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Last week, Apple, along with its new Watch products, announced its latest MacBook notebook. One of the stand out features was that the small size and weight, enabled, in part, by the decision to have just two connectors on the body – a 3.5mm jack for audio and a USB Type-C connector for everything else. … Read more
Clear Channel UK has appointed Justin Cochrane as CEO, replacing Andrew Morley who has left the company after less than a year. Chochrane has worked at Clear Channel for more than 10 years, most recently serving as CCO of Clear Channel Outdoor’s European business. He previously served as COO of Clear Channel UK.
Iiyama, one of the leading manufacturers of high quality monitors, is proud to announce the launch of the ProLite X2481HS and ProLite XB2481HS LCD Displays featuring a slim bezel design, Full HD resolution, LED backlights and the enhanced VA panel technology, perfect for multi-monitor setups. ProLite X2481HS and XB2481HS are iiyama’s latest 24” desktop monitors, … Read more
A pair of massive LED displays, called the Golden Gate, have been installed above a major road in Dubai, by Europe’s Arch. The Sheikh Zayed Road is now spanned by two displays, which are 31m long and 3m high. They use Arch’s ALS10S display tile, which has a 10mm pixel pitch and 7,200 cd/m² of … Read more
Synaptics has developed the Clearpad 4191 and Clearpad 4291: the world’s first touch and display driver integration (TDDI) solutions for smartphones and tablets, according to the company. These new solutions combine the touch controller and display driver into a single chip, simplifying design. The Clearpad 4291, which is available now, supports hybrid in-cell touch designs. … Read more
The Satellite Click Mini L9W-B-102 is a new convertible tablet from Toshiba, offering up to 13 hours of battery life in notebook mode. The device is a very small “Windows 8.1 With Bing” model – just 8.9″ – with minimal (32GB) local storage, although there is an SD slot for up to 128GB of extra … Read more
Midwich has appointed Steve Goodwin to its technical sales team. Goodwin has worked in the past on many higher education procurement frameworks with system integrators, such as Impact Marcom.
Japan is resource-poor, so for many years has been investing in research for alternative energy sources other than fossil fuels. The latest breakthrough comes from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), which hopes to capture solar energy in space and beam it to Earth. Microwave-transmitting satellites, orbiting 22,300 miles from the Earth, would have solar … Read more
Fujitsu uses liquid cooling in its SPARC servers, and is preparing a similar system for mobile devices. Liquid Loop Cooling is a closed system using pumps to move coolant around a motherboard, although pumps would not be viable in the smaller form factors of smartphones, tablets and laptops. Instead, Fujitsu has developed a loop heat … Read more
Swiss watch maker Breitling has taken the step to produce a ‘smartwatch’ (of sorts) called the B55 Connected. It is an analogue chronograph with a digital display, able to connect to a mobile phone through a dedicated app. It is targeted at pilots, with features such as the ability to easily time flights and backing … Read more
G is For Games claims that Quanta, which manufactures the Apple Watch, has a yield rate of just 30%. It is unclear at this time what is causing the problems. Quanta has taken on 3,000 Foxconn workers to help solve the issues, according to the source.
Joint Samsung CEO Shin Jong-Kyun has said that the company will launch more mobile devices using premium materials in the future. Shin specifically mentioned high-resolution displays, metal bodies and slim designs. The news follows the launch of the Galaxy S6 at MWC (Samsung Unpacks Two New Phones).
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