Qualcomm has just announced that it’s bundling a killswitch onto its new flagship Snapdragon 810 chipset. Dubbed ‘SafeSwitch’, the feature will allow users to remotely disable their devices should they be lost or stolen. ...
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Facebook seems to be gunning for YouTube, as it's started shouting about the importance of video. In a blog post, it boasted that in the last year, the number of video posts per person has increased by 75 per cent globally, and 94 per ...
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Microsoft has announced it has opened up preview versions of its popular Office productivity apps for Android tablets. Following a limited beta, which began last November, Microsoft is making pre-release versions of Word, Excel and ...
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Uson LP New blog post from Uson discusses the case for reconfigurable leak testers in today's economy. How many leak testers do you currently have that are dedicated to one product or process? What would happen to those leak testers if ...
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Motorola has announced a new 6-inch addition to its smartphone lineup, the Moto X Pro - but it's probably only coming to China. Last year, Chinese manufacturer Lenovo bought Motorola from Google. While this appeared at the time to be an ...
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Global market demand for LED lighting in 2015 is valued at US$29.90 billion, consisting of US$5.750 billion for Europe, US$5.624 billion for the US, US$5.078 billion for Japan, US$4.568 billion for China, US$1.237 billion for Russia and ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lights
There will be 1.81 billion LED light bulbs shipped globally in 2015, hiking 59.9% on year and accounting for 13.9% of all lighting products, according to Digitimes Research. In 2015, 6.02 billion compact fluorescent lamps and 5.13 billion ...
Microsoft has confirmed the Lumia Denim update for Windows Phone 8.1 devices will be rolled out across the world in early January. The update, which was announced in September, began to arrive in China this week for Lumia owners rocking ...
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US-only personalised music streaming app Pandora has debuted on the Microsoft Xbox One, the first time the portal has appeared on a games console. The app, which allows users to tailor their listening experience with playlists based on ...
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November average retail pricing for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescents) in the China market increased 12.7% on month to CNY39.1 (US$6.4), while 9W models (equivalent to 60W incandescents) decreased 1.9% to CNY40.80, ...
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YouTube has finally added the ability to watch its videos offline, but there are a couple of major caveats. For one thing, the ability is only available on YouTube's Android app for now. That's perhaps understandable given that Google ...
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Nokia has relaunched its highly-rated Here Maps application on the Google Play Store. The Finnish firm, free from the shackles of creating hardware following the Microsoft buyout, has been turning its attention to software with Maps at ...
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Lifestyle apparel brand Mountain Khakis, and the North American Snowsports Journalists Association (NASJA) are honoring five member journalists with its annual Harold S. Hirsch Awards for Excellence in Snowsports Journalism. The awards ...
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Oboz Footwear is seeking ambitious hikers and adventurers to apply to join Oboz’ 2015 Trail Team. The grassroots ambassadors - who will be selected early in 2015 will share their experiences via Oboz’ blog, so the company is ...
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According to the post on Forbes China, China accounts for almost 60% of both the world cement production and consumption. 16 million tons of cement were uesd in Three Gorges Dam, which was used as comparison by Bill Gates to decrible ...