Online shopping trends in India are expected to continue to ride the waves of popularity, made easier and more convenient by the deep penetration of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Online shopping has increased rapidly in ...
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Buick is adopting the new Apple CarPlay capability for smartphones for its 2016 Regal and LaCrosse models to integrate phone applications with the cars’ radio displays. Establishing the connection with smartphone through its ...
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VI Systems GmbH of Berlin, Germany (a fabless spin-off of the Technical University of Berlin and the A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute in St Petersburg, Russia) has been selected by the European Commission to receive €1.97m in ...
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Nestle is launching 100 million KitKat bars with specially designed wrappers in the UK and Ireland, as part of its marketing campaign in association with Google. In its biggest redesign of KitKat in 80 years, Nestle will feature 72 ...
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Internet of Things (IoT) will be the semiconductor industry's next growth driver, spurring demand for chip components for use in applications particularly automotive, medical/healthcare and smart family, according to TSMC president and ...
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Autonet Mobile has partnered with AT&T to offer its next generation of connected car software to the automotive segment. The new solution, which will run on AT&T 4G LTE network, will allow the user to access their cars using mobile ...
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With a growing number of Chinese cell phone makers taking giant strides in overseas markets, Africa, with its huge population, is also in its sights. OPPO, a Chinese producer, has unveiled two smartphones, OPPO N3 and OPPO N5, in Morocco, ...
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IC demand from China's smartphone market is showing signs of a pick-up, as inventories at non-Apple vendors ease, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses. Strong sales of Apple's iPhone 6 devices in China resulted in excess ...
As the LED backlighting market is reaching saturation, makers are looking to tackle orders for high-end, higher resolution devices such as Ultra HD (4K) TVs in 2015to secure performance in 2015. Many makers believe the strategy is in ...
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Tencent Holdings Ltd, one of China's largest Internet firms based on market value, is working on a barrier-free technology standard that will allow its Internet-related products on mobile devices to benefit disabled people and the elderly, ...
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TriLumina Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which provides illumination solutions based on vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) arrays for automotive laser radar (LiDAR) and sensing platforms, has closed an $8.5m Series A round of ...
BMW Group along with electronic automotive supplier peiker acustic and network provider Nash Technologies are working on a research project dubbed “Vehicular Small Cell” to improve mobile reception within vehicles. The ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has launched its next-generation diversity receive modules (DRx) for LTE smartphones. The firm says that its newest DRx modules improve ...
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Wireless technology maker Qualcomm introduced LTE modems designed to allow cars to stay connected to cloud-based services through the web. The company added Snapdragon X12 LTE modem and Snapdragon X5 LTE modem to Snapdragon Automotive ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue for full-year 2014 of $392.9m, up 18% on $331.7m in 2013. Fourth-quarter 2014 revenue was $113.6m, up 22% on $93.3m last ...