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The Digital Signage Russia conference – said to be the country’s largest signage event – will take place on 29th May in Moscow’s Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel. Organised by Digisky and OVAB Europe, the conference is attended by venue owners and DOOH network operators. Around 300 delegates from 140 companies visited last year’s show.
A Twitter source known for technology leaks (@Vizileaks) claims that recent rumours about the upcoming Sony Xperia Z4 smartphone actually apply to a lesser model called the Z3 Neo. The rumours claim a 5.1″ display (1920 x 1080), octa-core Snapdragon 810 processor, 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage – if Vizileaks is correct, the … Read more
Apple has announced the date of its Worldwide Developer Conference. For 2015 the event will take place on 8th June, at the Moscone Centre in San Francisco. The tagline this year is ‘The epicenter of change’, and iOS 9 is widely-expected to be shown off.
Intel Corporation has reported its Q1 results, the first based on the company’s new financial reporting structure which brought its mobile and communications unit together with Intel’s PC client business. Turnover was flat year on year at $12.8 billion, while net profit rose 3% to $2 billion from $1.9 billion a year earlier. Turnover in … Read more
An Apple 1 computer – one of only 13 still in existence – has been listed on eBay. The seller is Bob Luther, who is selling off his collection of Apple products. 10% of the profits will go towards the ALS Association. Luther sold an Apple 1 on eBay last year, for $365,000. The new … Read more
AU Optronics (AUO) appeared in a US court this week to deny charges that it had failed to implement an effective compliance programme, after the company was found guilty in 2008 of conspiring to fix LCD panel prices. According to the arraignment in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, which was … Read more
A Korean website, Inews24, says that concerns over profitability will keep Samsung from launching 7″+ flexible tablet products this year. The company will instead look to apply the technology to smartphones.
The Volvo XC90 has its own infotainment system, complemented with third-party productsThanks to a rapid expansion of connected navigation systems and in-car Wi-Fi, ABI Research predicts that Connected Automotive Infotainment Systems (CAIS) will grow at a 33.8% CAGR over the next five years. More than 342 million systems will have shipped between 2015 and 2020. … Read more
Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent say they have entered into a memorandum of understanding under which Nokia will offer to buy all of Alcatel-Lucent’s equity shares through a public exchange offer in France and the US. The all-share deal values Alcatel-Lucent at €15.6 billion. Nokia said that the combined company would create “an innovation leader in next … Read more
Hisense announced the 55TX810 last December, but we missed the announcement at the time – our apologies. Release details have now been shared, so we are revisiting the model. The 55″ TV is a curved LCD set, with UltraHD resolution, smart functionality and wireless connectivity in the form of Miracast and DLNA. Despite being announced … Read more
Eizo’s Flexscan T23 81W touch screen monitor has been chosen by the USA’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), for use in En Route Information Display Systems (ERIDS). ERIDS are used to map flights and manage important information. Eizo’s 23″ monitor will be rolled out to more than 1,200 workstations this year.
The Connected100 survey, by the Connected100 research group, has shown that the key TV innovation drivers in coming years will be OTT (87.5% of respondents) UltraHD (77.5%) and TV Everywhere (70%). Linear broadcast (7.5%) will lose out to personalised services accessed through the cloud or connected devices.
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