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Hololens Now on Sale – For Some

by Tom Allen

Microsoft is now selling developer editions of its Hololens headset. Customers must be in the US or Canada. They can order up to five kits, each of which costs $3,000.

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 30

E FUN Nextbook Flexx 11A 2-in-1 Remedies the Demands of Students

by Isaac Oburu

As summer winds down, the ever-growing back-to-school checklist manifests with a range of expensive supplies ranging from textbooks to the latest technology. E FUN’s Nextbook Flexx 11A 2-in-1 tablet will provide your student with …

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Microsoft to Cut Almost 3,000 More Jobs

by Tom Allen

Microsoft has revisited its plans to cut 1,850 jobs in its smartphone division (Microsoft Restructures Smartphones and Cuts Jobs) – but not in a good way. In addition to the already-announced cuts, Microsoft will …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Microsoft Takes Schaefer from Sony

by Tom Allen

Microsoft Germany has promoted Henrik Schaefer to the position of head of Microsoft devices. He will be responsible for marketing Surface and Lumia products, as well as PC accessories. Schaefer was previously at Sony …

Tags:Germany| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 29

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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Microsoft Result 19/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Microsoft reported Q4 2016 net profit of $3.1 billion, up from a net loss of $3.2 billion in the previous year period. Turnover was $22.6 billion, down 7% YoY from $22.1 billion. For the …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Specs Revealed for UHD Consoles

by Tom Allen

A posting on Amazon’s Spanish site, since removed, appears to have leaked the launch date of Sony’s Playstation Neo console (UHD Playstation is Official – But…). The unit will apparently be available in October …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| PlayStation| sony| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 28| xBox

Foxconn Snaps Up Microsoft Mobile Plant

by Tom Allen

Chief Expertise, a Foxconn subsidiary, has purchased 100% of Microsoft Mobile (Vietnam), for VND492 billion ($22 million). The company plans to produce mainly feature phones at the facility in Bac Ninh, according to a …

Tags:APAC| Foxconn (Honhai)| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 27

Rumour Claims UHD for Next Surface

by Tom Allen

Rumours are circulating about the supposed Microsoft Surface Pro 5 tablet, suggesting an optional UltraHD display. The tablet will be launched in spring next year, according to rumours, with Intel’s seventh-generation (Kaby Lake) processors.

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 26

Xbox One S Will Upscale Existing Games

by Tom Allen

Microsoft has said that the Xbox One S (Microsoft Rises to Challenge of UHD & HDR Gaming) will upscale existing games to UltraHD, using a new AMD SoC. Xbox executive Mike Ybarra confirmed the …

Tags:4k| Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 26| xBox

Microsoft’s Surface Membership Offers Instalment Plans

by Tom Allen

After turning Office into a software-as-a-service product, and moving the same way with Windows, Microsoft is now offering its Surface products as ‘hardware-as-a-service’. Businesses can use ‘Surface Membership’, to give it its proper name, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 23 - Issue 23