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LG Showcases Customer-Centric Line-Up At Digital Signage Expo 2015

LG Electronics USA today introduced its next generation of digital signage products, led by Ultra HD signage displays and an expanded line of displays featuring the commercial version of its award-winning webOS platform. Customers attending Digital Signage Expo 2015 (LG Booth #1213) will have the opportunity to discover more about LG’s business-to-business (B2B) solutions with … Read more

IDC Lowers PC Outlook for 2015, While the Long-Term Outlook Improves Slightly

Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by -4.9% in 2015, a drop from the previous forecast of -3.3%, while growth projections for 2016 and 2017 were raised slightly, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Fourth quarter 2014 (4Q14) results were 1.7% ahead of forecast, but economic and product changes … Read more

Atheer Labs has Unique IP to help Augmented Reality Adoption

Atheer Labs (Mountain View, CA) is one of many companies focused on opportunities in the augmented reality space. Art Berman provided a nice overview of the company back in February (Introducing the Atheer Augmented Reality Glasses), and this article provides an update based on a new interview with the company. As Art mentioned in his … Read more

SuperMHL Silicon Announced

At CES, the MHL Consortium announced the superMHL specification. This specification, when implemented by CE manufacturers, will allow 8K 120Hz video to connect from the source to the display with a single cable. On March 16th, the other shoe dropped. Lattice Semiconductor, which recently acquired Silicon Image, the driving force behind the original MHL specification, … Read more

MWC Grows to 93,000 Visitors

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MWC 2015 was the biggest so far, with a claimed 93,000 visitors from 200 countries, even though entry costs from €750 just to walk the floor and several thousand Euros for premium attendee packages. More than 2,000 exhibiting companies showcased new products and services. The show covers service providers, software and infrastructure, but our focus, … Read more

Strategy – Horizontals and Verticals

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This week we have three event reports across the two publications. Mobile Display Monitor includes a substantial report on the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, while the Large Display Monitor has reports on the European Congress on Radiology and the Passenger Terminal Expo. While the MWC event is a very “horizontal” event, because … Read more

ECR Busy – But the Market Needs New Standards

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We went for the third year running to the European Congress on Radiology which takes place in Vienna. The mood was fairly positive from display vendors, but the markets are not growing strongly. Most of Europe is currently digital, so it is mainly a replacement market, although there is hope that the UK might get … Read more

NFC Makes Swatch Watches Smarter

Hayek praised the Apple Watch, saying that there is room for both Apple and Swatch in the marketSwatch claims to have worked around the limitations of smartwatches – small screens, low battery life and ‘inelegant’ designs – through the integration of some smart functions into its existing products, using NFC. The technology will enable the … Read more

Intel Cuts Revenue Forecast

Intel has cut its first quarter turnover forecast by almost a billion dollars, saying it now expects turnover to be around $12.8 billion having previously forecast $13.7 billion. The change in outlook is a result of weaker than expected demand for business desktop PCs and lower than expected inventory levels across the PC supply chain. … Read more

Sony Denies Sell-Off, Focuses on Premium

At a recent press event, Sony North America officials denied rumours that parent company Sony Electronics would spin off its audio and video businesses. Mike Fasulo, president of Sony North America, said, “We are not spinning anything off… It [Sony’s new corporate structure] gives us autonomy in decision making, but it also provides for light … Read more