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Roku Pleased With Its Financial Results

by Yvette Raikes

In its first quarter as a public company, Roku Inc. announced Q3 net losses of $46.2 million, up from losses of $12.7 million in the same quarter last year, on revenue which increased 40% …

Android Oreo has Colour Profile Support

by Bob Raikes

Android 8.0 (Oreo) has been released on the Pixel 2 (and will come on other devices). There has been a big change ‘behind the scenes’ to the architecture to use the same version across …

Microsoft Gives Up Windows Mobile

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has effectively abandoned the Windows Mobile operating system, with Joe Belfiore, a Microsoft executive responsible for Windows 10, has joined Bill Gates in adopting a phone with an Android operating system, citing the …

macOS High Sierra Update Boosts Video, Graphics and VR Support

by Andrew Fenn

The new version of macOS, High Sierra, brings a range of improvements to Apple computers, including upgrades for video playback, graphics capabilities and VR support. The update includes support for the HEVC (H.265) video …

Smartphone Shipments Expected to Improve

by Yvette Raikes

IDC expects 2017 global smartphone shipments to go up by 3% from last year to 1.517 billion. The company also predicts that the recovery will continue into 2018 with YoY growth of 4.5%. The …

Android Increases its Dominance in Q1

by Bob Raikes

Gartner has put out its numbers for Q1 and went through what the top brands are doing, but we have covered this with IDC & IHS (IHS Markit Sees First Positive Year-Over-Year Smartphone Shipment …

LG WebOS 3.5 Smart TV Platform Earns Common Criteria Certification For Security Excellence

by Milos Pavlovic

LG’s webOS 3.5 smart TV platform was recognised with a Common Criteria (CC) certification for its enhanced Application Security Solution Version 1.0 software. By snagging another internationally-recognised security certification, LG continues to demonstrate that …

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Smartphone Shipment Volumes to Rebound This Year

by Alan Spencer

IDC has published its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker and forecasts that worldwide smartphone shipments will rebound in 2017 and beyond, following on from the 2016 results which showed the lowest growth ever, with …

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Windows 10 Close to a Quarter of the Market

by Bob Raikes

The NetMarketshare report from Net Applications said that in November, Windows 10 had 23.72% of the market (up 1.13% on October) but is still a long way behind Windows 7 which has 47.17% of …

4G To Hit 1 Billion in 2016 Says IDC

by Bob Raikes

IDC said that it expects worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.45 billion units with a year-over-year growth rate of 0.6% in 2016, down a long way from the 10.4% growth seen in …

Android is 88% in Q3 Says Strategy Analytics

by Bob Raikes

Strategy Analytics has reported that its analysis is that 375 million smartphones were shipped in Q3 2016, 6% from 354.2 million in Q3 2015, with 88% using the Android operating system. “Modest smartphone regrowth …

On the Horns of a Trilemma!

by Bob Raikes

As you can imagine, as an editor, I love words. One of the joys of English as a language is that it has a lot of words. I have on my bookshelf a two …

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