Vol 24 – Issue 06 – Page 10

All-in-one PC Shipments to rise in 2017

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes Research, the shipment of all-in-one PCs is expected to grow by 1.5% in 2017, when compared to 2016. Prior to 2017, there had been a three-year decline in worldwide demand for …

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TSMC Revenues Fall 1.9% in January but up 8.1% on Year

by Alan Spencer

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) revenues were down 1.9% sequentially in January but up 8.1% on year. The revenues in January were NT$76.62 billion ($2.48 billion), which was a new six-month low due mainly …

Xiaomi to Use In House CPU

by Alan Spencer

Xiaomi is expected to launch its Mi 5C smartphone with own-developed Pinecone V670 CPU in China, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News report (via Digitimes). The new smartphone is expected to be released …

Quanta Maintains Position as Largest Notebook ODM for HP

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes and industry sources, Taiwan-based Quanta Computer will continue to be the largest ODM for HP for notebooks to be launched this year. Quanta Computer has been allocated 35% of HP’s planned …

Sony Confirms US TV Pricing

by Bob Raikes

Sony has released its pricing for its latest US TVs. Details are in the table. Model Size MSRP Sony XBR-65Z9D 65″ $5,499 Sony XBR-75Z9D 75″ $8,999 Sony XBR-100Z9D 100 $59,999 XBR-75X940E 75″ $7,499 XBR-65X930E …

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Music Festival Live Streamed in 360° Video

by Alan Spencer

A Bavarian media company has live streamed its annual music festival in 360º video for the first time. This was made possible by the combined efforts of Keepixo, a provider of software head-end products …

VR Shipments to Reach 110 million by 2021

by Alan Spencer

According to ABI Research’s AR and VR Devices and Enterprise Verticals report, following a content-starved market, VR is set to take off with new content choices. It is forecast that the total VR device …

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Luxin-Rio Acquires Volfoni

by Bob Raikes

Shandong Luxin-Rio Visual Technology Company Ltd has acquired 3D specialist, Volfoni. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The companies have been collaborating since 2012 and Luxin-Rio already owned 10% of Volfoni, purchased …

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Vizio Has HDR10 Firmware Update for E-Series

by Bob Raikes

Vizio said that it has a firmware update for its E Series enabling HDR10 compatibility with existing HDR Blu-ray players from Samsung (UHD-K8500) and Philips (BDP7501/F7), as well as PS4 and Xbox One S …

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Matterport Brings VR to the Browser by Supporting WebVR

by Norbert Hildebrand

Matterport announced that they are now supporting viewing their virtual reality spaces directly through the browser without having to download an app. For now this works only for Daydream-enabled phones (running Android Nougat) using …

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HBO Now Subscribers Pass 2 Million

by Alan Spencer

Time Warner announced, that HBO Now subscribers have passed 2 million in the US. The streaming service was launched in April 2015 and reached 800,000 subscribers by the year end, and nearly one million …

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Dell to Cut its Number of Distributors

by Alan Spencer

Following the merger of Dell and EMC, the combined company ended up with over 300 distributors. Now Dell-EMC is planning to cut the numbers. Dell-EMC made it clear last year that it has too …

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