Makers in the handset supply chain are set to post flat performance in the first quarter of 2014 as pull-in orders from ODMs and brand vendors are unlikely to come until March, according to industry sources. Since the market is waiting ...
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As smartphones, tablets and other gadgets become smaller and more sophisticated, the heat they generate while in use increases. This is a growing problem because it can cause the electronics inside the gadgets to fail. Conventional wisdom ...
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Yahoo was the most popular online venue visited from US desktop computers in December as modern lives increasingly revolve around using mobile devices to connect with the Internet. Yahoo continued to hold a crown it claimed in August of ...
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Liquid crystals are remarkable materials that combine the optical properties of crystalline solids with the flow properties of liquids, characteristics that come together to enable the displays found in most computer monitors, televisions ...
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South Korea's LG Electronics said on Tuesday it would start selling its first curved-screen smartphone—seen as a first step to fully flexible products—in Europe next month. The "G-Flex" was introduced in Seoul in October and ...
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Some may think of turkeys as good for just lunch meat and holiday meals. But bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, saw inspiration in the big birds for a new type of biosensor that changes color when exposed to chemical ...
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New Shuffle range blends card games, popular Hasbro titles and digital technology Cartamundi is bringing its 'strongest line-up ever' to Toy Fair this year, with a line led by the new Shuffle range. Shuffle is a brand new product ...
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Intel is delaying opening its 14-nm Fab 42 in Chandler, Arizona, as demand for PC microprocessors continues to decline. As reported by Reuters, the facility was initially intended to produce Intel’s most advanced processors ...
Freedonia, the Cleveland, Ohio, based market research firm, conducted teh study and found that food and beverages were the two largest markets for active and intelligent packaging in 2012. It predicts a surge in innovation in the ...
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American Eagle Outfitters and Shopkick, the most widely used real-world shopping app, announced plans to launch shopBeacon in 100 top-performing American Eagle Outfitters and Aerie stores across the country. Shopkick's shopBeacon is the ...
Apple Inc.'s iPhone is owned by more than 40 percent of smartphone users in the U.S., giving the Cupertino, Calif., tech company a larger share of the national smartphone market than any of its rivals, according to a report Thursday. ...
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Jawbone on Thursday began making it easier to love Siri, Google Now or other virtual assistants in a hint at the future portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film "Her." The San Francisco-based company behind sophisticated and stylish wireless ...
New York – Aereo, the controversial local TV service for mobile devices, said Friday that it is preparing to launch service in the greater Cincinnati area as the next leg in its national expansion. The Aereo service will launch in a ...
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It's a fully encrypted smartphone that aims to foil snooping governments, industry rivals and hackers. It's also a sleek, attractive device that fits in your pocket and can impress friends and colleagues, according to its makers. The ...
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Smartphone penetration grew to 60 percent of the cellphone user base at the end of 2013, up from 2012's 52 percent, and Apple and Samsung increased their share of the installed smartphone base to a combined 68 percent from the year-ago 57 ...
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