Vol 25 - Issue 02

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CTA Focuses on US Developments

by Bob Raikes

The Annual CES event usually kicks off with a briefing on the development of different markets around the world and forecasts for future technology trends, given by the CTA and using data from both …

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Industry Leaders Launch Trade Association for Service Contracts

by Andrew Fenn

Industry leaders in the US have launched a new trade association for commercial service contracts; the National Commercial Service Contract Association recently held their inaugural meeting. The meeting took place on January 12th and …

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Tag Heuer Connected Smartwatch has Touch

by Bob Raikes

Tag Heuer has a new Connected Modular 41 smartwatch, running Android Wear, that uses a 1.2″ round OLED touch with 390 x 390 and features 8GB of storage and 1GB of RAM. Tag said …

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Sony Dolby Vision Update Currently Restricted to Streaming Apps

by Andrew Fenn

Sony has finally brought Dolby Vision support to its high-end OLED and LCD televisions in the US. However, users have complained that, while streaming apps like Netflix are working as expected, sources connected via …

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Samsung Germany VP Takes Over as Managing Director at Panasonic DACH + NL

by Andrew Fenn

Kai Hillebrandt will replace Christian Sokcevic as Managing Director at Panasonic DACH + NL at the beginning of April 2018. Sokcevic left his role with the company at the end of 2017. Hillebrandt has …

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Panasonic Supplying Over 1,600m² of LED Screens for PyeongChang 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Panasonic Corporation has announced the full line-up of equipment and solutions that the company will provide to support the staging of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and XII Paralympic Winter Games, which will mainly …

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IHS: LCD TV Panel Demand Expected to Go Through a Correction in Q1 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Demand for LCD panels from South Korean and Chinese TV makers was strong in the fourth quarter of 2017, but implementation of their panel purchasing strategies for the first quarter of 2018 may result …

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Gartner: Global IT Device Spending to Reach $704 Billion in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide IT device spending is projected to total $704 billion in 2018, an increase of 5.6% from 2017, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. In 2017, the devices segment experienced growth for the …

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Lenovo to Remain Largest All-in-One PC Vendor in 2018?

by Andrew Fenn

Unconfirmed reports coming out of Taiwan have said that Lenovo is predicted to remain the largest global all-in-one PC vendor in 2018, with shipments of 3-3.2 million units. Global AIO PC shipments grew by …

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Digital Video in MENA Region to Grow at CAGR of 22%

by Andrew Fenn

EY has released its regional analysis, Videonomics, which states that the consumption of digital content in the MENA region will grow at a CAGR of 22% between now and 2021. Ahmed Reda, MENA Telecommunications, …

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ReThink Releases Report on the Future of TV Voice Control

by Andrew Fenn

ReThink Technology Research has released a report regarding TV voice control and the challenges and pitfalls involved, predicting that the number of voice control units will increase 570% by 2022. The report apparently explains, …

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