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Amazon Result 27/10/2016

by Yvette Raikes

Amazon.com Inc. announced Q3 net profits of $252 million, an increase from $79 million a year ago, on sales of $32.7 billion, up from $25.4 billion. For the nine months there were profits of …

Tags:Amazon| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Amazon Fire TV Stick Available

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has started shipping its Fire TV stick for $40 in the US and also available in Europe. The unit supports the Alexa voice technology as it now has a quad core processor and …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Streaming Dongles| Vol 23 - Issue 42

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Holland Rumoured to Get Amazon Prime

by Yvette Raikes

Amazon Prime looks to be coming to the Netherlands next year. Although the company normally keeps quiet about future launches, the CEO of RTL Nederland says that Amazon is buying the rights to several …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Netherlands| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Voice is the Next User Interface Revolution say Amazon

by Chris Chinnock

Charlie Kindel, the Director of Alexa Smart Home at Amazon, gave a thought provoking keynote speech at CEDIA. His main message was that computer interaction must and will move beyond the keyboard and mouse. …

Tags:Amazon| Cedia 2016| Large Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 23 - Issue 37

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Fire TV Voice Search Expanded

by Yvette Raikes

Amazon says that its streaming media player Fire TV is being updated to allow a universal voice search for Netflix, HBO Go and, later, HBO Now. The update will also apply to the Fire …

Tags:Amazon| EPGs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 23 - Issue 35

Tablets Fall as Consumers Delay Purchases

by Tom Allen

Worldwide tablet shipments (including both slates and detachables) shrank 12.3% YoY in Q2, says IDC, to 38.7 million units. Vendors are beginning to ‘refocus’ their product lines and consumers are delaying purchases. 65% of …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Huawei| IDC| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 30| Worldwide

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Amazon Result 29/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Amazon reported Q2 net profit of $857 million, up over 830% YoY from $92 million. Turnover was $30.4 billion, up 31% from $23.2 billion. For the six month period, net profit was $1.3 billion, …

Tags:Amazon| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30

ISTE 2016 Conference Roundup

by Len Scrogan

The ISTE 2016 educational conference held in late June, with over 16,000 in attendance hailing from 76 countries, is the largest ed-tech conference held in the U.S. This year’s ed-tech extravaganza left me dizzy …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Amazon| display technology| Education| Microsoft| Projectors| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 31

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Amazon Expands Prime Video

by Tom Allen

Amazon will launch its Prime Instant Video VoD service in France, Italy and Spain simultaneously, before the end of the year. The news comes from French newspaper Le Figaro.

Tags:Amazon| France| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Spain| VOD| Vol 23 - Issue 28