Vol 22 – Issue 05 – Page 3

Huawei Backs Away From Android at MWC

by Tom Allen

Huawei has said that it will introduce new wearables and tablets at MWC in March. The company’s focus will be on premium devices. Although specifics were not announced, Huawei did say that it would …

Qualcomm Result 29/01/2015

by Helen Vince

Qualcomm Incorporated has reported its first quarter results, posting a net profit of $2 billion on record turnover of $7.1 billion. This compares with a net profit of $1.1 billion on turnover of $6.6 …

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IBM to Cut 25% of its Workforce?

by Helen Vince

IBM has denied a report by Forbes that it is planning to cut more than 100,000 jobs, as much 26% of its workforce, describing the idea as “totally ludicrous”. However, several IBM sites across the …

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Samsung Profit Fell for First Time in 3 Years

by Helen Vince

Samsung warned earlier this month that its yearly profit would fall for the first time in three years, and this week its results were confirmed. For the year, Samsung posted a net profit of …

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LG Annual Profit Soars 125%

by Helen Vince

LG Electronics reported a 125% increase in net profit for last year, rising to KRW501.4 billion ($474.8 million). Turnover for the year of KRW59 trillion ($55.9 billion) was mainly boosted by a 24% increase …

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Hon Hai Says it’s Not Cutting Jobs

by Helen Vince

Hon Hai Group says it does not plan to reduce the number of people it employs and that it will maintain its employee numbers at more than one million worldwide. The group was responding …

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UMC Result 30/01/2015

by Helen Vince

United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) reported its best quarterly net profit in seven quarters in Q4, thanks to a one-time license fee from Fujitsu. Net profit for the quarter reached NT$4.5 billion ($142.3 million), while …

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Sharp Cuts LCD TV Estimate

by Tom Allen

Local sources say that Sharp estimates that LCD TV shipments will reach 6 million units in the fiscal 2014/15 year, which ends in March. The company had been targeting 8.2 million units.

UltraHD Sport Broadcast Live in Japan

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Wowow satellite TV station has successfully broadcast two UltraHD programmes: a tennis match in Tokyo and a boxing match in Yokohama. The events were broadcast live from the company’s studio for Belle Salle Akihabara …

Pay-TV Rises in UK but TV Ownership Falls

by Tom Allen

According to UK regulator Ofcom, 61% of adults in the country take a pay-TV service, an increase from 58% in 2013. DTT coverage is ‘almost universal’ (98.5%), although there was an increase in non-ownership …

AT&T Adds Video Subs

by Tom Allen

73,000 subscribers joined AT&T’s U-Verse service in Q4, to reach almost 6 million for the year overall. At the end of the quarter, U-Verse TV penetration was about 22%.

Computer Graphics Drive Display Applications

by Phillip Wright

French designer Benoît Dereau has produced a striking example of the capabilities of computer graphics (CG). His Unreal Paris video (embedded below) created using Unreal Engine 4 illustrates for me the manner in which advances in computer graphics drive display applications …

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