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LG Opens New Vietnam Facility

by Vanessa Browning

LG Electronics has completed construction of its latest production facility in Vietnam which will be used to manufacture TVs, mobile phones and car infotainment systems for both its domestic and overseas markets. The new …

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Intel, Samsung Rumoured to Be on Acquisition Trail

by Vanessa Browning

At the end of last week, there were murmurings that both Intel and Samsung were mulling options for acquiring rival chip firms, with Intel linked to Altera and Samsung linked with AMD. Both Intel …

Blackberry Result 01/04/2015

by Helen Vince

Blackberry Limited has released its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net profit in Q4 of $28 million on turnover of $660 million, which compares with a net loss in the final …

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BBC Looks to HDR UltraHD

by Tom Allen

The BBC’s head of innovation and standards, Richard Salmon, has said that he hopes to have ITU standards for UltraHD HDR “by [the] middle of this year”. Salmon made the comment at a recent …

Red Button Rebranded

by Tom Allen

The BBC’s Connected Red Button service will be rebranded to ‘Red Button+’ this month, with new features launched, such as picture-in-picture browsing of news, weather and video highlights. The service will be available on …

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DTG Updates UK’s D-Book for 2015

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Digital Television Group has launched the D-Book 8. The new version provides the DTT industry with the tools to support Freeview Play and manage the clearance of the 700MHz spectrum. Also included …

Panasonic Commits Royalty Free Code to Internet of Things

by Steve Sechrist

In the high stakes game of moving everything to the cloud, the idea of truly Open Source code (implementation) and protocol specifications for the Internet of Things ( IoT) can be elusive. Now Panasonic …

Best Buy Consolidates in Canada

by Helen Vince

Best Buy Canada is to consolidate its Future Shop and Best Buy stores and websites under the Best Buy brand, unveiling a plan to build a multi-channel customer experience. As a result, 66 Future …

Insight Series: What Sparks the Big Buy in Education?

by Len Scrogan

Insights in Education This is the second installment in my new series that shines some light on the thinking, preferences, and tendencies of your education market customers. I know them well. I am one …

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Corning Releases Data Sheet for its Iris Glass

by Norbert Hildebrand

Earlier this year Corning released a new glass type called Iris. We have reported on this new material before but at the time Corning only released general goals and the name of the new …

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Leader Chosen for North America’s First UltraHD MPU

by Tom Allen

Leader Instruments’ LV5490 UltraHD waveform monitor has been chosen by the Mobile TV Group, to be used in the first UltraHD mobile production unit in North America. The Mobile TV Group created the MPU, …

Fatih Project Hits More Delays

by Tom Allen

Turkey’s Fatih Project hit significant delays last year. The movement aims to provide a tablet to every school child and a smartboard to every classroom. The Turkish government had planned to distribute 1.2 million …

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