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Marty Joins Clear Channel

by Tom Allen

Clear Channel has appointed Christoph Marty as the new CEO of its Switzerland branch. He will take office in November this year. Marty is currently CEO of advertising company Publicitas Switzerland, which he joined …

Cisco Cuts 7% of Workforce; More Layoffs Rumoured

by Tom Allen

Cisco, according to CRN, is about to make as many as 14,000 employees redundant, representing almost 20% of the company’s global workforce. The move would be made due to sluggish sales of switches and …

Tags:Cisco| Large Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Software Incompatibility Hits Sony/SkyQ

by Tom Allen

Owners of UltraHD Sony TVs from 2015 and 2016 have found themselves unable to use the new SkyQ UltraHD service. Trying to watch content results in so much judder as to make it unviewable, …

Analogix Claims First Single-Chip USB-C Switch for DisplayPort

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeAnalogix has launched a new DisplayPort chip series called the ANX7440/30 family. It is an integrated solution capable of switching DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 at 8.1Gbps and USB 3.1 (Gen 2) 10Gbps …

HP Cuts Android for Windows

by Tom Allen

VP Michael Park says that HP wants to provide a high-margin, premium product for office workers with its Elite X3 smartphone.HP Inc. is cutting its losses in the Android space in favour of Windows …

Nvidia Extends Full 10-Series to Notebooks

by Tom Allen

Nvidia has revealed at Gamescom that its new 10-series GPUs (GTX1080, 1070 and 1060) will be installed on gaming notebooks from major manufacturers. Normally, Nvidia produces less-powerful mobile versions of its cards (i.e. GTX …

Lenovo Installs FreeSync on First Monitor

by Tom Allen

The Y27f is Lenovo’s first free-standing display featuring AMD’s FreeSync technology. It is a curved 27″ monitor with a 144Hz refresh rate, for gamers. Lenovo claims that the 1,800R curve is one of the …

Innolux Focuses on Mid-Size at Touch Taiwan

by Tom Allen

Innolux has revealed what it will be showing at Touch Taiwan (24th – 26th August) this year: an event where, traditionally, panel makers in Taiwan demonstrate their newest developments. Notebooks are an essential facet …

TI’s Minidock Design Carries USB and Power

by Tom Allen

Texas Instruments has introduced a USB-C and Power Delivery minidock (51 x 102mm) reference design, which can support USB data, power, video and audio signals. The reference design can take power from a USB-C …

HP Prepares New Gaming Models

by Tom Allen

During Gamescom in Germany, HP revealed several new products, two of which feature gaming displays. One is a 17.3″ notebook with a choice of two of Nvidia’s new 10-series mobile GPUs, and the other …

Stratacache Acquires Scala for Global Expansion

by Tom Allen

US digital signage hardware, software and services provider Stratacache has acquired Scala, the digital signage platform developer. The deal combines the USA’s (Stratacache) and world’s (Scala) largest signage companies. Stratacache says that its strong …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Scala (now Stratacache)| Vol 23 - Issue 32

AR/VR Will Grow at More Than a 180% CAGR

by Tom Allen

IDC projects worldwide revenues from augmented (AR) and virtual (VR) reality growing from $5.2 billion this year to more than $162 billion in 2020. This represents a CAGR of 181.3% over the five-year period. …