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Dolby Vision Expands in Netherlands

by Tom Allen

A second Dolby Cinema (Dolby to Take on IMAX in Large Format Theaters) is to be opened in the Netherlands. The location will be JT Bioscopen’s JT Hilversum theatre, following an opening in Eindhoven …

USB-C Makes HP Appearance

by Tom Allen

HP has shared more details, as well as a launch date, of its first USB-C hybrid: the Pavilion X2, which was teased at Computex this month. Set to arrive at the same time as …

Gigaset to Enter High-End Market at IFA

by Tom Allen

Landline phone maker Gigaset has announced plans to enter the smartphone market. It hopes to compete with Samsung and Apple on high-end units. An Android smartphone range will be launched in multiple global markets, …

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Sony, Panasonic Not Ready to Give Up on TVs

by Helen Vince

Reuters reports that Sony and Panasonic have no plans to abandon their TV businesses, despite reporting mounting losses in recent years. According to Reuters, both companies believe that retreating from the TV market would …

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JCDecaux Completes Continental Outdoor Media Acquisition

by Helen Vince

JCDecaux has completed the acquisition of Africa’s Continental Outdoor Media. The company announced in December 2014 that it would acquire Continental Outdoor in partnership with Royal Bafokeng Holdings, a community-owned investment company, with a …

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Smart Wearables Will Dominate in 2016

by Tom Allen

With new vendors – including Apple – preparing to introduce new wearables, the market continued to grow in Q1’15. A new forecast from IDC estimates that 72.1 million wearable devices will be shipped worldwide …

Hybrid Vendors Achieve Triple-Digit Growth

by Tom Allen

Hybrid device popularity is climbing rapidly, with shipments expected to be up 70% from 2014 levels this year. Gartner believes that shipments will reach 21.5 million units, representing 12% of total mobile PC sales …

Jabil Result 19/06/2015

by Helen Vince

Jabil Circuit Inc. has reported its third quarter results, recording a net profit of $72.2 million on turnover of $4.3 billion, which compares with a net profit of $188.2 million on turnover of $3.8 …

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Flat Shipments Expected at Quanta

by Vanessa Browning

Quanta vice chairman, C.C Leung, has said that the company expects notebook shipments to be flat this year. Customer demand is growing, said Leung, helping Quanta to overcome soft overall PC demand. 48.5 million …

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InFocus Highlights LightCast Technology

by Bob Raikes

InFocus, with backing from Foxconn, has been re-positioning itself as a supplier of collaboration products rather than a simple hardware supplier. At Infocomm, the company started by showing us its Saturn system which combines …

Planar Has Configurator for LED

by Vanessa Browning

At the show, Planar majored on its new direct LED displays, which it is promoting under the DirectLight brand. The technology is available in 3.1mm, 2.5mm, 1.9mm and 1.6mm pitches and the company was …

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Sharp Promotes Quality and Touch Performance

by Bob Raikes

Sharp stared by showing us how its PN-V551 ultranarrow bezel monitor has compensation for brightness uniformity, a technique it calls UCCT (Uniform Colour Consistency Technology). We reported on this Sharp Explains B2B Display Push …

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