Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), has announced the UltraCMOS 10 platform, the latest development of its UltraCMOS ...
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Creative commons founder Lawrence "Larry" Lessig has accused Apple of deleting messages from its user forums that criticise an apparent Wi-Fi disabling software bug in iOS 7. Writing on his blog, Lessig described his "astonishment" in ...
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The worldwide smartphone market grew 38.8% on year in the third quarter of 2013, according to IDC. Vendors shipped a total of 258.4 million smartphones in the third quarter, establishing a new record for units shipped in a single quarter by ...
Tags: Smartphone, Huawei, Lenvo
Apple could change its direction in the near future by moving its iOS operating system strategy to become more like that of Google's Android. Any potential move in that direction would push Apple towards Android's model of device ...
Rubicon Technology, Inc.yesterday reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2013. “We are very pleased with the customer response thus far and believe that PSS will be a strong growth driver for our wafer ...
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Samsung Electronics continued to dominate the smartphone market in the third quarter, which also saw quarterly shipments cross 250 million for the first time, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. The South Korean electronics ...
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Apple has unveiled a third consecutive decline in earnings as sales of Mac laptops and desktop computers fell, while unit shipments of smartphones and tablet computers continued to increase. The company sold 33.8 million iPhones, up from ...
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Growth in iPhone shipments couldn't prevent Apple from reporting a drop in profits for the last quarter, as the iPad market flattened and Mac shipments fell. Apple reported a profit of $7.5 billion for the fourth quarter of its fiscal ...
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Taiwan channel retailers expect Apple's iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display to be available in the local market as early as late November. Since iPads are mostly sold standalone, the new Apple tablets are expected to take a lot ...
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With the Apple launch just an hour away, Computing has been taking a look to see what might be included this time round. Last month, of course, the most intriguing aspect of Apple's iPhone 5S and 5C unveilings was the support for 64-bit ...
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Apple has launched a thinner and lighter iPad at its launch event in Cupertino, California. The iPad Air will be just 7.5 millimetres thick, and the weight has been reduced from 1.4lb to 1.0lb - or from 635 grams to just 455 grams, for ...
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Prices for sapphire, due to potential extended use in smartphones, are expected to increase 10-15% in the first or second quarter of 2014, Taiwan-based makers cited Russia-based sapphire maker Monocrystal as indicating. Following use to ...
Tags: Sapphire, smartphone rear cameras
Duane Reade, New York City's largest drugstore chain, has announced a three week, omni-channel social media marketing campaign to raise awareness of Duane Reade™ brand hosiery products—produced by Doris International. The ...
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Traditionally employed to make LEDs, sapphire substrates now are being used by Apple and other smartphone vendors as covers for camera lenses and home buttons, contributing to a rapid growth in sapphire demand, according to IHS. Demand ...
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) generated consolidated revenues of NT$337.862 billion (US$11.3 billion) for September, the highest monthly level so far in 2013 and increasing 20.48% on month and 14.26% on year, according to ...
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