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EMEA PC Market Contracts in Q2, Constrained by High Inventory, Currency Fluctuations, Weak Demand

PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 17.2 million units in the second quarter of 2015, posting a 21.6% decline year-on-year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). As expected, the market continued to suffer from unfavorable exchange rates which led to higher price points and weaker demand, with the decline deepened … Read more

Research and Markets: 3D Display Technology Innovations Impacting Consumer Sector (Technical Insights)

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5mjp3p/3d_display) has announced the addition of the “3D Display Technology Innovations Impacting Consumer Sector (Technical Insights)” report to their offering. The consumer electronics market is driven by constant technology innovations to improve user experience. Companies that want to stay competitive in the consumer electronics market need to react to these changes and … Read more

Reticare Wins US Investment

The American subsidiary of Reticare, the Spanish company which produces “screen protectors” for electronic devices, has secured an investment of $3.2 million to fund growth in the USA. The unnamed group of investors are said to specialise in technology companies and in return for the investment will receive ‘a small percentage’ of the company. Reticare’s … Read more

NetRange and Vonetize Collaborate

NetRange, a provider of white label Smart TV solutions, says it has finalised an agreement with VoD services company Vonetize to launch global channels on Smart TVs worldwide. Users of NetRange’s Smart TV portals can now access a broad range of Vonetize’s content, including Bollywood Movie Channel, Baby Channel or Total Music Channel, as well … Read more

Sling Media Introduces Next Generation TV Bundle Experience With Slingbox M2

Sling Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corp. (NASDAQ: SATS), today announced the release of the Slingbox® M2 — a new entertainment experience designed to meet the ongoing shift in consumers’ television viewing habits. With the Slingbox M2 bundle, today’s ultra-connected generation will have uncompromised access to their live and recorded home TV … Read more

China’s NetDragon Launches Promethean Bid

Netdragon Websoft, a Chinese games developer and operator, has made a $130 million offer for UK-based interactive display vendor and education provider, Promethean. Netdragon’s chairman, Liu Deijan, confirmed the offer last month. Promethean says that the company has been valued at £0.40 ($0.63) per share. Discussions are currently in the early stages, but the bid … Read more

Tensions in France

I’m just coming to the end of my “vacation”. We enjoyed peaceful and good natured fireworks for the 13th/14th July festivities, but in the area of Normandy that we are staying, fourteen cars were set alight in unrest. Objects were thrown at police in an echo of more serious violence in the area in the … Read more

Nokia Would Outsource New Phone Production

It was rumoured in April that Nokia was planning a return to the mobile business (Rumor: Nokia Getting Back into the Phone Business?). Now the company says that it will outsource the manufacturing of any new devices and that the phones are unlikely to be ready until the end of 2016. A spokesman for the … Read more