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The acquisition of Ingram Micro by China’s Tianjin Tianhai (a division of the HNA Group) has been delayed. The date that the deal must be completed by has been extended to the 13th November 2016. The extension will provide more time for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review the … Read more
Sharp’s Tai Jeng-wu (left) and Foxconn’s Terry Gou (right). Image: Nikkei.Japan’s Sankei Shimbun and Nikkei Shimbun quote Sharp president Tai Jeng-wu as saying that he will cancel a base and managerial salary reduction at the company, in an effort to raise employee morale. Tai will also forgo his salary as a member of Sharp’s board. … Read more
Sony will introduce two new Playstation 4 consoles at its event next month, according to the Wall Street Journal. As well as the Playstation Neo, Sony will launch a refreshed model of its standard PS4. In this way, it will target both hardcore and casual gamers at the event. Damian Thong, an analyst at Macquarie … Read more
A company called Cyberdrive (previously Forte Audio) is intending to fill a (niche) gap in the media player market, by providing compact players that can output high-res audio and UltraHD video. Cyberdrive has launched a campaign on crowdfunding website Indiegogo, which went more than 1,600% past its funding goal. The funded players are known as … Read more
The ISTE 2016 educational conference held in late June, with over 16,000 in attendance hailing from 76 countries, is the largest ed-tech conference held in the U.S. One of the newest and most interesting arrivals at this year’s ed-tech expo hall was Mursion, a company that designs customized training simulations held in virtual space. A … Read more
Korea’s Yonhap News reports that the country’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning has chosen the ATSC 3.0 standard for UltraHD TV broadcasts, over DVB-T2. UHD transmissions are expected to begin in February 2017. So far, most UHD TVs manufactured in Korea have been DVB-T2 sets; these will require a separate STB to receive … Read more
HZO Inc., the total solutions leader in liquid and environment protection technology, announced its recent collaboration with Rakuten Kobo to protect its latest eReader, the Kobo Aura ONE. The HZO Protected™ Kobo Aura ONE is rated to IPX8, making it a versatile device enabling people to read in more places than ever before. HZO’s innovative … Read more
“Chinese Dream” was displayed on the huge display screens overlooking New York’s Times Square and Tokyo’s Ginza on the morning of August 15, in the respective local times of the two locations. A 30-second video clip promoting Chinese home appliance leader Skyworth displayed to visitors and passers-by in New York and Tokyo an impressive fiery … Read more
Today at gamescom®, Lenovo (SEHK:0992) (Pink Sheets:LNVGY) showed off two new ways for performance PC players to game and experience virtual reality (VR) nearly anywhere by announcing theIdeaCentre Y710 Cube and IdeaCentre AIO Y910 gaming PCs. While many gamers dedicate rooms for their battle stations, as many as 47 percent1 are playing in settings beyond … Read more
As part of its global game strategy in a market poised to grow to plus $100 billion by next year, Microsoft is shifting into high gear with the recent Xbox One S game console. The new device offers UltraHD support that includes a new UHD Blu-ray drive, a boost to its processing capability and HDMI … Read more
AMOLED displays continue to increase their share of the overall display market, expected to reach about 11% this year and 22% in 2020. IHS says in a research note that, to support this growth, the AMOLED encapsulation material market will grow 76% this year, to a value of $111 million. Encapsulation determines the lifespan of … Read more
Hulu is planning to stop the ad-supported free streaming service it has been offering for quite some time. Hulu has teamed up with Yahoo to create a streaming service “Yahoo View” from Yahoo and will feature the five of the most recent shows from ABC, NBC and Fox, eight days after their debut air date. … Read more
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