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Panasonic Undergoes Major Restructure

by Isaac Oburu

Panasonic has announced that it’s board of directors has reshuffled the representative directors due to senior management changes. Yasuji Enokido, Mototsugu Sato and Tetsuro Homma will serve as senior managing directors, leaving their previous …

Huawei in Italy, Thanks to Ingram

by Isaac Oburu

Ingram Micro is the official distributor of Huawei smartphones and related accessories in Italy.

3,000 Employees to Leave HP Inc

by Tom Allen

HP Inc. is accelerating its restructuring programme, and now expects about 3,000 employees to leave by the end of its current fiscal year – not over three years, as had previously been announced (HP …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Asustek to Focus More on Notebooks

by Isaac Oburu

Asus feels its tablet sales are unlikely to be able to achieve growth in 2016, according tto sources in Asia. The firm shipped 5.9 million tablets in 2015 and is looking to ship 5-6 …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 08

QD Laser Prototypes AR Display for Vision Correction

by Tom Allen

Image: NikkeiA prototype of glasses using ‘retinal-scanning laser eyewear technology’, to improve wearer’s vision, has been shown at the Medical IT Solutions Expo of Medical Japan 2016, by QD Laser Inc. The glasses are …

McDonald’s Getting into VR

by Norbert Hildebrand

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that many companies that cater to children in general have an interest in VR. As one of the upcoming technologies, VR in general is often viewed as the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Displays| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Ericsson Ensures QoE

by Tom Allen

Ericsson had what might have been the largest stand at the show, taking up one entire end of a hall by itself. However, the majority of the space was invitation-only, and only open to …

LCD Panels Face First Q1 Decline Since 2009

by Tom Allen

TV and IT display shipments are expected to face their first Q1 decline since 2009, according to IHS. Prices are falling for these displays, due to inventory adjustments by LCD makers and continued slowing …

Acer Extends Android to Premium Jade Line

by Tom Allen

Acer clearly sees Windows as a business proposition, and at MWC was reinforcing that feeling with new offers on the Liquid Jade Primo smartphone (Acer Looks to Gamers, Chromebooks and “PC Phone”). We saw …

SK Telecom is Working on 8k Encoding

by Tom Allen

SK Telecom is a major telco in South Korea, and signal transport was its main focus at MWC. This covered data – the company had a 5G demo area in the middle of the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Telecomms| Vol 23 - Issue 08

IoT is Canonical’s Core

by Tom Allen

Canonical was promoting Ubuntu Core (launched late-2014): a version of the OS for IoT devices. Advantages include reliability (failed updates will automatically revert back to the original version) and security (apps cannot interact with …

Tags:Media Players| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 08

VRT Accomplishes Production Over IP

by Tom Allen

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) is supporting the LiveIP Project (a collaboration between the EBU and Belgian public broadcaster VRT) in moving to open protocols for media over IP in TV broadcasting. …