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Scala escalates the fun at Liseberg amusement park

Scala digital signage is at the heart of a park-wide communications network centralisation and upgrade project by Swedish amusement park Liseberg. The extensive digital signage roll-out by Scala drives marketing, menu board and mobile integrated queuing information over 130 players and 200 screens across the park. The centralised solution runs over a Scala IT backend … Read more

Smartphone Vendors Ship over 340 Million Units in Q3, as Chinese Market Slackens

Leading mobile analyst firm Juniper Research estimates that the number of smartphone shipments reached 342.5 million in Q3 2015, with a slowed y-o-y growth of 8.4%. Apple Reports Record Profits and Bets on China, Despite the Slowing Economy Apple posted another record-breaking quarter, with 48 million unit sales, compared to 39 million iPhones sold in … Read more

Apple & Money

I was struck this week by a statistic highlighted by Statistica, that Apple has generated $53.4 billion in profits in the last year, making it the most profitable company of all time, with the biggest quarter of its year still to come. The growth should continue in the fourth quarter as Apple is still growing … Read more

Arrow Electronics Result 28/10/2015

Arrow Electronics reported Q3 net profit of $109.2 million, down 26% YoY from $146.9 million. Turnover increased 2% YoY to $5.7 billion from $5.6 billion. For the nine month period, net profit was $339.2 million, down by 11% YoY from $381.9 million. Turnover for the period was $16.5 billion, up 1% YoY from $16.37 billion.

Sharp Result 30/10/2015

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Sharp Corp. reported Q2 net profit of only JP¥ 3.5 billion ($29 million), a steep decline of nearly 86% YoY. For the 6 month period, the company registered a net loss of JP¥83.6 billion An increasingly loss-making display business was responsible, with 2 bailouts already in its wake. Pressure due to declining smartphone display demand … Read more

Ingram Micro Result 29/10/2015

Ingram Micro reported Q3 net profit of $65 million, a 10% decline YoY from $72 million. Turnover was down 6% YoY at $10.5 billion from $11.2 billion. For the 9 month period, net profit was $73.9 million, nearly half of the previous year’s 9 month period. Turnover was flat for the 9 month period at … Read more

Innolux Result 01/11/15

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Innolux reported Q3 financial results with a net profit of NT$ 3.5 billion, the lowest in five quarters, down 52.7% YoY. Turnover hit a five year low with a 21.5% YoY decline, at NT$ 88.75. In spite of higher volume of small and medium TV panels, Innolux failed to increase it’s profitability, primarily on account … Read more

Panasonic Brings Windows 10 to Toughpad

Panasonic’s Toughpad line of rugged tablets holds several UltraHD models, and the company has just introduced its first model running Windows 10. Going by the name of FZ-Y1, the 20″ ‘tablet’ features a new processor, graphics engine and storage options. Aimed squarely at business users, the unit runs Windows 10 Professional (which can be changed … Read more