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Exertis’ parent company DCC Technology has acquired Computers Unlimited (CU) for £24 million ($37.2 million). The Ireland-headquartered consumer distributor has offices in London, Paris and Barcelona and operates four business units that target premium audio, gadgets and accessories, creative professional, and education and business. Exertis said that the acquisition will bring new product categories to … Read more
Despite Samsung’s predictions (Samsung Expects Big Things of S6), sales of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones have been slower than those of the Galaxy S4 or S5. A ‘high-ranking Samsung official’ has told Yonhap News that 10 million units had been sold after a month of sales. The S4 reached that point after … Read more
Ricoh’s new business and education projector range is extensive, to suit many different applications. The line-up, of seven new DLP models, includes “desk edge”, short throw and standard installation models. The desk edge projectors are the PJ X3551N (1024 x 768) and PJ WX3351N (1280 x 800). These are designed to be placed on the … Read more
Shipments of tablets and hybrid devices in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) fell more than 20% YoY in Q1. IDC says that Russia and Ukraine’s poor economies and the strength of the US dollar – relative to the depreciation of local currencies – contributed to the fall. 2.7 million devices were shipped to the region … Read more
A US federal appeals court has upheld a jury’s finding that Samsung infringed Apple’s patents but has ordered a trial court to reconsider the level of damages awarded against Samsung. It is three years since Samsung was fined $1 billion at the end of a long running legal battle with Apple, when a California federal … Read more
Italy’s Coppo Italia cup final, between Juventus and Lazio, was captured in UltraHD HDR, at 50fps. The match was shot by DBW Productions, from Rome, who said that it was the first time that HDR had been employed for a complete football match. A version was also shot in UltraHD SDR.
On Thursday, May 14th I attended the Sapphire Marketing Road Show in New York City. This road show gave attendees a chance to see the products and technologies offered by some of Sapphire Marketing’s clients. It also served as a useful warm-up to Display Summit and InfoComm 2015, coming to the Orange County Convention Center … Read more
For the second quarter in a row, Apple lost a substantial share of the tablet market as shipments declined and growth of the overall market remained stagnant, according to ABI Research. For 4Q 2014, Apple managed to ship 21.42 million iPads, causing the company to experience an 18% year-over-year (YoY) decline. In its most recent … Read more
The Society for Information Display (SID), in collaboration with IHS, today unveiled the final program for its Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference (MFC), part of the four-day Business Track being held during Display Week 2015 at the San Jose Convention Center. Wearables are one of the hottest emerging trends in today’s marketplace, with new products and … Read more
At the Sapphire Marketing event in New York last spring, Crestron talked about switching 4k/30 signals and its 4k certification program. At the same event this year, Crestron focused on 4k 60 fps describing products, scalers and certification testing it is doing to try to help installers create trouble-free solutions. Crestron Executive Director, Chris Perkins, … Read more
Apple® today updated the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display with the new Force Touch trackpad, faster flash storage, longer battery life and faster discrete graphics, delivering even more performance and capabilities to the MacBook Pro line. Apple also today introduced a new $1,999 configuration of the 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display featuring a … Read more
Of course, we concentrate on displays here, but we couldn’t help noticing this story (http://tinyurl.com/mfebxgw) about the speed at which SSD loses data, especially at higher temperatures. Frightening information!
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