TrueCar, the negotiation-free car buying and selling platform, surpassed 1 million downloads of its smartphone app as more consumers turn to mobile devices to make purchasing a vehicle simpler and seamless. Mobile usage by TrueCar customers ...
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GT Advanced Technologies' (GTAT) move to seek bankruptcy protection on October 6 came as a surprise to the IT industry especially because the maker was a major supplier of Apple for sapphire screens. The related supply chain in general, ...
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Annual shipments of LEDs for residential applications are expected to grow from 81 million in 2014 to more than 1.1 billion by 2023, according to a report ‘Residential Energy Efficient Lighting and Lighting Controls’ from ...
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The wearables market is perhaps $3 billion to $5 billion today, rising to perhaps $30 billion to $50 billion over the next three to five years, the analysts forecast, adding that there may be upward of 15% of smartphone owners who end up ...
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Prices for LEDs have come down dramatically, and the market for LED luminaires and lamps is set to explode in the residential segment as prices continue to fall, efficacy improves, and new use cases for lighting develop. Accompanying the ...
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Parrot, a leader in automotive infotainment solutions, unveils an innovative Media Center for automotive, resulting from substantial investment and development around digital TV, Ethernet AVB and Android. This new platform is being ...
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Highgear, the maker of performance watches, navigation tools and accessories owned by Implus, has been shuttered at least for now. "At this time, our Highgear division has been closed,” said Alden Mills, president of Perfect ...
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RF front-end component maker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA says that its TQP9059, a versatile multi-mode, multi-band power amplifier (MMPA) module with envelope tracking, has earned an award in the Outstanding ...
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Google has lengthened its leap into medtech by acquiring Lift Labs, a San Francisco startup that makes a spoon to help prevent patients with movement disorders from spilling their food. The Internet giant will fold Lift Labs into Google ...
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Japanese companies TDK and Toray Industries are streamlining their fund transfers to and from China to cut costs, a move many other businesses are expected to follow now that the Chinese government has eased financial regulations. ...
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Honda is planning to launch new intelligent transportation technology primarily focusing on vehicle safety at the 2014 ITS World Congress in Detroit, to be held between 7th September to to 11 September. The technologies will include V2V ...
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Indian car maker Maruti Suzuki has started taking orders for its upcoming Ciaz Sedan across India. The mid-sized sedan will come in two engine variants: a 1.3 liter DDiS 200 diesel engine and 1.4 liter K14 VVT petrol engine. The company ...
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As the hot-selling second-generation Nissan Rogue enters its second model year, it will maintain the lowest starting MSRP in the segment* of $22,790 USD.** Complete U.S. pricing for the 2015 Nissan Rogue, which is on sale now at Nissan ...
AU Optronics (AUO) expects the development of TV panels to have a strong focus on Ultra HD and curved applications equipped with wide color gamut (WCG) technology in 2015, according to company president Paul Peng. Innolux meanwhile has ...
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Ralph Lauren Corp. has unveiled the high-performance, fashion-forward Polo Tech shirt on opening day of the US Open. The Polo Tech shirt is an innovative new product from a fashion brand that merges biometrics into active lifestyle apparel, ...
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