Nvidia's Shield is complementary to gaming consoles for now, but the company hopes that wide adoption of Android gaming ultimately could make the $349 handheld an alternative to Xbox and PlayStation. Nvidia Shield gaming handheld front ...
GOOGLE has announced a deal reported to worth more than $US1 billion ($1.06bn) for crowd-sourced map app Waze in a move to stay ahead of Apple and Facebook in lifestyles centred on smartphones and tablets. The US Internet search giant did ...
Everlight Electronics Co Ltd of Shulin, New Taipei City (Taiwan’s largest LED assembly manufacturer) has expands its product range of ‘invisible’ light sources for remote control applications with two new SMD infrared LEDs ...
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Demand for flexible displays is set to undergo massive growth during the next seven years, with a broad variety of applications—ranging from smartphones to giant screens mounted on buildings—driving a nearly 250 times expansion ...
Tags: Flexible Display, Smartphones, Screens
IBM claims to have achieved a milestone in creating a phased-array transceiver that contains all of the millimeter-wave components necessary for both high data-rate communications and advanced-resolution radar imaging applications. The ...
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According to Japan's media report, the negotiation wth Nippon Electric Company and China's largest notebook maker Lenvo has come the the final negotiating stage. It's expected to reach an agreement within this month. The new comany will ...
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More smartphones will ship worldwide in 2013 than other so-called mobile "feature" phones as the average price of smartphones drops, IDC said Tuesday. The average price of smartphone declined by 8% globally in 2012 and is projected to ...
Tags: Smartphone, Prices
The new IP suite features ARM Cortex-A12 processor, Mali-T622 GPU, company's new Mali-V500 video application and POP IP technology. UK-based microprocessor developer ARM has unveiled an IP application targeting mid range mobile devices. ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA (maker of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, which it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products), has officially launched its EnerPlex ...
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Maine is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation with a law that would require police to obtain a court-issued search warrant in order to obtain a person's cell-phone location data. The State Legislature, by a vote of ...
Tags: Cell-Phone Tracking, Warrant, Maine
The facelifted Chevrolet Malibu is more spacious, more fuel efficient and features a revised suspension set-up, but the styling and engineering changes won’t apply to the Holden Malibu set to launch locally next week. Distinguished ...
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When it comes to smartphone safety, the single most important thing a mobile phone owner can do is lock the device with a unique, four-digit PIN. That's been the opinion of many experts for years, but the advice still holds, including ...
The UK Government’s Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, has announced a £2m boost for research into the development of gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors by Netherlands-based electronics firm NXP ...
Tags: NXP, Power Semiconductors
APPLE chief Tim Cook says he sees promise in computers shrunk down and worn like watches or other accessories, but drew the line at internet-linked eye wear such as Google Glass. Google Glass is "not likely to be a mass market item" but ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Tim Cook, Iwatch
The U.S. government has lifted sanctions on the export of a variety of consumer communications devices, software and services including mobile phones to Iran ahead of elections in that country. The U.S. Department of the Treasury, in ...