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Microsoft And Samsung Expand Partnership To Bring Microsoft Services To More Customers On More Devices

March 23, 2015 by Helen Vince

Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. have expanded their global partnership to bring Microsoft mobile productivity services to more consumers and business customers. Samsung is planning to pre-install Microsoft services and apps on its portfolio of Android devices and will deliver secured mobile productivity for businesses through a new Microsoft Office 365 and Samsung … Read more

Dell Takes #1 Spot in Worldwide Enterprise Client Device Shipments in Q4 Amidst a Tough Quarter

March 23, 2015 by Helen Vince

Following a strong first half of the year and a mild contraction in the third quarter, the global thin and terminal client market deteriorated during the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14), declining -12% year over year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device Tracker. For all of 2014, worldwide shipments … Read more

Fitbit Releases New Outdoor Bike-Tracking on Fitbit Surge for Comprehensive, Effortless Multi-Sport Tracking

March 23, 2015 by Helen Vince

Fitbit Inc., the global leader in the Connected Health and Fitness category, today announced outdoor bike tracking for Fitbit Surge™ users. True to Fitbit Surge, bike-tracking leverages GPS and other advanced sensors on the device to allow riders to see distance, duration, average speed, heart rate, calories burned and the time; stats automatically sync wirelessly … Read more

Tru-Vu Secures Industrial Monitor

March 23, 2015 by Tom Allen

The SRMW-24R-SS is a new sunlight-readable, waterproof monitor from Tru-Vu, for a variety of applications. It can be used in digital signage and outdoor kiosks, as well as industrial uses such as in vehicles, on ships and in manufacturing plants. A corrosion-resistant stainless steel enclosure (NEMA 4-compliant) protects the 24″ monitor; this enclosure can withstand … Read more

Mobile Panel Prices Trend Down in March

March 23, 2015 by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel price data for March. Downward trends were seen in almost every market segment. Due to slow demand for notebook and tablet PCs, G5, G6 and G8 LCD fab capacities have been released. Demand is expected to remain weak in Q2, so DisplaySearch expects more capacity to be released from … Read more

Optoma Recreates 16th-Century Dockyard

March 23, 2015 by Tom Allen

Optoma has helped to update the Chatham Dockyard Museum in the UK, with 17 projectors used to recreate the feel of a 16th-century dockyard. Sysco Audio Visual installed four EW865s, four EW775s and nine EH2060 projectors. Sharp LCD displays, a 7th Sense Delta Nano media server, Brightsign media player and a Crestron MC3 controller and … Read more

CeBIT Shows the Future of Mobile Computing

March 23, 2015 by Bob Raikes

Back in the spring of 2012, for my market research clients, I looked at the topic of wireless connections to displays. It has seemed to me, for some years, that the increasing miniaturisation of electronics and the dominance of the smartphone was likely to eventually lead to the processing power and access to data (whether … Read more

Apple TV Refresh Coming in June

March 23, 2015 by Tom Allen

John Paczkowski, managing editor of Buzzfeed and long-time Apple reporter, has claimed that Apple will unveil a new set-top box at its WWDC in April. The new box will have an app store, developer SDK and – most interestingly – Siri. The device will run on the A8 CPU that debuted in the iPad Air … Read more

Laval Prepares for 17th Laval Virtual Show

March 23, 2015 by Tom Allen

From 8th – 12th April, the Laval Virtual conference will take place in Laval, France. The event is dedicated to promoting and covering virtual technology in various industries. Register at http://tinyurl.com/lrll9g3. (We’ll be attending the event – Man. Ed.)

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 13

December 21, 2022March 23, 2015 by Tom Allen

Acer‘s C910 Chromebook (Acer Iterates on 15″ Chromebook Design) has been released in the USA. The C910-54M1 has a 15.6″ display, 1920 x 1080 resolution, Core i5 processor and eight-hour battery life. It costs $450. The new 2015 Macbook from Apple (Apple Plugs TV, Adds a New MacBook and erm…. Shows Some Watches) has 2304 … Read more

Pay-TV Falls in North America While OTT and SVoD Climb

March 23, 2015 by Tom Allen

North American pay-TV revenues peaked in 2013, at $102.9 billion. Digital TV Research now forecasts that they will fall 11.7% ($12 billion) between 2014 and 2020, to end at $90.7 billion. Cable revenues in Canada and the USA will fall $13 billion ($3.7 billion from analogue and $9.7 billion from digital), while satellite will decline … Read more

Rumour: Samsung to Spin-Off LCD, OLED Units

December 21, 2022March 23, 2015 by Helen Vince

There have been unconfirmed reports that Samsung is considering plans to spin-off its LCD and OLED business, Samsung Display. Sources in Korea suggest that the divisions could be split next month, three years after Samsung spun-off its LCD unit and merged it with Samsung Mobile Display (SMD) and S-LCD (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 8). … Read more