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JCDecaux has completed the acquisition of Africa’s Continental Outdoor Media. The company announced in December 2014 that it would acquire Continental Outdoor in partnership with Royal Bafokeng Holdings, a community-owned investment company, with a shareholding split of 70/30. Through the acquisition, JCDecaux now has reach in 13 new African countries.
With new vendors – including Apple – preparing to introduce new wearables, the market continued to grow in Q1’15. A new forecast from IDC estimates that 72.1 million wearable devices will be shipped worldwide this year. This represents 173.3% YoY growth, from 26.4 million units in 2014. Shipment volumes are expected to increase at a … Read more
Hybrid device popularity is climbing rapidly, with shipments expected to be up 70% from 2014 levels this year. Gartner believes that shipments will reach 21.5 million units, representing 12% of total mobile PC sales – and are on course to reach 26% in 2019. Eight million of the total will be hybrid tablets and 13.5 … Read more
Jabil Circuit Inc. has reported its third quarter results, recording a net profit of $72.2 million on turnover of $4.3 billion, which compares with a net profit of $188.2 million on turnover of $3.8 billion in Q3 of the previous year. For the first nine months of the year, the company’s net profit declined 26.6% … Read more
Quanta vice chairman, C.C Leung, has said that the company expects notebook shipments to be flat this year. Customer demand is growing, said Leung, helping Quanta to overcome soft overall PC demand. 48.5 million notebooks were shipped in 2014.
Usually, I like to write my editorials in the early morning on press day. I like to get them written while I’m fresh and before I have really started my day. This week is an exception as I am in Orlando for the Display Summit and Infocomm, and the time difference means that I am … Read more
At InfoComm 2015, Panasonic, a leader in delivering professional displays and digital signage solutions, announced new products to its industry-leading lineup of professional displays, including the LF8P Series, LF8 Series and the LF80 Series. In addition, Panasonic will be showcasing other leading professional display solutions, such as the TH-LFV70 video wall display and the large … Read more
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is showcasing the latest additions to its 2015 SMART Signage portfolio at InfoComm 2015, representing solutions for a broad range of digital signage environments. From 10-inch touch displays to innovative LED outdoor signage and seamless video walls, Samsung brings together the hardware and software necessary to achieve a true connected display … Read more
Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced Satellite Fusion™, a sleek, large-screen convertible PC that offers new ways to accelerate work and play from a single, full-powered device. Equipped with the latest performance options, features and technologies, like ultra-fast Wireless-AC, illuminating keyboard and a Full HD 1080p … Read more
The wearables market maintained its upward trajectory in the first quarter of 2015 as new vendors, including Apple, prepared to enter the market. A new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker estimates that 72.1 million wearable devices will be shipped in 2015, up a strong 173.3% from the 26.4 … Read more
We hear that Comcast has held talks with Deutsche Telekom, about a potential acquisition of the T-Mobile US mobile network. Dish is also said to be interested.
Through a partnership with AMD, Samsung is readying two new thin client displays. Powered by AMD’s Embedded G-Series SoCs, the 21.5″ TC222W and 23.6″ T242W feature fast data transfer and a compact form factor. Both devices run Windows Embedded 7 (32- or 64-bit) on AMD’s 2.2GHz dual-core GX222 APU. They feature 4GB of RAM and … Read more
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