10K jobs, selling 3 plants to Foxconn

Japanese TV and electronics manufacturer Sharp will soon cut more than 10,000 jobs, or 18 percent of its workforce. It is also in talks to sell three of its overseas plants to Chinese factory staple Foxconn.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Dragon Age III, Borderlands 2, and the BioWare doctors retire

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Sharp and Fujitsu join Sony’s PlayStation Mobile program; new games debut Oct. 3

The PlayStation Mobile service is debuting in nine countries -- Japan, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Australia -- with more to follow, with 30 games at launch.

OLED displays to hit sales of $44B by 2019, with growth in TVs and mobile devices

They cost a lot now, but OLED displays are one of the biggest hopes for the TV industry to sell more screens to a saturated market.

iPhone 5 nears: Sharp to start shipping screens to Apple this month

Sharp revealed today that it will begin shipping new smartphone screens to Apple this month, which are widely expected to end up in the iPhone 5, Reuters reports.

Sharp President Takashi Okuda said simply, “Shipments will start in August,” during …