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Central and Eastern Europe PC shipments exceeded 18.5 million units last year, falling 14% YoY, says IDC. 2014 was the second year of contraction, as the region’s market was limited by currency fluctuations and economic slowdown in the East. Portable shipments were down 14.5% (to 11.92 million), while desktops fell 12.9% (to 6.63 million). 42.6% … Read more
LG Electronics has completed construction of its latest production facility in Vietnam which will be used to manufacture TVs, mobile phones and car infotainment systems for both its domestic and overseas markets. The new facility is located at LG’s Haiphong Campus and has been constructed as part of of $1.5 billion investment earmarked by LG … Read more
At the end of last week, there were murmurings that both Intel and Samsung were mulling options for acquiring rival chip firms, with Intel linked to Altera and Samsung linked with AMD. Both Intel and Samsung are believed to be looking to diversify their customer base and improve competitiveness. Intel is reported to be in … Read more
Blackberry Limited has released its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net profit in Q4 of $28 million on turnover of $660 million, which compares with a net loss in the final quarter of last year of $423 million on turnover of $976 million. For the year, Blackberry narrowed its net loss to … Read more
The BBC’s head of innovation and standards, Richard Salmon, has said that he hopes to have ITU standards for UltraHD HDR “by [the] middle of this year”. Salmon made the comment at a recent UltraHD event in London, organised by SES.
The BBC’s Connected Red Button service will be rebranded to ‘Red Button+’ this month, with new features launched, such as picture-in-picture browsing of news, weather and video highlights. The service will be available on TVs from Samsung, Sony, Sharp, Toshiba, Panasonic, LG and more.
The UK’s Digital Television Group has launched the D-Book 8. The new version provides the DTT industry with the tools to support Freeview Play and manage the clearance of the 700MHz spectrum. Also included are support for future HEVC broadcasts; a new method to deliver software updates over broadband; and ‘hundreds’ of minor updates to … Read more
In the high stakes game of moving everything to the cloud, the idea of truly Open Source code (implementation) and protocol specifications for the Internet of Things ( IoT) can be elusive. Now Panasonic has committed to a patent non-assertion policy on some of its core software code used to connect everything from in-flight entertainment … Read more
Best Buy Canada is to consolidate its Future Shop and Best Buy stores and websites under the Best Buy brand, unveiling a plan to build a multi-channel customer experience. As a result, 66 Future Shops, which are co-located with Best Buy stores, are to be closed, leaving the retailer with a total of 192 locations … Read more
Apple and Samsung managed to maintain control over the branded tablet market in 2014, although Apple carried the market as expected, according to new data from market intelligence firm ABI Research. Apple’s iPad experienced a decline of 15% in shipments between 2013 and 2014 but gained 9% market volume QoQ. In contrast, Samsung managed 7% … Read more
Atheer, the company pioneering Augmented interactive Reality (AiR™) Smart Glasses by combining the power of mobile 3D augmented reality with gesture-based interaction, will be showcasing their latest technology through live, hands-on demos at the SPAR International Conference. WHAT: Atheer invites partners, potential customers and media to experience first-hand how the AiR platform can be used … Read more
Insights in Education This is the second installment in my new series that shines some light on the thinking, preferences, and tendencies of your education market customers. I know them well. I am one of them. I’ve been an educational technology director for 25 years, with a significant track record in large educational technology purchases … Read more
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