Until the Web came along, the media business was easy to understand. It made content and sold advertising that either interrupted or sat alongside that content. It was such an easy model to understand, and fortunes were made upon its ...
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Dual-LED Flash is hoped to become a trend in smartphone application. Taiwan LED manufacturer Genesis Photonics and Everlight have both recently announced their entry into the Japanese smartphone supply chain. LED package manufacturer ...
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Fairfax Financial Holdings, the Canadian investment fund leading a takeover of smartphone maker BlackBerry, is to invest $250m in BlackBerry via a $1bn private placement of convertible debenture. The financing move marks the close of ...
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules that it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has signed an ...
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IEEE Standards Association is commemorating the 40th anniversary of ethernet and the 30th anniversary of IEEE 802.3 "Standard for Ethernet" with the launch of its "I Spy Ethernet IEEE 802.3" contest. "The 'I Spy Ethernet IEEE 802.3' ...
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REpower Systems SE—a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group (a manufacturer of wind turbines)—is changing its name in 2014; thereafter, the Hamburg-based wind turbine manufacturer will identify itself using a new worldwide ...
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Brice Koch (photo), head of the Power Systems division at ABB is leaving the company to become CEO at Oerlikon—a Swiss-based industrial group specializing in machine and plant engineering. ABB aims to have a permanent successor in ...
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Nexans Canada Inc. has announced Intralec Electrical Products Ltd. will be its manufacturer's representative for Ontario effective November 1, 2013. "Nexans will have broader coverage in the Ontario market to better service our customers' ...
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Actuant Corp. announced it is selling its Electrical Segment—which includes a variety of products under the Gardner Bender, Marinco, Mastervolt, Acme and Turner Electric brand names—to Sentinel Capital Partners for $258 million ...
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November 1, 2013 - AD Canada Member sales grew 5% in the first three quarters of 2013, reports Affiliated Distributors, on a same-store basis from $950 million to $1 billion. "AD Canada is growing and taking market share. Our marketing ...
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More than 3.4 billion people, nearly half the world's population, own at least one mobile phone in 2013. As of 2010, more than 90 percent of people worldwide were covered by a mobile phone signal, according to a new Vital Signs Online trend ...
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Ericsson has completed the acquisition of Microsoft's Mediaroom business and TV solution. Together with Ericsson's existing capability, the acquisition places the firm as the world's largest, by market share, and the most experienced ...
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BC Safety Authority (BCSA) says the association for Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC's (ASTTBC's) Electrical Work Practitioner (EWP) training program has received final recognition, meaning ASTTBC technologists and ...
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The successful application of magnetically coupled centrifugal pumps supplied by Michael Smith Engineers has helped a leading electronics manufacturer to achieve reduced downtime and repair costs, whilst contributing toward a safer working ...
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Latest research report from Strategy Analytics revealed smart phone shipment of 251 million in the third quarter, rising 45% year on year, with Samsung snatching 35% market share. Strategy Analytics analyst Linda Sui pointed out that ...
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