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More than 14 million tablets were shipped to Western Europe in Q4’15: a 10.1% decline YoY, says IDC. In value terms, however, the decline was only 1.8% thanks to the rising penetration of detachable tablets. 2.6 million detachables were shipped in Western Europe in Q4, up from around 800,000 in Q4’14. They now account for … Read more
Global smartphone sales reached 403 million units in Q4’15, says Gartner: a 9.7% rise YoY. However, this was the slowest Q4 growth rate since 2008. Smartphone sales rose 14.4% YoY, to 1.4 billion units, for 2015 as a whole. Driving factors continued to be low-cost phones in emerging markets, as well as strong demand for … Read more
Company chair Chang Wei-yi has said that Coretronic is in the midst of a transition from a backlight unit maker to a display solutions provider. The switch is mainly being undertaken to raise production value and gross margins. At an investors’ conference, Chang said that revenues for the company’s projector business did not rise much … Read more
China’s Economic Daily News says that Xiaomi will reveal a new smartphone, the Mi 5, at MWC. The phone will be unveiled on the 24th February, concurrently in both Barcelona and Beijing. The source said that Inventec will produce 2 million units for the initial batch, manufactured by subsidiary Inventec Appliances.
In 2015, Dish activated about 3 million new Pay-TV subscribers, compared to 2.6 million in 2014. Net subscribers were down around 81,000 in 2015, compared to a loss of approximately 79,000 in 2014. Dish ended 2015 with approximately 13.9 million Pay-TV subscribers compared with approximately 14 million at the end of 2014.
Virtual reality start-up Skylights (Paris, France), a B2B hardware and service provider to airlines, plans to provide in-flight 2D and 3D movies by way of the company’s so-called SkyTheater VR Headset. The current activity in addressing this marketplace is a collaboration with air carrier XL Airways (France). To put this plan into context, VR has … Read more
On February 10th I attended a half-day Technology Symposium hosted by Snell Advanced Media (SAM) in New York. The Symposium had five speakers, Neil Maycock and David Tasker from SAM (https://s-a-m.com/), Tom Ohanian from Cisco Systems (http://www.cisco.com/), Larry Thorpe from Canon (http://www.canon.com/) and Scott Rothenberg from NEP (http://www.nepinc.com/). While Larry Thorpe talked mostly about cameras … Read more
This latest version of an aftermarket automobile HUD is presented by HeadsUP!, a California based startup company and includes the Amazon Alexa voice recognition system as its input system. The device comes with its own curved mirror, avoiding any double image creation on the windshield. The voice recognition system allows you sending texts, making phone … Read more
The Tribeca Film Festival, held in New York City from April 13 to the 24, has always supported new forms of entertainment in the forms of gaming, events, installations etc. This year the number of VR based presentations is increasing to a total of 23 exhibits, 16 of which will be world premiers. The exhibits … Read more
Eutelsat Communications has crossed the threshold of 6,000 channels broadcasting via its fleet, further consolidating its position as a premium satellite operator and service provider to the global broadcasting industry. This new record reflects three key trends where Eutelsat continues to outperform: strong channel growth in fast growing markets; continued deployment of pay-TV platforms; and … Read more
For the first time in its history, London Fashion Week (LFW) will be screened to more than 35 million people across the country in a new collaboration between the British Fashion Council and Ocean Group. In a UK media first, exclusive footage from the shows of top designers including Temperley, Ashish and Osman will be … Read more
Expected to be available in the United States later this year, this much-anticipated sequel to the G4 Stylus features a 5.7-inch large HD display for a cinematic viewing experience that also makes it easier to see more information at a glance. Plus, the LG Stylus 2 comes with a sensitive and thinner nano-coated pen tip … Read more
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