Taiwan-based PCB players are pushing into car-use products as demand for PCs, smartphones and tablets has been weakening. Chin Poon and Tripod Technology, which have been operating in the car-use PCB market for a long time, are looking to ...
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BMW has launched a new car-sharing service in Seattle called, “ReachNow”, similar to its European service, “DriveNow”. With this service, US customers will be able to choose from a range of services from bespoke ...
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Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total US$3.49 trillion in 2016, a decline of 0.5% over 2015 spending of US$3.5 trillion, according to Gartner. This is down from last quarter's forecast of 0.5% growth. The change in the forecast is ...
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Analog and mixed-signal semiconductor manufacturer Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA has unveiled SkyLiTE 2.0, its next-generation front-end solution powering LTE devices. The highly integrated platform provides smartphone makers ...
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MARTENS Brewery is leveraging their Direct Print industrial scale digital printing technology from KHS to renovate the look and feel of their own brand, MARTENS Pils, by eliminating labels altogether resulting in a visually appealing, ...
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Smartphone-use lens module maker Largan Precision has reported consolidated revenues of NT$3.024 billion (US$92.1 million) for March, increasing 48.40% on month but decreasing 22.95% on year, and those of NT$8.271 billion for January-March ...
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Schaeffler, a German supplier of rolling element bearings to automotive and aerospace industry has unveiled a bio-hybrid powered personal mobility concept vehicle. The company says that increasing traffic and increasing emission levels in ...
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The Centre for Process Innovation is looking to position the UK as a world leader in the field of packaging that uses NFC tech. Hasbro has joined the Centre for Process Innovation's three year project to boost the adoption of packaging ...
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In a world dominated by content, data allowances are one of the most important caps that affect our daily lives. Three has announced a new 30GB data tariff that launches in the UK today. What’s exciting is that the entire 30GB ...
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Microsoft has made some surprisingly honest statements about Windows Phone, and has indicated that it won't be the focus in 2016. While Windows 10 has gotten off to a good start with 270 million active users in less than a year, the same ...
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BlackBerry sold fewer phones than expected in the last quarter, in the latest blow for the troubled smartphone maker. During its investor conference call, the firm said it sold 600,000 phones in the last quarter, which is fewer than the ...
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China-based makers will ship an estimated 167.294 million touch panels in the first quarter of 2016, decreasing 22.0% on quarter but increasing 17.2% on year, according to Digitimes Research. Shipments will consist of 142.794 million ...
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Apple is said to be ready to buck the trend and launch a major iPhone redesign in 2017. There's an established pattern for how Apple rolls out its iPhones. Even years see the launch of bold new designs with simple numerical names - so the ...
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Oracle is seeking a whopping $9.3 billion in damages from Google over its continued use of Java in Android. There have been so many high-profile tech-related court cases in recent years - Apple vs Samsung, Apple vs The FBI, Microsoft vs ...
Reports on Thursday have claimed Google is secretly working on a competitor for the increasingly-capable Amazon Echo personal-assistant-cum-home-speaker. According to The Information, the project has been underway for months, but there ...
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