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Hannstar Result 11/11/2015

by Yvette Raikes

Hannstar Display Corporation reported Q3 net losses of NTD707 million ($21.6 million) on turnover of NTD3.99 billion ($122 million), up on losses of NTD580 ($17.7 million) on NTD5.65 billion ($173 million) in the corresponding …

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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 45

by Tom Allen

Pre-orders have now started for Apple‘s iPad Pro tablet, with sales expected to begin this month. Pricing scales from $800 to $1,080. Asus has enhanced the Zenfone 2 smartphone (Asus Swims Against Current With …

Toshiba Result 11/11/2015

by Yvette Raikes

Toshiba Corporation posted Q2 net profits of ¥49.6 billion ($404 million), up 38% from ¥35.9 billion (29 million) a year earlier, on revenue of ¥1.62 trillion ($13.2 billion), down 5% from ¥1.7 trillion ($13.8 …

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Parade Combines Stylus, Glove and Wet Finger Tracking

by Tom Allen

Parade Technologies has introduced two new touchscreen controllers, in the TrueTouch line acquired from Cypress Semiconductor in August. The TT41X and TT42X controller families are capacitive units, targeting premium tablets and in-cell smartphones, respectively. …

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MicroVision Result 05/11/15

by Yvette Raikes

Ultra-miniature projection display company Microvision Inc. recorded Q3 losses of $5.3 million, up from losses for the year-ago quarter of $3.4 million, on turnover which rose to $2.4 million from $968,000. For the nine …

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Oliver Ahrens Leaves Acer After Two Decades

by Tom Allen

Oliver Ahrens, long-standing senior corporate VP of pan-Asia Pacific operations at Acer, has decided to leave the company. Jason Chen, president and CEO of Acer, is now filling Ahrens’ role. Ahrens was with Acer …

Acer Results 05/11/15

by Yvette Raikes

Acer Inc. saw Q3 net profits of NTD2.94 billion ($90 million), up from NTD867 million ($26.5 million) in Q3 last year, on turnover which slipped to NTD67.2 billion ($2.1 billion) from NTD85.7 billion ($2.6 …

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Toshiba Sues Former Executives

by Tom Allen

Toshiba has begun legal action against five former executives, including ex-CEO Hisao Tinaka. The firm says that an investigation committee, led by ‘outside legal experts’, found that the five had been negligent in their …

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Panasonic Produces ‘World’s First’ Rugged Hybrid

by Tom Allen

A fully rugged, convertible laptop has been introduced by Panasonic – which says that it is the world’s first such unit. The Toughbook 20 features the reliability of the Toughbook brand and the flexibility …

Vodafone Plans UK TV Service in 2016

by Tom Allen

Vodafone has announced plans to launch a TV service in the UK by March next year – the end of its 2016 financial year. The company recently reported that it had 9.2 million TV …

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HP Inc Delivers Native 4k Thin Client

by Tom Allen

HP Inc. has announced a thin client with a difference: native UltraHD resolution support. Up to four displays can be driven at UltraHD, using the four DisplayPort outputs on the T730 thin client. With …

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Analyst Rubbishes Apple OLED Claims

by Tom Allen

The Apple Watch is the company’s only product with an OLED displayAlthough there have been rumours of Apple extending its OLED screen use from the Apple Watch to iPhones, an analyst now claims that …