ZTE's first phone based on Mozilla's Firefox OS will go on sale in the middle of the year in Spain, Venezuela and Colombia, where its maker hopes to boost smartphone penetration. Firefox OS is being pitched as a better alternative for ...
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At the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (25–28 February), Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency (RF) integrated circuits (ICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), has ...
For full-year 2012, RF RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reported revenue of $829.2m, down 7% on 2011’s $896.1m due mainly to a decrease in Mobile Devices ...
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Visa and Samsung yesterday announced a global alliance that they said has the potential to significantly accelerate the availability of mobile payments globally. According to the agreement, financial institutions that are planning to ...
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General Motors (GM) has selected AT&T networks to offer 4G LTE services in its vehicles in the US and Canada. The vehicles to be offered with the services will be the company's cars, trucks and crossovers including the 2015 Chevrolet, ...
US credit card giant Visa has announced a global alliance with Samsung to let shoppers make payments by waving their smartphones near a special reader. The deal, announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, could significantly ...
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Further demonstrating the extent to which domestic and commercial property-owners are recognising the benefits of energy-saving, cost-efficient LED lights, general lighting has - for the very first time - become the primary market for ...
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HEWLETT-PACKARD says it is selling its webOS mobile operating system to South Korean consumer electronics titan LG to use in internet-connected televisions. "The open and transparent webOS technology offers a compelling user experience ...
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Global financial groups have intensified their war to control the lucrative future of the digital wallet, which will let people use a smartphone to go shopping instead of cash and credit cards. MasterCard, Visa and online payments service ...
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WatchGuard Technologies, which provides business security solutions, today announced the availability of two new wireless access point products, providing customers with the same level of security for their wireless local access network ...
Liberty Mutual Insurance has added the new View Status function to its MyLibertyMobile application to help its group life and disability policyholders to provide their employees with a convenient way to view leave time and claim details on ...
GLOBAL financial groups are competing to control the lucrative future of "mobile money", which will enable people to use a smartphone to go shopping instead of cash and credit cards. MasterCard, Visa and online payments service PayPal ...
For fourth-quarter 2012, Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA, which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries, has reported revenue of $20m, up slightly on $19.9m last quarter ...
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Chinese handset maker ZTE said it will consider releasing smartphones built with eight-core processors in the future as the company prioritizes the high-end market this year. ZTE plans to launch before mid-year in China so-called "super ...
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Smartphones and tablets with the emerging Wi-Fi wireless networking technology, 802.11ac, will arrive early in the second half of this year, a Qualcomm executive said. Mobile devices based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 series processors ...
Tags: Smartphone, tablet, Wi-Fi wireless networking technology