For decades, futurists have been predicting the era of the "smart" home, where you don't need to be home to lock your doors, dim your lights or adjust your thermostats. But except for the homes of the wealthy and a few hobbyists, the smart ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Wearable Electronics, often also referred as wearable computing or wearable technology, is the most buzzing next-generation aspect in the consumer electronic and computing technology industry in the current scenario. It is expected to be ...
Silent Circle and Geeksphone today announced a new Switzerland-based joint venture and its inaugural product, Blackphone, the world's first smartphone placing privacy and control directly in the hands of its users. Blackphone, powered by ...
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While the indoor location market is relatively nascent, companies are already aggressively addressing next-generation, high accuracy (sub-5m) technologies to ensure they are best placed to dominate the emerging multi-billion dollar retail ...
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Murata Manufacturing shares rallied Wednesday to reach their highest point in over a decade, adding to anticipation that the Japanese maker of smartphone components will see higher earnings, as a major Chinese mobile carrier begins selling ...
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CES 2014 broke records, as CES seems to do every year, and with the massive amount of people and the overflowing number of vendors, it’s easy to miss a lot. That’s why editors Chris Fox and Jason Lomberg traveled to Las Vegas ...
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Vizio's AC/DC smart audio devices download and control Android apps, stream the apps' Cloud-based content via Wi-Fi 802.11n, and play audio and video stored in embedded memory or on a USB-connected storage device. It also has Bluetooth. ...
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Lenovo last night announced that its first LTE smartphone, the Lenovo Vibe Z, will be available in the UAE end of February at all major retailers. The smartphone is equipped with gesture controls and photo enhancement software, and is ...
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Google has purchased Nest Labs, the maker of smart thermostats and smoke alarms, for $3.2 billion. Nest Labs, founded by Apple alums, first came on the scene in 2011 with its digital learning thermostat that has since shaken up the staid ...
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We have some exciting news for you: we’re launching a new publication this year! Each week, Yole Développement will publish @Micronews, the definitive source for the latest disruptive semiconductor applications and trends. ...
Samsung is set to roll out a new retail activation to support its whitegoods line-up this year, focusing on smart appliances, the connected home and premium products as three major marketing messages for its range. The point of sale follows ...
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Motorola announced Tuesday that its flagship Moto X smartphone is heading for Europe. Moto X will arrive in France, Britain and Germany with the start of February, according to the Google-owned firm. "At Motorola our roots are deep in ...
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Points Mentioned, the service that automatically maps community news articles, today released its mobile app for hyperlocal news discovery, News Bayou. Now available for download on iOS and Android, the app makes it easy for mobile readers ...
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Legs begin to tire and booth demonstrators run out of things to say into their wireless stage mics, but we keep walking the show floor at the 2014 International CES so you don’t have to! Here is our wrap up of all the weird and ...
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Hewlett-Packard announced Wednesday it was launching a line of "voice tablets," or outsized smartphones, for consumers in India. The devices will be the first smartphones from the US computer giant since it stopped production of Palm ...
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