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IHS Conference Outline Released

The IHS Business conference 2015 will take place in Berlin at IFA, the global trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances. The fifth edition of the IHS Business Conference is a half day conference which will take a deep dive focus on Apps, UHD and the Chinese Consumer: New CE Industry Drivers? China has … Read more

Nearly one-third of smart phones shipped in Q2 in China were from Xiaomi and Huawei

As market consolidation continues in China, one in three smart phones shipped were from Huawei or Xiaomi in Q2 2015. Xiaomi regained its crown as the largest smart phone vendor in China with 15.9% market share, according to Canalys estimates. However Huawei is hot on its heels, growing 48% sequentially – the fastest growing vendor … Read more

ASUS Fully Embraces Low Blue Light for Monitors, Obtaining the Most TUV Rheinland Certifications

This year, ASUS monitors have made significant progress towards low blue light and flicker-free functionality, obtaining TUV Rheinland’s low blue light and flicker-free certification for its various monitor models. ASUS is now the monitor manufacturer which has obtained the most low blue light product certifications from TUV Rheinland. With its pioneering R&D technology, ASUS has … Read more

Matchstick Fizzles in DRM Tears

The Matchstick streaming dongle (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 26) – a Chromecast rival using Mozilla’s Firefox OS – will not be launched. Despite being funded on Kickstarter earlier this year (Matchstick Sparks Kickstarter Rush), the company ran into problems with DRM development. These have proven more difficult to overcome than expected. Matchstick will instead … Read more

NEC Raises Funds for Deafblind People

A golf tournament in the UK has raised £21,000 for charity. The tournament, at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, was co-organised by NEC Display Solutions. The aim was to collect money for Sense International, a global charity for people who are both deaf and blind. This year’s tournament was specifically dedicated to the Finding Grace’ campaign, which … Read more

ATEME Brings Premium Viewing Experiences to Life in Your Living Room

ATEME TITAN Software Transcoder Supports UHD with HDR for Exodus: Gods and Kings LOS ANGELES, PARIS, SINGAPORE, 4 AUGUST, 2015 ATEME announced today that together with Twentieth Century Fox, the two companies have enhanced development of the TITAN Software Transcoder, to enable distribution of the first ever Ultra HD (UHD) with High Dynamic Range (HDR) … Read more

NEC Result 20-07-15

NEC saw Q1 net losses of ¥10.0 billion ($80.78 million), down on losses of ¥10.1 billion ($81.46 million) in the same quarter last year, on revenue which fell 2% to ¥586.6 billion ($4.73 billion) from ¥598.7 billion ($4.83 billion). The company cited sluggish growth in emerging markets, although it said that it saw a steady … Read more

Fujitsu Result 31-07-15

Fujitsu Limited posted Q1 net losses of ¥18.9 billion ($153 million), compared with profit in the same period a year ago of ¥6.9 billion ($56 million), on revenue which slipped to ¥1.065 trillion ($8.59 billion) from ¥1.069 trillion ($8.63 billion). Turnover from network products and PCs went down, but sales of system integration services and … Read more

Goldgenie Commemorates Cecil the Lion

Several HTC phones have been customised in the past, with special logos and designs, including the One M8 Tattoo (HTC Takes The Needle to a Smartphone) and One M9 Ink (Inking Up With HTC). UK-based Goldgenie has now decided to release a £1,580 ($2,465) One M9 to commemorate the death of Cecil the lion in … Read more

Empire State Projection Shines a Light on Extinction

A light has been shone on the face of the world’s largest-ever extinction event – literally. 40 digital projectors were used recently to project video onto the Empire State Building in New York, for the first time ever. The videos – organised by the Oceanic Preservation Society and makers of a new documentary called ‘Racing … Read more

Mid-Range Sony Phones Suit Consumer and Commercial Use

Two premium smartphones have been unveiled by Sony. Although designed for the consumer markets, certain features may give them enterprise appeal. Both run Android 5.0. The Xperia C5 Ultra is a 6″ phablet (with 1920 x 1080 resolution and a 0.8mm bezel. It features a 1.7GHz 64-bit octa-core processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of … Read more