The Swype keyboard, which lets you compose words on a smart phone or tablet keyboard by swiping your finger from letter to letter instead of typing, is being upgraded to stay up to date with the latest words and phrases. Think of Swype ...
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Solid State Supplies will host a free one-day technical workshop, in collaboration with Digi, on Android application development based on the Digi ConnectCore Wi-i.MX53 processor. The workshop will take place on Thursday 31st January ...
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processors will deliver up to 75% "better" performance compared with Snapdragon S4 Pro, said the firm as it announced sampling at CES. Snapdragon 600 is also sampling, and will deliver up to 40% better performance ...
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Like other camcorder makers, Sony has been struggling, in part because many consumers are shooting more video on smart phones. With some estimates showing camcorder sales down significantly, Sony has introduced just 11 new full-sized HD ...
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Digi-Key has added two new product lines to its global distribution websites. The new lines are GeneSiC Semiconductor, the supplier of silicon-carbide devices and capacitive touch screen specialist Precision Design Associates (PDA). ...
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TSMC had a strong December with sales up 20% on December 2011 at $1.26bn. However revenues slipped month-on-month. TSMC had November sales of $1.5bn which represented a dip of 11.5% on October's $1.7bn - which was its highest sales ...
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Chinese chip firm Allwinner expected to discuss its quad ARM core A31 SoC at CES. At its heart are four ARM Cortex-7 processors with 256kbyte L1 cache and 1Mbyte L2 cache. On-die alongside these is a eight core PowerVR SGX 544MP2 ...
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Gulistan Carpet — an Aberdeen, N.C.-based manufacturer of residential and commercial tufted carpets — has filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code for the Middle District of ...
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Germany-based nonwovens machinery manufacturer DiloGroup reports that the year 2012 was the most successful in its 110-year history. Following the engineering of the 10,000th machine by Oskar Dilo Maschinenfabrik KG by the end of 2011, ...
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New York City-based fashion jeans maker DL1961 Premium Denim Inc. has launched a denim line featuring Austria-based Lenzing AG's ProModal® blend of Lenzing Modal® and Tencel® cellulosic staple fibers derived from beech and ...
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A new line of National Railway Museum puzzles have arrived at retail. Ravensburger has signed a deal with Science Museum Group Enterprises to produce the range. The first three 1,000-piece jigsaws for 2012 and 2013 are based on ...
Rakuten Play.com is preparing to shut down its retail business. The closure of the Jersey tax loophole last year has been blamed for the end of the online retailer as we know it. Play.com has confirmed it will become a ...
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The new Artsee Studio from WowWee allows children to transform their drawings into games. It made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. The product is aimed at children aged three and up, and promises to ...
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The week before Christmas was Sainsbury's strongest seven days of trading ever. The UK's number-three grocer served a record number of customers, with transactions exceeding 27 million. The supermarket also enjoyed its best Christmas ...
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Reportedly, Taiwan’s Yieh Phui Enterprise, a leading coated steel business in Taiwan, has planned to improve its current cold rolling mill annual production capacity to 1 million at its China plant which as Yieh Phui (China) ...
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