Vol 23 – Issue 08 – Page 3

3,000 Employees to Leave HP Inc

by Tom Allen

HP Inc. is accelerating its restructuring programme, and now expects about 3,000 employees to leave by the end of its current fiscal year – not over three years, as had previously been announced (HP …

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Asustek to Focus More on Notebooks

by Isaac Oburu

Asus feels its tablet sales are unlikely to be able to achieve growth in 2016, according tto sources in Asia. The firm shipped 5.9 million tablets in 2015 and is looking to ship 5-6 …

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QD Laser Prototypes AR Display for Vision Correction

by Tom Allen

Image: NikkeiA prototype of glasses using ‘retinal-scanning laser eyewear technology’, to improve wearer’s vision, has been shown at the Medical IT Solutions Expo of Medical Japan 2016, by QD Laser Inc. The glasses are …

Spanish Pay-TV Subscriptions Rising

by Isaac Oburu

Parks Associates has announced new research showing 16% of Spanish pay-TV households subscribed to pay TV for the first time last year. ‘Connected Consumer in Europe’ reveals that Spanish consumers are more likely than …

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McDonald’s Getting into VR

by Norbert Hildebrand

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that many companies that cater to children in general have an interest in VR. As one of the upcoming technologies, VR in general is often viewed as the …

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Third-Gen Volumetric Display Coming from Holoxica

by Chris Chinnock

Holoxica is a Scottish company which has just received €1.28 million from the European Commission’s Horizon2020 SME Instrument to develop its third generation holographic display. It will be aimed at providing volumetric display of …

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Ericsson Ensures QoE

by Tom Allen

Ericsson had what might have been the largest stand at the show, taking up one entire end of a hall by itself. However, the majority of the space was invitation-only, and only open to …

LCD Panels Face First Q1 Decline Since 2009

by Tom Allen

TV and IT display shipments are expected to face their first Q1 decline since 2009, according to IHS. Prices are falling for these displays, due to inventory adjustments by LCD makers and continued slowing …

AOC Gearing up for CeBIT 2016

by Tom Allen

AOC is inviting attendees to this year’s CeBIT show to view its recent B2C, B2B and gaming products. CeBIT will take place between the 14tth and 18th March in Hannover, Germany. The manufacturer will …

Acer Extends Android to Premium Jade Line

by Tom Allen

Acer clearly sees Windows as a business proposition, and at MWC was reinforcing that feeling with new offers on the Liquid Jade Primo smartphone (Acer Looks to Gamers, Chromebooks and “PC Phone”). We saw …

SK Telecom is Working on 8k Encoding

by Tom Allen

SK Telecom is a major telco in South Korea, and signal transport was its main focus at MWC. This covered data – the company had a 5G demo area in the middle of the …

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IoT is Canonical’s Core

by Tom Allen

Canonical was promoting Ubuntu Core (launched late-2014): a version of the OS for IoT devices. Advantages include reliability (failed updates will automatically revert back to the original version) and security (apps cannot interact with …

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