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TCL Corporation to Restructure its Businesses

by Helen Vince

TCL Corporation says it is to restructure its operations into 11 entities, deemed the “7 plus 3 plus 1 structure”, with seven entities focusing on the product businesses, three on the service businesses and one …

Samsung Takes Inspiration From Alcatel

by Tom Allen

Polish blog Android.com/pl claims that owners of Samsung’s Galaxy S6 will be able to use accessories to enhance the phone’s functionality. Similar to Alcatel’s Hero line, the site claims that the S6 will have …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Battery Raises Capacity, Withstands 1 Million Folds

by Tom Allen

Rolled, crumpled or neatly folded into an origami swan, the battery will operate.Jenax of South Korea has developed a new flexible battery, which is as thin as paper. The J.Flex can be folded, twisted …

Tags:Batteries| Flexible Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Feeling Rich? Invest in a Gold-Plated Phone

by Tom Allen

Do friends laugh at your plebeian smartphone? Does it just not fit your power-buying, power-dressing lifestyle? How about getting it gold plated? London-based Goldgenie is a start-up that offers what could be called ‘affordable’ plating. The Blackberry …

Tags:Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Huawei Backs Away From Android at MWC

by Tom Allen

Huawei has said that it will introduce new wearables and tablets at MWC in March. The company’s focus will be on premium devices. Although specifics were not announced, Huawei did say that it would …

Qualcomm Result 29/01/2015

by Helen Vince

Qualcomm Incorporated has reported its first quarter results, posting a net profit of $2 billion on record turnover of $7.1 billion. This compares with a net profit of $1.1 billion on turnover of $6.6 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 05

IBM to Cut 25% of its Workforce?

by Helen Vince

IBM has denied a report by Forbes that it is planning to cut more than 100,000 jobs, as much 26% of its workforce, describing the idea as “totally ludicrous”. However, several IBM sites across the …

Tags:IBM| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Samsung Profit Fell for First Time in 3 Years

by Helen Vince

Samsung warned earlier this month that its yearly profit would fall for the first time in three years, and this week its results were confirmed. For the year, Samsung posted a net profit of …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 05

LG Annual Profit Soars 125%

by Helen Vince

LG Electronics reported a 125% increase in net profit for last year, rising to KRW501.4 billion ($474.8 million). Turnover for the year of KRW59 trillion ($55.9 billion) was mainly boosted by a 24% increase …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Hon Hai Says it’s Not Cutting Jobs

by Helen Vince

Hon Hai Group says it does not plan to reduce the number of people it employs and that it will maintain its employee numbers at more than one million worldwide. The group was responding …

Tags:Employment and Redundancies| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 05

UMC Result 30/01/2015

by Helen Vince

United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) reported its best quarterly net profit in seven quarters in Q4, thanks to a one-time license fee from Fujitsu. Net profit for the quarter reached NT$4.5 billion ($142.3 million), while …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UMC| Vol 22 - Issue 05

Microsoft Reports Q4’2014 Results Signaling a New Direction

by Norbert Hildebrand

The last financial results from Microsoft for the 4th quarter of calendar year 2014, which is the 2nd quarter of the Microsoft fiscal year, are showing a positive development overall. The following chart shows …