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Alphabet Result 23/10/15

Alphabet Inc., the holding company for Google, reported a huge 45% YoY increase in net profit for Q3, at $3.98 billion compared to $2.74 billion for the same period previous year. Turnover increased 13% YoY to $18.7 billion compared to $16.5 billion, signalling a slight decrease in turnover growth from 20% for the previous year’s … Read more

Xoom Claims Projector Phone Patents

Xoom was a new name for us in smartphones, but it shouldn’t be! Because we have “Media” badges, we often get accosted by staff that are trying to get us onto their booths. Usually we are not interested, but in this case, we were. Xoom is developing premium smartphones as well as phones with integrated … Read more

Dell Stands Out for Desktop Display Promotion

Dell had almost the only reasonably broad presentation of client devices and desktop monitors at Gitex. The displays group had an area devoted to its monitors, projectors, the more recent LFDs and even display accessories including mounting arms and adaptors. The MEA market is around 4 million monitors per year, so it is astonishing to … Read more

Kingston University Chooses Panasonic Again

The UK’s Kingston University has purchased 60 professional Panasonic displays for a new digital signage rollout across the institution’s five campus sites. The displays, installed by GV Multimedia, include 48 50″ TH-50LFE7E; six 65″ TH-65LFE7E; and five 47″ TH-47LF6W displays. A single 80″ TH-80LFC70 will also be used. The rollout follows of 170 Panasonic projectors … Read more

Kingston University extends AV roll out

Kingston University has purchased 60 Panasonic professional displays for a digital signage roll out across the university’s five campus sites. It follows the installation of 170 Panasonic PT-RZ370 laser/LED projectors within 119 lecture and seminar rooms in August 2014. This project is as a result of the strategic partnership between Kingston University and GV Multimedia. … Read more

Etisalat Highlights Broadband Applications

Local telco, Etisalat, was, as it does most years, was showing a range of IoT and other applications that exploit high bandwidth networks. We watched a presentation on the QNX operating system that was developed in Germany and was acquired in 2010 by Blackberry. The OS is widely used in vehicles, especially in the A/V … Read more

CTouch Adds Procap at 70″

CTouch of the Netherlands was highlighting the new additions to its range of touch-enabled meeting and education displays. It is making its existing “Laser” products in 60″, 70″ and 84″ “end of line” and is developing new products. Features of the new systems include Android functionality and multiple inputs including three VGA and three HDMI … Read more

Hitachi Upgrades Products and Adds “Extreme” UST

Hitachi was at Gitex to promote its projection products. The latest version of its interactive projector is the CP-TW-3005 which, among other improvements, extends lamp life to 10,000 hours. Touch performance has also been improved to support six touches. Contrast ratio has also been boosted to 10,000:1. Software is still from Starboard. Hitachi’s UST projector … Read more

Samsung Provides Sneak Peek to UK Shoppers

An experiential showcase has been opened at Westfield White City in West London. The Samsung Galaxy Studio is open until the 3rd November – shoppers can visit to try out the Gear S2 smartwatch and other new products before they go on sale in the UK. There will also be 10 Gear S2 smartwatches and … Read more

‘Watch’ This Space…Samsung Galaxy Studio Unveiled at Westfield White City

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that its new experiential showcase, the Samsung Galaxy Studio, is now open to customers. The Studio, which will be open from Friday 23rd October to Tuesday 3rd November, in Westfield White City’s Main Atrium gives visitors the chance to experience Samsung’s new intuitive wearable experience, the Gear S2 smartwatch … Read more

Christie Emphasises Range of Solutions

Christie had a wide range of products on display, as you would expect. The company has a very wide range of display solutions including the LED Velvet series introduced at Infocomm last year, flat panels, projection and, of course, rear projection including the Microtile system. Following the acqusition, it also has the Coolux Pandora’s Box … Read more