Production of Infiniti’s first electric vehicle has been intentionally delayed as the brand seeks to ensure improved technologies make it into the model now due in 2015. Nissan head of global planning Andy Palmer revealed production ...
AT&T plans to acquire Leap Wireless, operator of the Cricket prepaid mobile service, in what would be the latest consolidation of the U.S. mobile industry. AT&T announced late Friday it has agreed to acquire Leap for $15 per share, nearly ...
Tags: Computer Products, mobile
Microsoft is reportedly moving ahead quickly on development of a smartwatch, having reached the prototype stage with a 1.5-in. device running on a modified Windows 8 housed in a translucent aluminum case. In addition to a housing made of ...
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The alliance comprising top brands in lighting has endorsed the use of the ZigBee Light Link standard to ensure interoperability between connected lighting fixtures and controls in residential applications. The Connected Lighting Alliance ...
Tags: ZigBee Light Link, Connected Lighting Alliance, Residential Controls
Fabless semiconductor firm RFaxis Inc of Irvine, CA, USA, which designs RF semiconductors and embedded antenna solutions for the wireless connectivity and cellular mobility markets, says that it has started volume production of its RFX333 ...
Old-school picture frames are so last century. After all, they don't do much more than show off one shot. Digital photo frames, on the other hand, let you pop in a memory card or USB thumb drive and instantly create slideshows with cool ...
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BlackBerry has slashed the price of its flagship smartphone, the Z10, in the US after disappointing sales. Consumers can sign up to a two-year contract with either AT&T or Verizon and get the Z10 for $99, or only $49 on Amazon or Best Buy ...
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Verizon Wireless became the first U.S. carrier to join the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group, but it is not clear whether it will eventually promote phones running the open-source Ubuntu OS on its network. Canonical, the company behind the ...
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US telecommunications giant AT&T has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless for $15 per share in cash, valuing the prepaid mobile operator at about $1.2bn (£800m). The move comes amid continued consolidation and restructuring in the ...
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On July 15, The Connected Lighting Alliance, founded by GE Lighting, Lutron, OSRAM, Panasonic, Philips, and TOSHIBA in August 2012 as the primary advocate of wireless connectivity in lighting applications, announced that it endorsed ZigBee ...
Tags: Philips, OSRAM, The Connected Lighting Alliance, ZigBee Light Link
A computer can conduct smooth network broadband connection under the condition that it is irradiated LED light, in the absence of network cable and built-in wireless port. The mystery of completing web browsing, video playback, and many ...
GaAs-based broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA is shipping production volumes of its AWC6340 HELP (High-Efficiency-at-Low-Power) power amplifier (PA) to Huawei for the new Ascend ...
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At the SEMICON West trade show in San Francisco (9-11 July), Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates - including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and III-V epiwafers - as well as concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar ...
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Elmo USA introduced its first portable LED video projector on July 10, which named Elmo Boxi MP-350, designed in compact size enough to be carried in a briefcase or shoulder bag, and produces screen sizes up to 68 inches diagonally, with a ...
Philips has updated its Ambilight color-illumination system for TVs by integrating it with Hue wireless LED lightbulbs, spreading content-themed light effects around the room. The update – which comes with a new Ambilight+Hue app for ...
Tags: LED, TV, Lights, Lighting, Elevation TV