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Acer Holds Leading Position in Multiple Markets

Acer has achieved excellent sell-through results during the latter months of 2014, according to the latest data by GfK Retail and Technology on PC shipments which represents actual sell through figures. The fourth quarter includes the holiday season where the company held numerous holiday promotional activities around the world and delivered outstanding results. For the … Read more

Global Smartphone Shipments in 2014 Total 1.2B with Samsung and Apple First and Second

Global smartphone shipments totaled 1.167 billion units in 2014, a year-on-year increase of 25.9%, with combined shipments of Chinese brands reaching 453.4 million units. Chinese vendors thus managed to encompass almost 40% of the global shipments and represent six of the top ten smartphone brands worldwide. “2014 was definitely an impressive year for Chinese brands … Read more

Dixons Carphone Raises Profit Forecast

Dixons Carphone described the Christmas trading period as a “rollercoaster” after the huge scale and success of its Black Friday promotions impacted the three weeks that followed. However, customers responded positively to the Boxing Day deals, where the company saw growth from its record-breaking numbers last year in both the UK and Nordics. Group like-for-like … Read more

UK Minister Calls for Single Economy

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 Announces Activities at ISE 2015

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

Signage Enhances New Council Building

Utrecht city council building

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

PC Squeezed Into (Literally) Hand-held Form Factor

thumb Mouse Box prototype

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

FDA Separates Fitness Trackers From Health Products

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