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A recent article by The Register points at a tax break in the 2015 US budget for tech firms. According to the article, the new budget proposes a tax break for multinational US companies that keep profits from their activities in overseas accounts. The Register claims that these accounts combine for a total value of … Read more
Samsung has announced what is widely expected to be the launch date of the next Galaxy smartphone: the 1st March, just before MWC, in Barcelona. The invitation sent to the Display Monitor team indicates that the phone is likely to be both thin and curved, or flexible.
Samsung announced this week that two of its vice presidents had resigned, both for personal reasons. Park Gwang-gi, vice president of the company’s video display department in charge of strategic marketing tendered his resignation, along with Kim Seok-pil, vice president of strategic marketing for the company’s mobile communications unit. No further details were released.
Microsoft is working on a new Windows Phone unit, which will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 processor. Juha Kokkonen, general manager for portfolio and product management at Microsoft, confirmed the news, but no other details.
Q4’14 saw tablet shipments fall for the first time since the market became mainstream in 2010, says IDC. Overall shipments of tablets and hybrids reached 76.1 million units, a 3.2% YoY decline. However, full-year shipments were up 4.4%, to 229.6 million. Senior research analyst Jitesh Ubrani noted that “The tablet market is still very top … Read more
Flextronics’ net profit in the third quarter improved to $153 million from $145 million a year earlier, though turnover was slightly lower at $7 billion from $7.2 billion. For the year to date, Flextronics reported a net profit of $465.7 million on turnover of $20.2 billion.
TDMaverick has signed a strategic partnership with Peerless-AV to offer an extensive range of products from Peerless across Europe. Products added to its offering include flat-panel mounts, projector mounts, digital signage and video wall accessories, environmental enclosures, flat-panel stands and carts, and interactive kiosks.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation reported a 53% year on year increase in net profit in the first nine months of the year of ¥145.6 billion ($1.2 billion) on turnover of ¥2.9 trillion ($24.6 billion), which was 9% higher year on year. In the third quarter of the year, Mitsubishi’s net profit was 3.3% higher YoY at … Read more
Hungarian regulator NMHH has said that there were 3.4 million pay-TV subscribers in the country at the end of 2014. More than 2 million received cable or IPTV services, 55% of whom were digital. There were 900,910 DTH subscribers and 117,307 for pay-DTT service MinDig TV Extra, based on data from the three main service … Read more
A circular LED video display will be built in a new stadium in Atlanta by Daktronics. The display will measure more than 5,900m²; more than five stories high and three times as large as the current largest single display board in the USA’s NFL. The ‘halo board’ will hang above the centre of the field and … Read more
Christie® introduces its most powerful 1DLP® projector line today which will have its first showing at theIntegrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Amsterdam Feb. 10-12 at Christie’s stand H50 in Hall 1. The new Christie H Series projectors feature 12,000 lumens and are the lightest, brightest and smallest projectors available in the 10,000-plus lumen 1DLP® … Read more
Now that the “big game” is over, not without its last-minute drama – a few notes here on how the experience was consumed both inside and outside the University of Phoenix Stadium. To those watching the game, you may have noticed the rather large end-zone display at the stadium. Outdoor display manufacturer Daktronics installed a new 1260 … Read more
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