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Retail Applications Driving the Market

by Super User

The next session was about retail applications. G

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Sony Beats Microsoft in Price – Again

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Last month, Microsoft dropped the price of the Xbox One in the UK to

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Samsung Matches Curve of the Eye

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A curved 27″ monitor has been introduced by Samsung. The company says that this makes the S27D590C perfectly suited to entertainment uses such as gaming. Viewing distances to all parts of the screen are …

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Argos Makes Key Appointments

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UK retail chain Argos has made two new appointments as part of its strategy to become a digital retail leader. Ian Dobson joins the company as head of customer and market insight, in which …

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Flexible Phones Next Year, Says Smartkem

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Flexible smartphones will be available by ‘late 2015’, according to UK-based organic semiconductor materials supplier Smartkem. Mike Cowin, head of strategic marketing, told Mobile Today that this year’s fixed-curve models are “just the beginning… …

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LG’s Entry-Level Phone Boasts 4G, Dual-SIM

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LG’s F60 is the company’s newest entry-level offering – with 4G connectivity. Powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm quad-core processor, running Android 4.4, the phone shares many functions with the LG G3. These include Knock …

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Qisda Sees 40% Growth in Projector Shipments

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Qisda achieved a 42.2% year on year growth in projector shipments in September, reaching 200,000 units. The company has been pushing sales of its high-end projectors to counter fluctuating sales of LCD monitors which …

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Watch Adam Sandler in High-Res, Thanks to Netflix

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Netflix continues its UltraHD progress with the news that it is preparing to film four new, original films in the format, starring and produced by Adam Sandler. The deal will revolve around Sandler’s other …

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Leader Standardises Cinelite Features

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Leader Instruments’s LV5333 is a portable (6.5″) waveform monitor, for use in studios, technical areas or attached to a video camera-support tripod. As well as the video image, the display can show waveform and …

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New York Requests Beacon Removal

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US-based advertising company Titan has been asked to remove Bluetooth beacons it placed in phone booths around New York City. The Mayor’s office requested that Titan remove the beacons – despite their installation being …

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Vaio Pursues Panasonic in Domestic Market

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Vaio, Sony’s ex-PC unit (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 6), has shown a tablet PC concept that appears to target the same audience as Microsoft’s Surface Pro. Despite the similarity, though, Vaio says that …

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Smaller iPhone Outsells Larger Cousin

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Statistics from mobile analytics firm Mixpanel show that around 20% of iPhone 6 handsets sold are iPhone 6 Plus models. In total terms, the 4.7″ iPhone 6 represents just over 6% of all iPhones …

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