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The health of retail in the UK remained flat in Q4 despite an exceptional Black Friday. Following retail health dropping in Q3 for the first time since 2012, sluggish results and unseasonal warm weather in October and November started the quarter off in a negative manner. Retailers rallied in December, meaning the quarter ended in … Read more
We’ve just about got back onto our normal publishing rhythm this week, thanks to a huge effort by the team – thanks to them. The CES report was by far the largest report that we have ever produced and the team has also been coping with a new publishing system, just to add to the … Read more
Data from DisplaySearch shows that 4″-5″ smartphone panel prices fell between 1% and 2% in January. The first month of the year is typically a weak one, and the demand for smartphones is not strong at the moment. Vendors and retailers are also clearing inventory from December sales promotions. Tablet demand has also slowed this … Read more
While Fujitsu had no new devices, the company was talking about its Education Ambassador Programme, which is being developed with Intel and focuses on getting technology into education. Education institutions across the UK are part of the EAP, including Brunel University and the National Autistic Society. Fujitsu will set up ‘Innovation Hubs’ at these locations, with its … Read more
Hisense is supplying 120 of its 42″ K680 UltraHD TVs to be installed in the promenade area of Hannover stadium. 40 additional TVs are located in other areas of the stadium. The move is part of Hisense’s partnership with German football club FC Schalke 04, announced at IFA 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36). … Read more
US private equity firm GTCR has partnered with Adams Outdoor to acquire Fairway Media Group from ACON Investments and MidOcean Partners. Fairway is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the US, operating approximately 20,000 bulletins, posters and digital billboard faces across key metro areas in the southeast, southwest and midwest regions. Financial terms were not … Read more
The Graphics & Media Lab CMC of Lomonosov Moscow State University has developed ‘a practical algorithm for automatic channel mismatch detection in S3D video’. The algorithm was used to evaluate more than 100 S3D films in ‘a reasonable amount of time’. 22% of tested content contained at least one scene with channel mismatch; the results show that such … Read more
On the first day of the BETT show, HP launched a variety of new mobile devices, which we detailed in Mobile Display Monitor in Vol 22 No 4 (HP Focuses on Business for Mobility). Two of these were education models: the Pro Slate 10 EE Education Edition and Pro Tablet 10 EE Education Edition. The Pro … Read more
Amazon held a one-day sale of the Fire Phone (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 25) in the UK last week, cutting the price of the 32GB model to £85 ($130) and the 64GB to £125 ($190). The phones were locked to the O2 network. It is possible that the sale was a way to clear stock … Read more
Sources have told Forbes that the rumoured HTC smartwatch (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41) is, in fact, a fitness band. It has been linked to the company’s recent partnership with Under Armour (Rumors of new HTC device, Display Monitor Vol 21 No 4). The band will apparently be launched at MWC.
SkoolLive works with about 2,000 schools across the USATwo school districts in south Arizona will roll out advertising kiosks from SkoolLive to select schools over the coming year. During a trial period, Vail district will put 10 kiosks in two schools for at least 12 months, while Sunnyside will roll out five kiosks to two … Read more
Haier has added Spanish distributor Esprinet for its range of smartphones, tablets and its new line of Android-based LCD TVs.
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