Vol 23 – Issue 09 – Page 8

2015 Was ‘Last Year’ for Double-Digit Phone Growth

by Tom Allen

2015 is likely to have been the last year of double-digit smartphone growth, IDC has forecast. 2015 shipments were up 10.4% YoY, to 1.44 billion units. Although projections for 2016 are higher (1.5 billion …

LDM Product Roundup Vol 23 No 09

by Tom Allen

Asus‘ MG24UQ UltraHD monitor (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 03) will be available for sale ‘soon’. However, the company has still not shared pricing information. The WU1500 DLP projector, which Optoma introduced …

Spectral Edge Brings Eyeteq to London

by Tom Allen

Spectral Edge’s Eyeteg technology (Spectral Edge’s HDMI Adapter Compensates for Colour Blindness) will be demonstrated at the Connected TV Summit, running on the 16th and 17th March in London. Eyeteq, a colour vision deficiency …

Flextech Hosts Ninth Flexi Awards

by Tom Allen

The FlexTech Alliance has given out five Flexi Awards, in the categories of Innovation; R&D; Leadership in Education; and, a new category, Industry Leadership. It is the ninth year of Flexi Awards. The Innovation …

Ingram Micro Appoints New UK Heads

by Tom Allen

Ingram Micro UK has appointed Gemma Glen as head of B2B sales. She has worked at the firm for 10 years, in various commercial roles – most recently as head of the print category. …

SDC to Double Flexible OLED Capacity

by Tom Allen

Business Korea claims that Samsung Display will double the capacity of its A3 line, which is used to produce flexible OLEDs, to 30,000 substrates per month. According to the source, SDC has placed KRW400 …

IoT Set for Business Growth

by Tom Allen

43% of organisations are using or plan to implement the internet of things in their business this year, according to a Gartner survey conducted in November (spanning North America, LATAM, EMEA and APAC). 29% …

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iPlayer Will Require Licence Fee

by Tom Allen

UK culture secretary John Whittingdale has said that the BBC will soon close the iPlayer ‘loophole’, and will force those watching TV online to pay a licence fee. Currently, licence holders can use the …

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Acer Compensates for 30Hz With G-Sync

by Tom Allen

We first heard about Acer’s new offering for the gaming market – a large UltraHD monitor called the XB321HK – back in November last year (Leak Reveals New Acer Gaming Monitor), and it is …

Improved popSlate Moves Towards Commercialization

by Arthur Berman

The second generation of the popSlate (Palo Alto, CA) iPhone shell is moving towards commercialization. Just like the first generation product launched last year, the principle function of the new shell is to act …

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Facebook, Oculus and the Future of VR

by Norbert Hildebrand

After Facebook bought Oculus for the round sum of two billion dollars, the world has assumed that Facebook has a clear vision and plan for how to benefit from one of the frontrunners in …

Samsung’s Trendy Technology Playground

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Samsung 837 is a “Technology Playground” that opened on February 25th in the trendy Meatpacking District in New York. This three storey venue is intended to introduce Samsung consumer and B2B products to all …

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