Vol 21 – Issue 42 – Page 6

Microsoft Germany Names New CEO

by Super User

Microsoft has named Alastair Bruce as the new CEO of Microsoft Germany. Bruce replaces Thomas Schroder, who is leaving the company to join mobile operator Vodafone.

Garmin Chooses Futaba for Wearable

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Garmin has introduced a new fitness tracker and notification display called the Vivosmart. It is a wrist-worn device with a 1.4″ curved passive OLED from Futaba, with 128 x 16 resolution (the same as …

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Christie Brings Movie Night to Hospital

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Christie has donated the components of a small cinema to the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) in California. The cinema is intended to show films to children too ill to travel outside of …

Copaco Adds LG Monitors

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Copaco in France is now distributing monitors from LG.

Gartner: SVoD Holds Strong Growth Potential

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Pay-TV is the largest segment of the overall consumer video services market, representing 96.3% of spending this year. Gartner expects this to fall to 94.2% by 2018, while subscription VoD (SVoD) services will grow. …

Koreans Plan CES Launch for Cadmium-Free QD TVs

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Cadmium-free quantum dot (QD) TVs will be introduced by Samsung next year, claims the Korea Times. The source quotes an unnamed official at Samsung. Samsung will apparently receive the QDs from Dow Chemical, which …

Too Tipsy to Stand? No Problem at Wales’ iPub

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The Wesbourne pub in South Wales is using iPads to cut queue times – by letting drinkers serve themselves. The tablets are fixed to tables and linked to self-service taps, which can be operated …

IDC: Rising EMEA PCs Mark Return to Growth

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PC shipments in EMEA increased 10.4% YoY in Q3, to 23.7 million units. As the second consecutive quarter of rising shipments, the result marks a ‘clear’ return to growth, says IDC. Western Europe’s mature …

Acer Leads Rapid Chromebook Growth

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Chromebook shipments were up 67% QoQ globally in Q3’14, with Acer in the lead, according to ABI Research. The market’s top three vendors (Acer, Samsung and HP) accounted for 74% of shipments in the …

Nvidia Expands European Team

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Nvidia has hired two new vice presidents for the Europe, Middle East and India (EMEAI) region, Jaap Zuiderveld who will be responsible for sales and marketing, and Xochilt Balzola-Widmann who takes responsibility for Nvidia’s …

Onyx’s Smartwatch Features E Ink

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A prototype of a smartwatch with an E Ink display has been shown at the HKTDC show in Hong Kong. Onyx International, an eReader maker, is building the device. The smartwatch features a 1.56″ …

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DTG’s Keith Hayler Awarded IET Medal

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Keith Hayler, of the UK’s Digital Television Group (DTG), has been awarded an Achievement Medal by the Institute of Engineering and Technology. The IET recognised Hayler for his work in advancing digital TV and …