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Electrical Engineers Rose Sharply in The First Quarter of This Year

Apr 24, 2013

The unemployment rate for people at the heart of many tech innovations -- electrical engineers -- rose sharply in the first quarter of this year for reasons that aren't clear. The number of electrical engineering jobs declined by 40,000 ...

Tags: Electrical Engineers, Computer Products

Hospital Recently Launched a Free iPhone app That Uses Wi-Fi Triangulation

Apr 24, 2013

Miami Children's Hospital recently launched a free iPhone app that uses Wi-Fi triangulation to help patients and their families find their way around the medical center. The app, called Fit4KidsCare, is even designed to detect vertical ...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Smartphone Navigation App, Computer Products

Global Semiconductor Capex on Manufacturing Equipment Declined 16.1% During 2012

Apr 24, 2013

Back-end segment and the wafer-level packaging (WLP)-related segments ruled the semiconductor market during the year Global semiconductor capex on manufacturing equipment declined 16.1% during 2012 to $37.8bn compared to 2011, according ...

Tags: Semiconductor Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics

CAGI Data Has Long Been a Difficult Task

Apr 24, 2013

Sheets: An Apples-to-Apples Performance ComparisonWerner Rauer, Compressors Product Manager, Kaeser Compressors, Inc. Comparing compressor performances across different manufacturers has long been a difficult task. For a many years, it ...

Tags: CAGI, Industrial Equipment

Slow Toy Team Has Now Revealed The Entry Opening Date for This Year's Awards

Apr 24, 2013

The Slow Toy team has now revealed the entry opening date for this year's Awards. They will officially be open for entries on Friday, May 3rd and participants will have just under six weeks to post their entries before the official close ...

Tags: Slow Toy, Toys

Mobile Users Are Hanging up and Using Email, Text or Social Networking at a Rapid Pace

Apr 24, 2013

Mobile users in North America are hanging up and using email, text or social networking at a rapid pace, according to a survey by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Postpaid subscribers, who pay a regular bill for mobile service at the end of each ...

Tags: Mobile Users, mobile revolution

The Toy Trust Is Calling on The Industry to Help It Decide

Apr 24, 2013

The Toy Trust is calling on the industry to help it decide which charity should benefit from its fundraising in 2014. The Trust has given single donations of £80,000 and £135,000 over the past two years to a brace of unique ...

Tags: Toys, Service

Yahoo Launched Two New Mobile Apps for Email and Weather

Apr 24, 2013

Yahoo is giving itself a bit of a makeover. Earlier this week it launched two new mobile apps for email and weather; now it's ditching numerous longstanding products, including Deals and SMS Alerts, in an attempt to sharpen its focus, the ...

Tags: Yahoo, longstanding products

Classic Board Game Brand Scrabble Received a Shot in The Arm Yesterday

Apr 24, 2013

Classic board game brand Scrabble received a shot in the arm yesterday when One Direction pop star Harry Styles mentioned the game online. He joins the likes of Justin Timberlake and Ant & Dec, as well as other celebrity fans of Scrabble. ...

Tags: Harry Styles, Scrabble Brand, Toys

Blue Frog Toys Made Its Way Into The Homes of CBBC Viewers Across The UK Last Week

Apr 24, 2013

Blue Frog Toys made its way into the homes of CBBC viewers across the UK last week as it appeared on popular children's show Trade Your Way to The USA. Two teams from the show visited Blue Frog Toys to discover more about its range of ...

Tags: Blue Frog, Toys

The Thunderbolt and USB SuperSpeed Specifications Will Soon Double Data Transfer Speeds

Apr 24, 2013

Intel has announced that the Thunderbolt and USB SuperSpeed specifications will soon double data transfer speeds, opening up peripheral pipes to greater throughput. But what Intel hasn't hyped much is the fact that the upgrade to the USB ...

Tags: Next-Gen USB, Eliminate Power Cords

VTA Welcomed The Announcement by The Victorian Government of The Extension of Roads

Apr 24, 2013

The Victorian Transport Association (VTA) has welcomed the announcement by the Victorian Government of the extension of available roads in Victorian regional and metropolitan areas for access by Higher Productivity Freight Vehicles (HPFV), ...

Tags: Victoria, HPFV

Texas Instruments Has Announced a $45 Computer Based Around a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 Processor

Apr 24, 2013

Texas Instruments has announced a $45 computer based around a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, and aimed at the 'maker' market. Called BeagleBone Black, it is half the price and has more performance than the original credit card sized ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

ACCC Will Not Oppose The Proposed Acquisition by Virgin Australia Holdings Limited

Apr 24, 2013

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced that it will not oppose the proposed acquisition by Virgin Australia Holdings Limited of 60% of Tiger Airways Australia Pty Ltd. Virgin Australia is the second ...

Tags: Virgin Australia, Tiger Takeover

Microchip Has Added to Its Embedded Wireless Offerings with Support for Bluetooth, 802.11

Apr 24, 2013

Microchip has added to its embedded wireless offerings with support for Bluetooth, 802.11 and ZigBee standards. The PIC32 Bluetooth audio development kit, featuring modules, stacks and CODECs, and XBee footprint-compatible socket modules ...

Tags: Microchip, Consumer Electronics

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