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Kennington Heads Technical Marketing at AptoVision

by Isaac Oburu

Justin Kennington has been named director of strategic and technical marketing at AptoVision. The Montreal-based company provides advanced chipsets for AV/KVM signal extension, matrix switching, IP-based switching, video-wall and multi-view applications. Kennington was previously …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 08

DVIGear Wins at ISE 2016

by Isaac Oburu

DVIGear won an ISE 2016 Best of Show Award from NewBay Media’s AV Technology Magazine, for its AV-Over-10GbE signal distribution platform DisplayNet. DisplayNet is a new concept for AV distribution that leverages 10GbE technology …

LG to Produce OLEDs for Phones in 2017

by Isaac Oburu

LG has announced that it plans to start using OLED displays for its flagship phones by the second half of 2017. LG Display is expected to start producing OLEDs for LG’s mobile phones, rather …

Sharp Senior Vice President Mike Marusic Recognized as 2016 CRN® Channel Chief

by Isaac Oburu

Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Mike Marusic, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Operations & …

Tags:Recruitment & Appointments| sharp

Huawei and Leica Camera Announce Long-term Technology Partnership for the Reinvention of Smartphone Photography

by Isaac Oburu

Today Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) and Leica Camera AG are delighted to announce the start of a strategic partnership, a co-operation with shared premium ambitions and spirit, which will see both technology and …

Tags:Cameras| Huawei| Smartphones

Virtual Interactions ‘As Good as Being There’ for Nearly a Quarter of Online Consumers

by Isaac Oburu

Internationally, 23 percent of online consumers say virtual interactions can be as good as being there in person. GfK has published findings from a 22-country survey showing that just under a quarter (23 percent) …

Tags:GfK| Virtual Reality| Virtual Sets

App Makers Stand with Apple

by Isaac Oburu

Today, Apple filed a motion to fight a California judge’s order that requires the company to create a back door to defeat the security features on the iPhone. Apple argued the judge had overstepped …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Security

ZTE Becomes Major Member of NB-IoT Forum to Help Operators Enter a Market of 100 Billion Connected Devices

by Isaac Oburu

ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, today announced that it officially joined the GSMA NB-IoT (Narrow Band-IoT) Forum as a major member, at …

Tags:internet| Internet of Things IOT| Telecomms| ZTE

2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress Surpasses Record 100,000 Visitors

by Isaac Oburu

Visitors to the 2016 edition of the Mobile World Congress surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time in the event’s history, with nearly 101,000 attendees, the GSMA reported today, an increase of more …

Tags:GSMA| MWC 2016

Mike Marusic Honored as 2016 CRN Channel Chief

by Isaac Oburu

CRN has added Mike Marusic, SVP of marketing, operations & services at Sharp America, to its list of 2016 Channel Chiefs. The executives on this annual list represent top leaders in the IT channel …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 23 - Issue 08

LG Emerges As Big Winner at iF Design 2016 With Record Number of Awards

by Isaac Oburu

LG Electronics (LG) received a total of 28 awards at the iF Design Award 2016 setting the record for a Korean company. Three unique products from LG took home prestigious iF Gold Awards, with …

Tags:Awards| LG Electronics (LGE)

Netflix Plans UHD Expansion

by Isaac Oburu

By the end of 2016, Netflix’s programming should include 600 hours of UltraHD content, the company told CNBC at MWC. The company is in no rush to create VR content, however.