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Netflix tops 57m subs; accelerates expansion

by Vanessa Browning

Netflix has revealed that its customer base grew by 13 million last year, comparing favourably to the 11.1 million customers added in 2013. The result brings the company’s total subscribers to 57.4 million. 4.33 …

Tags:IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Barco Completes Colombian Rollout

by Vanessa Browning

A rollout of more than 150 Barco projectors to Colombian cinema chain Royal Films has been completed. The chain chose several models, including the DP2K-10S and DP2K-32B. More installations are planned in the future …

Tags:Back Panel| Barco| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Dynamic Focus on 46″ Full HD LCD Public Displays V22 Issue 05

by Vanessa Browning

This week we are highlighting LCD Public Displays in the 46″ Full HD category covering sizes 43.5″ to 48.49″ with 1920 x 1080 resolution. There are 11 brands featured in the advertising. Samsung is …

Tags:dynamic focus| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Pricing| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Dell Momentum Continues with 8 Consecutive Quarters of PC Gains

by Vanessa Browning

Dell’s momentum in its client solutions (PC) business continued during the fourth calendar quarter of 2014 as it registered its eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year gains in global share and grew faster than the …

Tags:Dell| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Thin Clients

Acer Holds Leading Position in Multiple Markets

by Vanessa Browning

Acer has achieved excellent sell-through results during the latter months of 2014, according to the latest data by GfK Retail and Technology on PC shipments which represents actual sell through figures. The fourth quarter …

Tags:Acer| Europe| Notebooks| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)

Infocomm Announces Activities at ISE 2015

by Vanessa Browning

InfoComm International®, the leading trade association representing the audiovisual and information communications industries worldwide and co-owner of the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE 2015) tradeshow, announces special offerings at ISE 2015. This year, InfoComm Members …

Tags:ISE 2015

Samsung Makes Ambitious Tizen Plans

by Vanessa Browning

Samsung plans to sell 30 million Tizen TVs this year, a source has told Korea’s Yonhap News agency. The figure represents as much as 50% of Samsung’s projected TV sales this year.     

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Tizen| TV (Television)| Vol 22 - Issue 04

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PC Squeezed Into (Literally) Hand-held Form Factor

by Vanessa Browning

A Polish developer, Przemys?aw Strzelczyk, and his team have succeeded in shrinking PC internals down far enough to fit them into a mouse. The Mouse-Box will eventually be a working product, but is currently at …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 22 - Issue 04

FDA Separates Fitness Trackers From Health Products

by Vanessa Browning

The USA’s Food and Drug Administration has issued draft guidance (http://tinyurl.com/q24e7qn) on rules to follow for vendors to get wearable devices classified as ‘general wellness’ products (i.e. not a device for treating specific medical …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Wearables

Hydis Closes Down its Operations

by Vanessa Browning

Hydis Technologies has decided to close down its operations in Korea because of its serious financial difficulties. Earlier this month the company’s largest shareholder, Taiwan’s E Ink, called for a halt to factory operations …

Tags:business| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04