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Ingram Micro Buys Tech Data’s Peruvian and Chilean Businesses

by Helen Vince

Ingram Micro is expanding its business in the Latin America market through the acquisition of Tech Data’s Peruvian and Chilean businesses. The acquisition, which closed on 16th March, is expected to add more than …

Motorola Phone Fab to Open in May

by Tom Allen

A new Motorola production base in Wuhan, China will begin commercial operation on 11th May, according to local media. Current plans are for 16 million smartphones to be produced this year, at a value …

“Greatly Improved” Ring Zero is Now Available

by Arthur Berman

Logbar (Tokyo, Japan) is now accepting pre-orders for the latest version of its Ring Zero finger-wearable input device. The use of Ring Zero simply requires that the user put the device on their index …

Tags:Gesture Recognition| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 13| Wearables

Mobile Panel Prices Trend Down in March

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel price data for March. Downward trends were seen in almost every market segment. Due to slow demand for notebook and tablet PCs, G5, G6 and G8 LCD fab …

Apple TV Refresh Coming in June

by Tom Allen

John Paczkowski, managing editor of Buzzfeed and long-time Apple reporter, has claimed that Apple will unveil a new set-top box at its WWDC in April. The new box will have an app store, developer …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Laval Prepares for 17th Laval Virtual Show

by Tom Allen

From 8th – 12th April, the Laval Virtual conference will take place in Laval, France. The event is dedicated to promoting and covering virtual technology in various industries. Register at http://tinyurl.com/lrll9g3. (We’ll be attending …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 13

by Tom Allen

Acer‘s C910 Chromebook (Acer Iterates on 15″ Chromebook Design) has been released in the USA. The C910-54M1 has a 15.6″ display, 1920 x 1080 resolution, Core i5 processor and eight-hour battery life. It costs …

Rumour: Samsung to Spin-Off LCD, OLED Units

by Helen Vince

There have been unconfirmed reports that Samsung is considering plans to spin-off its LCD and OLED business, Samsung Display. Sources in Korea suggest that the divisions could be split next month, three years after …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 13

John Lewis Claims 12% of UK Tablet Market

by Tom Allen

William Jones, a buyer at John Lewis, has told PCR Online that the retailer believes it is responsible for 12% of the UK’s tablet and computing market. He also said that tablets are still …

Tags:John Lewis Partnership| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Microsemi to Acquire Vitesse Semiconductor

by Helen Vince

Microsemi has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vitesse Semiconductor for approximately $389 million through a cash tender offer. Vitesse designs a diverse portfolio of high-performance semiconductors, application software and integrated turnkey systems …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Sony Names New Head of AV Marketing

by Helen Vince

Sony Professional Europe has appointed Michael Harrit as its new head of marketing for AV & Media Solutions. Harrit takes over the position from Oliver Bovis who will be moving to a new role …

Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge not good enough? How about 24k gold versions?

by Tom Allen

It seems that no flagship device – or any Apple product – can be launched these days without someone plating it in precious metal. Enter Goldgenie, which is offering the Samsung Galaxy S6 and …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 13