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Leia Works on Larger Holographic Screen

December 21, 2022July 31, 2015 by Tom Allen

Leia, the Californian start-up developing glasses-free 3D technology (Leia Shows Off new Holographic Display) is building a larger display. A prototype 2.2″ model was shown in April, and the company is now working on a 5.5″ screen. Orders for a developer kit – using the smaller display – will be taken in September, with deliveries … Read more

Samsung Electronics Result 31/07/15

July 31, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

Samsung Electronics Co saw Q2 net profits of KRW5.75 trillion ($4.9 billion), down from KRW6.25 trillion ($5.3 billion) a year earlier, on revenue of KRW48.54 trillion ($41.5 billion), a decrease from KRW52.35 trillion ($44.7 billion) and the fifth consecutive quarterly drop. For the half year, net profit fell to KRW10.38 trillion ($8.9 billion) from KRW13.82 … Read more

Sony Result 31/07/15

July 31, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

Sony saw Q1 net profit of ¥82.4 billion ($663 million), up from ¥26.8 billion ($216 million) a year earlier, on revenue which slipped just 0.1% and remained at around ¥1.8 trillion ($14.6 billion). The flat turnover was mainly due to a decrease in the Mobile Communications segment, reflecting a significant fall in smartphone sales, and … Read more

Nokia Result 31/07/15

July 31, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

Nokia Corporation saw Q2 net profits of €352 million ($386 million), compared with losses of €27 million ($30 million) in the year ago quarter, on revenue of €3.2 billion ($3.5 billion), up 9% from €2.9 billion ($3.2 billion). Excluding costs related to the sale of the Devices and Services business to Microsoft, there were profits … Read more

Parade Result 31/07/15

July 31, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

Display and IC supplier Parade Technologies Ltd. reported Q2 net profits of TWD270.7 million ($8.8 million), down from TWD277.8 million ($9.2 million) in the year-ago quarter, on revenue of TWD1.52 billion ($49.3 million), up from TWD1.41 billion ($46.8 million). For the six months there were profits of TWD525.9 million ($16.9 million), a reduction from TWD535.4 … Read more

Coretronic Result 31/07/15

July 31, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

Coretronic posted Q2 net profits of TWD317 million ($10.0 million), down from TWD851 million ($26.9 million) a year earlier, on revenue which fell 19.5% to TWD16.9 billion ($536 million) from TWD21.0 billion ($666 million). For the first half there were profits of TWD607 million ($19.2 million), compared to TWD1.3 billion ($42.0 million), on turnover of … Read more

IDC: Tablets Fall as Vendor Landscape Evolves

July 31, 2015 by Tom Allen

The global tablet market fell 7% YoY in Q2’15, says IDC, to 44.7 million units. With little hardware innovation and few new products, QoQ results were also down 3.9%. There is a “profound shift” ongoing in the vendor landscape today, says IDC’s Jean Philippe Bouchard. The major vendors – Apple and Samsung – are continuing … Read more

Sky Enjoys High Growth

December 21, 2022July 31, 2015 by Tom Allen

Sky gained 973,000 new subscribers across its five territories (UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy) in the 12 months to June 2015. The number represents a 45% YoY increase. In its results presentation, Sky said that it plans to launch a single STB to cover all of its territories from the end of 2017 (we … Read more

Microsoft HoloLens Looking at Researchers to Understand Augmented Reality

July 30, 2015 by Norbert Hildebrand

Since Google pulled Google Glass out off the limelight, Microsoft has stepped in by announcing its Microsoft HoloLens device during the Windows 10 announcement. It is kind of interesting to see which announcement was actually hiding behind the other. With many talks and tests about the HoloLens device being published, it has taken over the … Read more

Epson and Aaxa are PMA’s June Winners

July 30, 2015 by Tom Allen

PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in June. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’, ‘mainstream’ and ‘4,000+ lumen’. Asus’ S1 led the ‘pico and personal’ segment for the third consecutive month. Aaxa was the big winner, however, filling the remaining four spots with the LED Pico, … Read more

Arrow Result – 28/07/15

July 30, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

Arrow Electronics Inc. recorded Q2 net profits of $123.9 million, down from $127.9 million a year earlier, on revenue which increased to $5.83 billion from $5.68 billion. For the half year there were profits of $230.0 million, compared with $235.0 million, on turnover of $10.83 billion, up from $10.76 billion. The company said that sales … Read more

Technicolor Result 23/07/15

July 30, 2015 by Yvette Raikes

Technicolor posted first half net profits of €50 million ($55 million), up 21% from €29 million ($32 million) a year ago, on revenue of €1.62 billion ($1.77 billion), an 8.4% increase from €1.5 billion ($1.64 billion). The company said that it will continue its innovations in UHD, HDR and virtual reality.