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European Car Owners Love Google and Apple

Smartphone use in vehicles continues to rise quickly in almost every major global market. Vehicle manufacturers and suppliers are rushing to support this trend, incorporating new designs and technologies into their products. According to research by IHS, more than 85% of those people in the UK and Germany intending to buy a new car own … Read more

400,000 Customers Leave US Pay-TV

Image: Reuters The top 10 pay-TV providers in the USA lost 400,000 subscribers in Q2’15, according to Informitiv’s Multiscreen Index. This wipes out a small gain earlier in the year, although still represents less than 0.5% of the subscriber base. DirecTV lost the most customers (133,000, to 20.3 million total subscribers). AT&T recorded a net … Read more

Germans Enjoy Paid VoD

Emnid, a market research institute, has found that 28% of German internet users subscribe to paid VoD services, such as Netflix. The number rises amongst 16-24 and 25-34 year-olds, to 42% and 47%, respectively. 56% of those surveyed use free streaming services like YouTube – especially young people (84% of 16-24 and and 70% of … Read more

AUO Sells Off 3.5G LCD Plant

AU Optronics (AUO) has sold one of its 3.5G production lines to networking/communication device maker, Wistron NeWeb. The facility, which AUO said uses out of date technology, was sold for NT$810 million ($25.6 million) for a capital gain of NT$550 million ($17 million). The company has three remaining 3.5G fabs, two of which are still … Read more

Signage Performs in Western Europe, But Russia Suffers

OVAB Europe has released the results of its Digital Signage Business Climate Index surveys in various regions of Europe, for the July/August period. The DBCI tracks sentiment in the digital signage industry. France is Europe’s third-largest digital signage market in Europe. Its DBCI stood at 50.05 points in July/August: a 5.15 point rise from the … Read more

Google Creates Alphabet

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google, announced this week a reorganisation of the company which will make Google a division of a much bigger company called Alphabet. Alphabet, the new parent company, will be run by Page and Brin as CEO and president respectively, and is mostly a collection of companies, the largest … Read more

In-Store Experience Moves to Digital

A study by IDC (paid: http://tinyurl.com/q6q8twz) has found that retailers in Western Europe are increasingly moving towards in-store digital transformations, to gain a competitive edge. All top retailers in the region are currently evaluating how digital impacts them, and what their approach and strategy should be. Two areas are being prioritised: equipping sales assistants with … Read more

Notebook ODMs’ MoM Sales Declined in July

Taiwan’s main notebook ODMs reported sequential declines in sales for July, as they experienced a slowdown in notebook demand. Quanta Computer said sales were down 21.4% in July from June, to NT$83.6 billion ($2.6 billion). though this was 7.3% higher than July 2014. Total sales to date reached NT$539.8 billion ($16.7 billion), up 6.2% compared … Read more

Nomadic Virtual Reality Opens SIGGRAPH VR Village

The Virtual Reality Village opened for the first time at the Special Interest Group Graphics (SIGGRAPH for short) conference and Exhibition in Los Angeles. A VR Village highlight included a nomadic Virtual Reality system called “Holojam” from NYU. NYU Labs Nomadic Virtual Reality Space in SIGGRAPH 2015 VR Village, Source: Sechrist The demonstration showed a … Read more

Good Month for Taiwan Chip Companies

Taiwan’s major chip companies reported strong sales in July, with Mediatek achieving monthly revenue which was the highest in four months. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) saw sales rise 35% sequentially and 24.7% year on year to NT$80.9 billion ($2.5 billion), bringing sales for the year so far to NT$508.4 billion ($15.8 billion), 28.3% higher than … Read more