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LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 28

by Tom Allen

An Ubuntu-powered version of Intel‘s Compute Stick (Intel to Challenge Rivals With Thumb-PC) has been launched. The STCK1A8LFC has half the RAM and quarter of the storage of the original Compute Stick (1GB and …

Archos Produces Cheapest PC Stick

by Tom Allen

Archos will be the first company to launch a PC-on-a-stick that is built for Windows 10. The French company’s innovatively-named PC Stick will arrive before the autumn, while Windows 10 will be launched at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 22 - Issue 27| Windows

Amazon Leads US Media Streamers

by Tom Allen

According to Strategy Analytics, Amazon topped the US digital media streamer market in Q1’15, with a 30% share – despite only launching its streaming products in 2013. Amazon and the other market leaders – …

Lenovo Challenges Google

by Tom Allen

Lenovo has unveiled a bevy of new devices at an event in Beijing, including a Chromecast rival. First are three new laptops for consumers: the Z41 and Z51 are for multimedia use, and the …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 20

by Tom Allen

Acer has added Intel’s fifth-generation Broadwell processors to its Travelmate P645-S ultrabooks. The new units can have Core i5 or i7 processors and are available in the USA now, starting at $950. Asus has …

Qualcomm Reveals Details of 4K Streaming Device

by Helen Vince

US website SlashGear has revealed details of a Chromecast-like streaming dongle from Qualcomm. The high-spec device is based on the Snapdragon chipset with a full Android operating system and can support 4k video.

Tags:Qualcomm| Streaming Dongles| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Qualcomm Sets Up Local 4G to Stream UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm has confirmed that it is developing a reference design for an UltraHD dongle, using its own Snapdragon 800 chipset (Qualcomm Hopes to Grow Content Availability With Dongle). The stick appears to use Android …

Now Available On Amazon Fire TV: Sling TV, FOX Sports GO, and More

by Helen Vince

Amazon today announced that Fire TV’s selection is up 5x since its launch in April, with 2015 best-of-CES Sling TV now available for download as well as other popular services and games such as …

Tags:Amazon| Stream TV| Streaming Dongles

Matchstick Hits Delay

by Tom Allen

The launch of the Matchstick Firefox OS-based streaming stick has been delayed until August, the company has announced. Matchstick will use the time to sort out a DRM system, and change to a faster …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Google Tops 10 Million

by Tom Allen

More than 10 million Chromecasts were sold worldwide last year. The news comes from Google Korea, which also told the Korea Times that more than 6,000 developers are working on apps for the device.

LDM Product Roundup Vol 22 No 5

by Tom Allen

BenQ America is now shipping the RP840G (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 20) 84″ interactive display. Additionally, BenQ Europe has announced release details for the BL2711U 27″ UltraHD monitor (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 44). It …

Intel to Challenge Rivals With Thumb-PC

by Raverstead

Kirk Skaugen, SVP of the PC Client Group at Intel, has said that the company is planning thumb-sized PCs for next year. Speaking at the Intel investor conference, Skaugen said that the devices (“compute …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 21 - Issue 47