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Vince Cable, the UK’s secretary of state for business, innovation and skills, has called for the creation of a single digital economy in Europe. In a speech in Lisbon, Cable said that such a market would provide consumers with better deals and allow businesses to grow. “Europe has led the digital revolution in certain areas, such … Read more
InfoComm International®, the leading trade association representing the audiovisual and information communications industries worldwide and co-owner of the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE 2015) tradeshow, announces special offerings at ISE 2015. This year, InfoComm Members and Guest Members receive free entry to 30 InfoComm seminars at ISE, as well as member discounts for a Master Class taught by … Read more
Samsung plans to sell 30 million Tizen TVs this year, a source has told Korea’s Yonhap News agency. The figure represents as much as 50% of Samsung’s projected TV sales this year.
Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe is said to have told attendees of CES 2015 that the Oculus Rift headset will be launched by the autumn of this year. Cyberland claims that production has already started.
A total of €200 million was recently invested into a new city administration building in Utrecht, The Netherlands – part of which went towards digital signage. Brightsign, Hulskamp Audio Visual and VHS worked together to install 34 large-format LCD displays (all 1920 x 1080) and accompanying media players. 23 46″ displays were installed, as well as … Read more
IBM recorded a net profit in the fourth quarter of the year of $5.5 billion on turnover of $24.1 billion, which compares with a net profit in Q4 of last year of $6.2 billion on turnover of $27.4 billion. For the year IBM posted a net profit of $12 billion on turnover of $92.8 billion, … Read more
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) recorded a net loss in the fourth quarter of the year of $364 million on turnover of $1.24 billion, which compares with a net profit of $89 million on turnover of $1.6 billion in Q4 of the previous year. The loss was mainly the result of a $362 million one-time write-down … Read more
A Polish developer, Przemys?aw Strzelczyk, and his team have succeeded in shrinking PC internals down far enough to fit them into a mouse. The Mouse-Box will eventually be a working product, but is currently at a prototyping stage; it features a quad-core ARM CPU (1.4GHz), micro-HDMI port for display connection, WiFi, two USB 3.0 ports and … Read more
The USA’s Food and Drug Administration has issued draft guidance (http://tinyurl.com/q24e7qn) on rules to follow for vendors to get wearable devices classified as ‘general wellness’ products (i.e. not a device for treating specific medical conditions). This certification can protect companies from, for example, a consumer who wants to sue because a relaxation device didn’t cure … Read more
Epson US has released eight new Powerlite Pro-G projectors for large venues. Enhancing the feature-set of the Pro-G series, all of the new models have HDBaseT connectivity, as well as support for Extron XTP and the Control4 Simple Device Discovery Protocol. They are also compatible with Crestron and AMX systems. The projectors are the G6070W; … Read more
25.5 million PCs were shipped in the EMEA region in Q4’14, according to IDC: a 2% YoY increase. The market remained positive for the third consecutive quarter, thanks to strong consumer demand. Over the course of the year, the region experienced 5.5% YoY growth with 93.3 million units shipped. Regional differences were pronounced. Consumer demand … Read more
The APAC PC market (excluding Japan) was down 6.3% YoY in 2014, to 101 million units. While still a fall, the decline was still an improvement on the 10.3% contraction experienced in 2013. The market was flat YoY in Q4’14, at 25.9 million units. IDC believes that the 2015 result will improve again, although still expects … Read more
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