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CCI Digital Signage Day Changes Venue to Cologne-Deutz

by Isaac Oburu

The venue for this year’s CCI Digital Signage Day has been changed to a larger one in Cologne-Deutz, due to the high number of registrations. The one-day event will be held at Hotel Dorint …

Ingram Takeover Delayed

by Tom Allen

The acquisition of Ingram Micro by China’s Tianjin Tianhai (a division of the HNA Group) has been delayed. The date that the deal must be completed by has been extended to the 13th November …

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Sharp Cancels Cuts to Raise Morale

by Tom Allen

Sharp’s Tai Jeng-wu (left) and Foxconn’s Terry Gou (right). Image: Nikkei.Japan’s Sankei Shimbun and Nikkei Shimbun quote Sharp president Tai Jeng-wu as saying that he will cancel a base and managerial salary reduction at …

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Sony to Launch TWO Consoles in September

by Tom Allen

Sony will introduce two new Playstation 4 consoles at its event next month, according to the Wall Street Journal. As well as the Playstation Neo, Sony will launch a refreshed model of its standard …

Cyberdrive Matches High-Res Audio With UHD Video

by Tom Allen

A company called Cyberdrive (previously Forte Audio) is intending to fill a (niche) gap in the media player market, by providing compact players that can output high-res audio and UltraHD video. Cyberdrive has launched …

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Korea Set to Adopt ATSC 3.0

by Tom Allen

Korea’s Yonhap News reports that the country’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning has chosen the ATSC 3.0 standard for UltraHD TV broadcasts, over DVB-T2. UHD transmissions are expected to begin in February …

Xbox OneS Launches 4K Game Console Era

by Steve Sechrist

As part of its global game strategy in a market poised to grow to plus $100 billion by next year, Microsoft is shifting into high gear with the recent Xbox One S game console. …

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AMOLED Encapsulation Growing at Double Digits

by Tom Allen

AMOLED displays continue to increase their share of the overall display market, expected to reach about 11% this year and 22% in 2020. IHS says in a research note that, to support this growth, …

Hulu Ends Free Streaming Service

by Tom Allen

Hulu is planning to stop the ad-supported free streaming service it has been offering for quite some time. Hulu has teamed up with Yahoo to create a streaming service “Yahoo View” from Yahoo and …

Smartphone Orchestra Plays Music Through Thousands of Phones

by Tom Allen

The Lowlands music festival in the Netherlands hosted the first edition of the Smartphone Orchestra this month. Attendees used their phones to collectively play a single piece of music, composed ahead of time for …

Xiaomi is Prepared to Enter US Market – Slowly

by Tom Allen

Bloomberg says that Xiaomi is preparing to enter the US smartphone market – a move that it has avoided until now, although it has been selling accessories like earbuds. Company VP Huge Barra, formerly …

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Facebook Works With Unity on Gaming Platform

by Tom Allen

Facebook and Unity have announced the Facebook PC Gaming Platform: a competitor to platforms such as Steam and Origin. According to TechCrunch, it is an evolution of the Facebook Games Arcade, a beta of …

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