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Laval Prepares for 17th Laval Virtual Show

by Tom Allen

From 8th – 12th April, the Laval Virtual conference will take place in Laval, France. The event is dedicated to promoting and covering virtual technology in various industries. Register at http://tinyurl.com/lrll9g3. (We’ll be attending …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 13

by Tom Allen

Acer‘s C910 Chromebook (Acer Iterates on 15″ Chromebook Design) has been released in the USA. The C910-54M1 has a 15.6″ display, 1920 x 1080 resolution, Core i5 processor and eight-hour battery life. It costs …

Pay-TV Falls in North America While OTT and SVoD Climb

by Tom Allen

North American pay-TV revenues peaked in 2013, at $102.9 billion. Digital TV Research now forecasts that they will fall 11.7% ($12 billion) between 2014 and 2020, to end at $90.7 billion. Cable revenues in …

Rumour: Samsung to Spin-Off LCD, OLED Units

by Helen Vince

There have been unconfirmed reports that Samsung is considering plans to spin-off its LCD and OLED business, Samsung Display. Sources in Korea suggest that the divisions could be split next month, three years after …

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Merck KGaA Names CEO Successor

by Helen Vince

Merck KGaA says it will promote its deputy CEO Stefan Oschmann to CEO next year, replacing Karl-Ludwig Kley when his current contract comes to an end.

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John Lewis Claims 12% of UK Tablet Market

by Tom Allen

William Jones, a buyer at John Lewis, has told PCR Online that the retailer believes it is responsible for 12% of the UK’s tablet and computing market. He also said that tablets are still …

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Microsemi to Acquire Vitesse Semiconductor

by Helen Vince

Microsemi has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vitesse Semiconductor for approximately $389 million through a cash tender offer. Vitesse designs a diverse portfolio of high-performance semiconductors, application software and integrated turnkey systems …

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Sony Names New Head of AV Marketing

by Helen Vince

Sony Professional Europe has appointed Michael Harrit as its new head of marketing for AV & Media Solutions. Harrit takes over the position from Oliver Bovis who will be moving to a new role …

Loewe Takes Home Design Award

by Tom Allen

The Loewe Connect 55 TV has received an iF Design Award in Germany. We saw Loewe’s new Connect range at IFA last year

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Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge not good enough? How about 24k gold versions?

by Tom Allen

It seems that no flagship device – or any Apple product – can be launched these days without someone plating it in precious metal. Enter Goldgenie, which is offering the Samsung Galaxy S6 and …

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Foxconn Manager Stole ‘Thousands’ of Smartphones

by Tom Allen

A senior manager at Hon Hai, known only by his surname (Tsai), has admitted to stealing thousands of smartphones from a factory in Zhengzhou and selling them privately in China. The thefts are estimated …

Sony to Reach Shipment Target

by Tom Allen

Taiwanese sources say that Sony Mobile Communications’ smartphones shipments rose more than 20% QoQ in Q4’14, to 11.9 million units. Combined shipments for Q1-Q3 in Sony’s fiscal year were 31.2 million units. More than …

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