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The Insitute of Advanced Motorists, a UK charity, has warned that the Apple Watch (which it incorrectly calls the iWatch) could be dangerous to use while driving. Head of policy Neil Greig said that the Watch “has the potential to be just as distracting as any other smartphone device… Indeed, more so if you have … Read more
Acer saw sales in August increase 18.9% from July and 5.2% from August 2013 to NT$29.8 billion ($984.4 million), taking sales so far this year to NT$213 billion ($7 billion), though this was 11.4% lower year on year. The company is aiming to ship 4-5 million smartphones this year and 10 million in 2015 and … Read more
Taiwanese ODMs Focxonn and Pegatron are both lined up to produce new iPhones for Apple, with shipments expected to reach 80 million units by the end of this year. However, the fact that the new iPhones did not ship in August held back both company’s sales performance. Foxconn’s sales improved 5.7% in August from the … Read more
The European Union’s antitrust authority has approved BSkyB’s acquisition of Sky Italia and 57% of Sky Deutschland, saying that the transaction would not hinder competition in the European pay-TV arena. The new entity would be known as Sky Europe and would create a multinational pay-TV network. However, the news came as the management and supervisory … Read more
Sony has issued its third profit warning in six months and the sixth since Kazuo Hirai was appointed CEO in 2012. The company said that it now expects to record a full year net loss of
Toshiba has announced a restructuring of its PC business which will see around 900 jobs lost, accounting for more than 20% of its global workforce. Although the PC business reported positive operating income in the first quarter, Toshiba said that in light of industry trends and future expectations the company has decided to implement further … Read more
This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 19″ wide category, covering both 16:10 and 16:9 models and sizes from 18″ wide to 19.9″ wide. There are 14 brands featured in the advertising. AOC is at the top of the PageShare for the combined three major countries, Philips is second and Acer is third. … Read more
I’m writing this editorial in the plane on the way back from the Munich Digital Signage conference after spending 14 of the last 15 days at industry events. Add an extra day for travel and attending the pre-IBC SES event and it gets to 15 out of 16 days. In that time, I have had … Read more
Christie had a small booth at IBC, but still had lots to show. The first thing we noted was the Christie Velvet LED system which was on display. The company has 2.5mm to 4mm small pitch LED displays, with 1.9mm to come later, and the one at IBC, which was a 3.2m x 1.8m set … Read more
Over the years, the EBU and DVB have normally held press conferences around the same time, but this year, the EBU didn’t have one, however DVB did. Phil Laven the chairman of DVB started the press conference by saying that DVB is now 21 years old and has about 1.15 billion devices in use with … Read more
We’ve been reporting on Neotion, the specialist in exploiting the CI slot in Europe’s TVs and STBs, since 2008. At the show this year, it was showing how a CAM can be used to control access to Hbb applications to allow OTT content to be used only when consumers have valid subscriptions. For example, catch … Read more
Before the show, our reporter caught up with Rovi’s Charles Dawes to discuss the company’s presence at the show. We had heard at CES that Rovi was seeking to sell its DivX business, and this has now taken place. The company’s focus this year is on content discovery tools and advanced usability. The problems facing … Read more
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