Computer chip manufacturer AMD has announced plans to expand its business into new markets by providing new embedded chips for devices away from its traditional PC base. The decision, which will see AMD produce microprocessors and ...
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Xiaomi paraded its new international figurehead on stage at a press conference late last week in Beijing, signaling to the world that the company is preparing to go global. Hugo Barra, the former Google executive Xiaomi poached last ...
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PDD is a London-based global product and service design innovation consultancy. The company has expertise in what it describes as providing innovation in packaging across multiple industries including the medical and consumer industries. ...
EE, the UK's largest mobile network provider, has reached one million 4G customers four months ahead of target, the firm has said. Launched 10 months ago, EE said its 4G service offers mobile internet at speeds that aren't only the ...
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The National Security Agency (NSA) has tapped into the networks of Google, Brazilian oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA, and systems operated by France's foreign ministry, according to leaked US documents. The documents were aired by ...
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Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia was a defensive move to keep the Finnish phone maker from going under or falling into the hands of an Android-first rival, several analysts argued this week. “Had Nokia abandoned Windows Phone, ...
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This year’s IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin offered smartphones, tablets, 4K TVs, a much-anticipated smartwatch and new spins on the camera. Consumer electronics manufacturers from all over the world headed to the annual ...
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Google's Android will command 90 per cent of the smartphone operating system market in the next five to 10 years, according to Jon ‘Maddog' Hall, the executive director of Linux International, a non-profit organisation of IT ...
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Lite-On Technology posted consolidated revenues of NT$18.968 billion (US$632 million) for August, the highest monthly level so far in 2013 with on-month growth of 6.02% and on-year growth of 0.75%, and those of NT$133.230 billion for ...
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There were 90.39 million handsets sold in the China market during second-quarter 2013, slipping 0.2% sequentially but growing 41.8% on year, and 77.11 million of the units sold were smartphones, increasing 2.4% sequentially and 56.8% on ...
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It’s the IFA electronics show in Berlin so that means it’s time for Samsung to launch a new Note, one of its large-screened smartphones. The new Note 3 features a 5.7-inch full high-def screen that makes most smartphones look ...
Qualcomm on Wednesday announced its own smartwatch that will have a low-power Mirasol display and be compatible with Android mobile devices. The smartwatch, called Toq (pronounced “talk”), will ship in the fourth quarter this ...
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China’s Xiaomi is bringing the low-price strategy that has driven its success in mobile phones to the country’s smart TV arena with a new 47-inch television that it says is the most affordable on the market. The Xiaomi TV runs ...
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Renault has released a teaser shot of a concept car due to be unveiled at the Frankfurt motor show that is anticipated to preview the next-generation Laguna. The sixth car to come out of Renault Design’s lifecycle-based series of ...
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Moisture sensor This device is more accurate than a thermostat in determining when laundry is dry. Moisture-sensor dryers are easier on fabrics because they don't subject your laundry to unnecessary heat. And the dryers use less energy by ...
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