Research in Motion announced Wednesday that credit card company Visa has approved RIM's Visa for use in mobile payments made with smartphones or tablets that use a Near Field Communication chip. The system, called Secure Element Manager ...
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Samsung, LG and Panasonic have unveiled OLED displays at CES in Las Vegas. Promoted by them, OLED industry is still in the stage of steady development, but the market for OLED displays is apparently growing rapidly. According to Research ...
The 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas offers a treasure trove of gadgetry. IDEACENTRE COMPUTER TABLE By Lenovo The IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC brings the family together over a tablet the size of a coffee ...
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The world's largest consumer tech show last week was mostly about new ultra-high-definition TVs, with four times the pixel resolution of current 1080p HDTV, notebooks, phones, wireless headphones and speakers and thousands of accessory ...
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Ford's big announcement at CES was the launch of a developers program to entice third-party software makers to build programs as part of its automobile app ecosystem called SYNC AppLink. Dovetailing the news, Ford says it has formed nine ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which manufactures lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) using flexible substrate materials, has announced the retail debut of its ...
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The Consumer Electronics Show just completed its Las Vegas run and SSL technology was showcased in products ranging from the latest TVs to retrofit lamps, and adaptive controls were prevalent as well. The annual Consumer Electronics Show ...
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In its battle for the top spot in the rocky PC industry, Hewlett-Packard has edged out rival Lenovo to take back its leadership position. Last October, HP, which had long held the No. 1 position in the worldwide PC market, suddenly had a ...
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Sales of Samsung's two Galaxy S smartphones have topped 100 million since the first version sold in May 2010, Samsung reported via Flickr on Monday. The site indicates that 30 million Galaxy S III devices were sold in five months, and ...
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The continuing decline in PC sales worldwide potends a "structural shift" in the market for personal computing devices, says Gartner. Gartner Monday reported that fourth quarter shipments of personal computers were nearly 5% less than in ...
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Asustek has lowered starting prices for Android tablets, announcing the $149 Memo Pad tablet, which has a 7-inch screen and Android 4.1. Android tablet prices from top vendors hit lows last year, with Google's 7-inch Nexus 7 tablet and ...
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Last week's Consumer Electronics Show was a great opportunity to check out the two newest TV technologies, Ultra HD and OLED—sometimes in side-by-side comparisons. During a live webcast in which I was interviewed along with USA ...
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Samsung has sold more than 100 million smartphones from its Galaxy S line since the first one sold in May 2010, the brand reported on Monday. The electronics giant said that 30 million Galaxy S3 devices were sold in five months, and that, ...
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The market for personal computing devices is enduring a “structural shift”, which can be seen in the continuing decline of PC sales, Gartner reported on Monday. The research firm said that fourth quarter shipments of personal ...
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Following on from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Asus on Monday announced the Memo Pad ME172V, a seven-inch Android tablet that will be priced at US$149 (AED 547). This is the latest tablet to join a pack of recently ...
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