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A popular programme on Macs, Affinity Designer, from UK company Serif Software, has now been made available on Windows. The publishers claim that Affinity is the best selling professional design and graphics app for Mac. The Windows version costs $39.99 until 24th November. Analyst Comment We’ve heard good things about this software and have got … Read more
Ingram Micro Distribution will be distributing Aver’s video conferencing solutions in Switzerland and Austria.
Barco showed three new surgical displays at the Medica trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany. There is a 26″ Full HD (MDSC-2326) unit with 900 cd/m² of output and featuring a scratch-resistant optical glass cover that is intended to be extremely durable and easy-to-clean. The unit also has “smart cable management” to minimise clutter and make … Read more
Eizo Corp. announced its H1 FY16 results with its net sales at ¥39.5 bn ($375 mn) and net profit at ¥3.1 bn ($29.5 mn), leading to a net profit margin of 7.9%. The H1 FY16 net sales have increased by 13.7% from last year’s first half sales of ¥34.7 bn ($284 mn). The H1 FY16 … Read more
Acer Group announced its Q3 FY16 results with consolidated sales of NT$58.6 bn ($1.9bn) and net profit of NT$249.0 mn($7.9mn), resulting in a net profit margin of 0.4%. While the Q3 FY16 sales were up 4.3% from previous quarter’s sales of NT$56.2 bn ($1.7 bn), the net profit dropped by 48% from previous quarter’s NT$538.0 … Read more
Acer’s gaming monitor, the Predator Z301CT won CES’s first prize for innovation in the computer peripherals category. It also won two awards for its notebooks with the Swift 7 and Spin 7 both named.
Sony Pictures has done a deal to use Nokia’s Ozo camera to create VR content. The camera is a high end ($45,000) unit that uses 8 cameras, each with 2K x 2K resolution to capture content. It also has 8 microphones for all round audio. The camera will be used to create content including captures … Read more
The overall utilization rate at fabrication plants (fabs) used for display panel production is expected to reach 90% in the Q4 of 2016, up 7 percentage points from the same period in the previous year, and up 1 percentage point from the previous quarter, according to IHS Markit. One of the contributing factors for driving … Read more
The overall utilization rate at fabrication plants (fabs) used for display panel production is expected to reach 90 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, up 7 percentage points from the same period in the previous year, and up 1 percentage point from the previous quarter, according to IHS Markit, a world leader in critical … Read more
A survey conducted in early November 2016 by One Hour Translation, the world’s largest online translation agency, which provides translation services to thousands of global e-commerce companies, indicates that 27% of U.K. consumers plan to buy online on Black Friday (November 25th), compared to 10% who plan to do so on Cyber Monday (November 28th). … Read more
A survey of 3,400 respondents around the world in the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Australia and Japan showed overall that 16.5% of respondents expect to buy products online on Black Friday, with 9% looking at Cyber Monday. In the US, 26% will be buying online on Black Friday, with even more, 28%, … Read more
Eizo has announced the RadiForce RX660 30″ colour monitor for radiology and other medical applications. The 6 megapixel display is available with an anti-glare or anti-reflective coating and uses a 3280 x 2048 IPS panel (16:10) with 1,000 cd/m² output, although it is recommended at 500 cd/m² when calibrated. Contrast is 1500:1 and response time … Read more
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