South Korean firm Samsung is to buy a three per cent stake in its Japanese rival Sharp for 10.4bn yen (£73m). Sharp has been struggling to restructure its operations as it continues to make losses; the firm has forecast its biggest ...
Up to 30,000 new mobile devices to be distributed to Metropolitan Police officers could end up as "costly paperweights", an expert panel has claimed. Last week, the London Assembly's Budget and Performance Committee revealed that it would ...
The Ubuntu Touch operating system, which is scheduled for October release on a range of smartphones and tablets, will struggle to find a niche in a crowded mobile marketplace. So says Larry Augustin, CEO of open-source CRM vendor ...
The European Union has fined Microsoft 561 million euros ($712m) for breaking a pledge to offer personal computer users a choice of internet browsers when they install the company's flagship Windows operating system. The penalty imposed ...
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Walmart announced that it has worked with SolarCity to install solar panels on 12 Walmart stores and Sam’s Clubs throughout Ohio. The solar panel installations will add approximately 6,000,000 kWh of generation production – ...
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BOSTON — Sales via mobile devices are rising fast for Joss & Main, a private sale site for home furnishings and decor, the company reports. The two-year old flash sale retailer, which exceeded 3 million members earlier this year, ...
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CRM (customer relationship management) software will be the top priority for additional spending on enterprise applications around the world this year and next, according to newly released data from analyst firm Gartner. The category ...
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PNI's Sentral sensor fusion hub is an IC for motion processing in mobile devices. It's designed for the offloading of sensor management and fusion work from host CPUs, thereby helping to reduce power usage. The Sentral sensor fusion hub ...
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The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) needs to stop buying the "shiny newest technology" in order to make IT savings in the next few years, an expert panel has claimed. Last week, the London Assembly's Budget and Performance Committee ...
The fact that LTE connectivity is becoming ubiquitous in smartphones and tablets isn't lost on Intel, which aims for its baseband processors to be used in more mobile devices and base stations. Intel is optimizing LTE modems to be paired ...
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The White House says it agrees with a US citizen petition arguing that "jailbreaking" of mobile phones to allow users to switch carriers should be legal. In a statement released on the White House petitions web page, presidential aide R. ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada – which develops III-V semiconductor devices and processes through US affiliate OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT – says that it has achieved Milestone 4 ...
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Alta Devices has disclosed that it has reached 30.8% solar cell efficiency. This new NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) verified record has resulted from the company's first implementation of a new generation "dual junction" solar ...
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Skyworks Solutions has recently introduced several new backlight LED drivers supporting next-generation smartphones and tablets that are multi-channel products tailored to support display panels ranging in size from 4- to 12- inch, and can ...
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Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA says that the first implementation of its new-generation dual-junction solar cell technology (augmenting its single-junction technology) has set an energy conversion efficiency record of 30.8% for ...
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