Vol 22 – Issue 13 – Page 6

Google Glass is Still Kicking

by Tom Allen

Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt has said that Google Glass has not been cancelled (Google Glass is off the Shelves for Now) – simply postponed. The project is “too important” to scrap, he told the …

Epson Modernises World War Museum

by Tom Allen

The Bentley Priory Museum in the UK has been modernised, with help from Epson and integrator Atlas AV. The museum tells the story of the country house, focusing on its role as a command …

Pixel Projects Completes Google Installation With Interactivity

by Tom Allen

AV specialist Pixel Projects has supplied solutions for Google’s new shop-in-shop in Currys PC World on Tottenham Court Road, London (Google Opens Shop-in-Shop in London), where customers can try out new interactive installations. One …

Ingram Micro Buys Tech Data’s Peruvian and Chilean Businesses

by Helen Vince

Ingram Micro is expanding its business in the Latin America market through the acquisition of Tech Data’s Peruvian and Chilean businesses. The acquisition, which closed on 16th March, is expected to add more than …

NComputing’s Client Shipments Drop 70% in Q4’14

by Tom Allen

The global thin and terminal client market had a strong Q1 and Q2 in 2014, followed by a ‘mild’ contraction in Q3 and double-digit fall in Q4, says IDC. Shipments were down 12.5% in …

Motorola Phone Fab to Open in May

by Tom Allen

A new Motorola production base in Wuhan, China will begin commercial operation on 11th May, according to local media. Current plans are for 16 million smartphones to be produced this year, at a value …

“Greatly Improved” Ring Zero is Now Available

by Arthur Berman

Logbar (Tokyo, Japan) is now accepting pre-orders for the latest version of its Ring Zero finger-wearable input device. The use of Ring Zero simply requires that the user put the device on their index …

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Tru-Vu Secures Industrial Monitor

by Tom Allen

The SRMW-24R-SS is a new sunlight-readable, waterproof monitor from Tru-Vu, for a variety of applications. It can be used in digital signage and outdoor kiosks, as well as industrial uses such as in vehicles, …

Mobile Panel Prices Trend Down in March

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel price data for March. Downward trends were seen in almost every market segment. Due to slow demand for notebook and tablet PCs, G5, G6 and G8 LCD fab …

Optoma Recreates 16th-Century Dockyard

by Tom Allen

Optoma has helped to update the Chatham Dockyard Museum in the UK, with 17 projectors used to recreate the feel of a 16th-century dockyard. Sysco Audio Visual installed four EW865s, four EW775s and nine …

CeBIT Shows the Future of Mobile Computing

by Bob Raikes

Back in the spring of 2012, for my market research clients, I looked at the topic of wireless connections to displays. It has seemed to me, for some years, that the increasing miniaturisation of …

Apple TV Refresh Coming in June

by Tom Allen

John Paczkowski, managing editor of Buzzfeed and long-time Apple reporter, has claimed that Apple will unveil a new set-top box at its WWDC in April. The new box will have an app store, developer …

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