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Philips’ Monitor Carries Four Signals Through USB

by Tom Allen

The new 21.5″ Philips USB docking monitor – the 221S6QUMB – is an expansion to the USB monitor line, which currently consists solely of a 23″ model. Designed to complement today’s ultra-slim notebooks, which …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| USB Monitors| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Merck Leads Printed Electronics Consortium

by Tom Allen

Merck is a founder member of the ATLASS Project – a European project examining printed electronics. ATLASS (Advanced High-Resolution Printing of Organic Transistors for Large Area Smart Surfaces) aims to help achieve a breakthrough …

Ocean Takes New London Site

by Tom Allen

Ocean Outdoor’s roadside network has grown with the addition of a new site in London: Trinity Wandsworth. The two screens, each measuring 12.2m x 2.9m, have a 10mm pixel pitch and are mounted on …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Ocean Outdoor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Canada Celebrates OOH Winners

by Tom Allen

Canada’s Out-of-Home Marketing Agency has announced the winners of the 2014 OOH Awards, which celebrate the country’s best OOH campaigns for packaged goods. The winners were Labatt Breweries, Wrigley Canada and Novartis Consumer Health.

Thomson Adds French Distributor

by Helen Vince

Thomson in France has added Exertis Banque Magnetique as a distributor for its notebooks and tablets.

Tags:Distribution| France| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Peerless Appoints Systeam in Germany

by Helen Vince

Peerless has appointed Systeam to distribute its display mounts in Germany.

M-Go Joins Netflix and Amazon

by Tom Allen

M-Go, the UltraHD streaming service established by Technicolor and Dreamworks, will offer HDR content later this year. The service will be launched with “a full selection” of titles, said COO Christophe Louvion. M-Go is …

HP Result 26/05/2015

by Helen Vince

HP reported a second quarter net profit of $1 billion on turnover of $25.5 billion, which compares with a net profit of $1.3 billion on turnover of $27.3 billion in Q2 of the previous …

Tags:Financial Data| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Hiperwall 4.0 Will Automatically Adjust for Bezels

by Tom Allen

NEC has announced that v4.0 of the Hiperwall software will be released in Q2’15. With the new system, users can operate two control stations simultaneously, for redundancy. A new video engine, supporting UltraHD content, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NEC| Video Walls| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Ive Promoted to Chief Design Officer

by Helen Vince

Apple has promoted Jony Ive to the newly created position of chief design officer. CEO Tim Cook said in a memo to Apple staff that in his new role, Ive will remain responsible for …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Blackberry Makes Global Job Cuts

by Helen Vince

Blackberry is once again the subject of rumours about a possible take-over of its business, having already been linked to both Samsung and Apple so far this year as a potential acquisition target. Microsoft …

Tags:BlackBerry| Employment and Redundancies| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

OnePlus 2 Will Have 64-Bit CPU

by Tom Allen

Specifications have begun to appear for the OnePlus (the Chinese brand) 2 (OnePlus Plans Second Exclusive Handset). According to Geekbench Browser, the phone will run Android 5.1 on a Snapdragon 810 processor, with 3GB …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 22