Vol 21 – Issue 44 – Page 4

Estimote Turns Objects Into ‘Nearables’

by Raverstead

Estimote is a beacon company that has taken the technology to a new form factor: stickers. These ‘tiny super beacons’ were announced in August but have just begun to be shipped. The Estimote Stickers …

Liberty Global Result 06/11/2014

by Raverstead

Liberty Global plc has reported its third quarter and nine month results and also announced the completion of its tender offer to acquire Dutch cable operator, Ziggo. The company’s net profit in Q3 reached …

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Samsung Brings Policing to the 21st Century

by Raverstead

Samsung is supplying 4,000 Galaxy Note 3 devices to the UK’s West Yorkshire police force, replacing traditional notebooks. The phablets can be used to record crimes without requiring an officer to return to a …

Toshiba Result 31/10/2014

by Raverstead

Toshiba Corporation has published its results for the second quarter and first six months of the year, posting a net profit in Q2 of ¥21.9 billion ($190.9 million) on turnover of ¥1.7 trillion ($14.8 …

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LG Chooses Informática

by Raverstead

Informática Megasur, in Spain, in now distributing LG’s smartphones and tablets.

Storm Shows Off Curved LED

by Raverstead

Clear Channel UK’s Storm brand has unveiled a new display at its Coventry House site in London. The display is a Daktronics unit – the 13mm 13HD product – chosen by LG, a long-term …

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VNS Brings 3D Content Directly to Oculus Rift

by Raverstead

Taiwan’s VNS is developing a pure hardware 3D adapter for the Oculus Rift. The ‘VR Box’ (G-204) supports frame-packed/line interleaved/frame sequential/side-by-side/top-and-bottom 3D content, at 1920 x 1080 resolution and 24fps. It is able to …

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Another Apple 1 Under the Hammer

by Raverstead

Last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 43), Bonhams sold a working Apple 1 computer at auction, for more than $900,000. Now another has appeared at Christie’s auction house, and is expected to be …

Flextronics Result 31/10/2014

by Raverstead

Flextronics has reported its second quarter results, posting a net profit of $138.9 million on turnover of $6.5 billion. In Q2 of the previous year the company’s net profit was $118.2 million and turnover …

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Monitor Trends Picked Out in CRN Interviews

by Raverstead

CRN.de has conducted a series of interviews with members of the monitor industry, from key companies in Germany. They include: Sebastian in het Panhuis of Asus (http://tinyurl.com/od8ckdw); Markus Korn of Samsung (http://tinyurl.com/noa7mv5); Michael Vorgberger …

Samsung Relies on QDs to Compete With OLED

by Raverstead

During a gathering at Samsung’s offices in Seoul the company’s head of TV, Kim Hyun-seok, reiterated Samsung’s stance on OLED TVs. He said that it is too early for such TVs to be launched; …

TSMC Chooses ARM

by Raverstead

For the fifth year in a row, TSMC has bestowed its Partner Award on ARM, for outstanding partner performance.