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HP to Cut 10% of Workforce

by Tom Allen

Meg Whitman, CEO of HP, has said that the company will need to cut between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs in its process of splitting (HP to Split into Two Companies) – equal to about …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Mediatek Dismisses Speculation

by Tom Allen

The Chinese-language Liberty Times claimed that Mediatek was aiming to acquire Parade Technologies, earlier this month. Mediatek has now dismissed the article in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 22 - Issue 37

2016 AIO PC Production Dominated by Quanta

by Tom Allen

Quanta has received more than 70% of HP’s AIO PC orders for 2016, say sources in the Asian supply chain. The company also produces many of Apple’s iMacs. Meanwhile, Dell’s AIO PC orders are …

Sharp to Release World’s First 8k TV – Next Month

by Tom Allen

Sharp will begin selling an 8k TV in October this year – the first-such model to be made commercially available. Known as the LV-85001, the unit will be an 85″ set costing ¥15.2 million …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Casio G-SHOCK Teams Up With Designer HARBISON To Launch The New S Series Women’s Collection

by Tom Allen

Casio America, Inc. proudly celebrates the launch of the S Series Heathered collection at Spring Summer 2016 New York Fashion Week. The new S Series Heathered collection comes in 4 color ways, purple, orange, …

Tags:Casio| Smartwatches

Marvell and Leading European Telecom Provider Swisscom Expand Collaboration to Launch Ultra HD Android Set-Top Boxes

by Tom Allen

Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) — a worldwide leader in providing complete silicon solutions from mobile communications to storage, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud infrastructure, digital entertainment, in-home content delivery and Kinoma® software enabling the “Smart …

Strategy Analytics: Smartphone Battery Performance – Bigger Does Not Necessarily Mean Better

by Tom Allen

Battery life is consistently one of the most important aspects taken into consideration when a consumer purchases a new smartphone; it is also one of the greatest causes of smartphone owner dissatisfaction. In a …

Tags:Batteries| Power Consumption| Smartphones

AT&T To Offer The Microsoft Surface 3 To Business Customers

by Tom Allen

AT&T will begin selling the Microsoft Surface 3 with Windows 8.1 Pro to business customers in the coming weeks. It will be connected to the nation’s most reliable 4G LTE network with the nation’s …

Tags:AT&T| Microsoft| tablets

HD+ Comes to Hisense TVs

by Tom Allen

HD+, the German HDTV platform, has made its HD+ Replay catch-up portal available on Hisense’s TV sets. Before this, HD+ Replay was only available on HD+’s own satellite receivers, and as an app on …

Tags:HD+ (Germany)| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 22 - Issue 37

Sky Finalises Deutschland Buyout

by Tom Allen

Despite Sky Deutschland initially recommending that its shareholders reject the deal, the company has now been fully acquired by BSkyB (‘Sky’) (EU Approves BSkyB Deal). Sky completed its buyout of Sky Deutschland’s remaining shares …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Sky| Vol 22 - Issue 37

FollowMe to distribute Xtreme Outdoor Displays from Peerless-AV in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

by Tom Allen

AV technology pioneer Peerless-AV® has signed a distribution agreement with FollowMe® GmbH. With immediate effect, the specialist distributor is able to offer the 42?, 47? and 55? Xtreme™ fully-sealed Outdoor Displays from Peerless-AV to …

Tags:Austria| Distribution| Germany| Peerless AV| Switzerland

Peerless Takes on FollowMe

by Tom Allen

Peerless-AV has taken on FollowMe GmbH as a distributor in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. FollowMe will offer Peerless-AV’s 42″, 47″ and 55″ ‘Xtreme’ outdoor displays to its customers.