Vol 21 – Issue 36 – Page 6

Wi-Fi Alliance Celebrates 15 Years of Wi-Fi

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This year, the Wi-Fi Alliance is celebrating 15 years of connecting people and improving everyday lives with Wi-Fi. The Alliance was founded by six companies to develop and validate multi-vendor interoperability and over the …

Funai Outsources Production to Asia

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Funai Electric has been experiencing problems selling TVs produced at its factory in Poland into the European market. Europe is a challenging TV market, as many countries have different requirements and licensing laws. To …

Imagination Designs New MIPS for Android L

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Imagination Technologies has refreshed the ageing MIPS architecture with a new 64-bit processor, the MIPS I6400. It is a multi-core SoC with integrated graphics and simultaneous multithreading; up to four threads per core, simultaneously, …

Large Panel Shipments 7.7% Higher MoM

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Taiwan’s four major panel manufacturers shipped a total of 23 million large panels in July, a 7.7% improvement from July and 3.5% higher year on year. Innolux’s large panel shipments increased 11.8% sequentially, while …

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Asus Beats Competitors in Smartwatch Stakes

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Asus did not have a stand at IFA, but did take the stage at a pre-show event to introduce its latest products. It beat LG, Sony, Samsung and Apple to the post with a …

AUO Sees Dip in Monthly Sales

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AU Optronics (AUO) reported sales in August of NT$35.5 billion ($1.2 billion), slightly down month on month and 5.5% lower than August 2014. Sales from January to August reached NT$267.1 billion ($8.9 billion), 3.5% …

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Secret of Hisense’s ULED Tech is Revealed

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Hisense had taken a new location in hall 6.2 this year, next to new partner Loewe. The company was putting its more prominent stand to good use, and its press conference – the company’s …

Google Preparing for Android One?

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A launch of Google’s Android One initiative, which aims to unify the fragmented OS in entry-level smartphones, may be approaching. Invitations have been sent to an event in India on 15th September. Google has …

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MEA PC Market Returns to Growth…

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After seven quarters of year on year declines, the Middle East and Africa PC market returned to growth in Q2, posting an increase in total shipments of 2.2% to 4.5 million units. According to …

Haier’s New TV Will be a Doctor on Your Wall

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Haier unveiled a range of new products and – as always – concepts for the future. The company has shown wirelessly-powered and thought-controlled TVs in the past; this year, it demonstrated the U9000 modular …

Canada Hands Out Fines in LCD Price Fixing Suit

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Courts in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia in Canada have secured agreement from five of the major consumer electronics companies involved in the alleged LCD price fixing cartel which took place between 1998 and …

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Loewe Stays On-Course Through Thick and (Very) Thin

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Anyone would agree that Loewe has had a turbulent year, which we are sure the company was happy to see an end to when it was acquired by Stargate Capital GmbH in April (Display …

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