The Connected Lighting Alliance announced today its endorsement of ZigBee Light Link as the preferred common open standard for residential connected lighting applications, simplifying choices for both lighting companies and consumers. ...
Apple's iPhone sales are sputtering as rival smartphone makers ramp up their offerings, a market research firm says. The survey by IHS iSuppli said smartphones are still going strong around the world, but that Apple is lagging. "Apple's ...
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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
Retail sales data for the month of June from the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) showed relatively positive traction on the consumer spending front despite tailing off at the end of the second ...
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Battered by the nonstop onslaught of media tablets, the mobile PC market in 2013 delivered the worst second-quarter performance in 11 years, according to preliminary data provided by a PC Dynamics Market Brief from information and analytics ...
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Satellite navigation producer Garmin has revealed its new head-up display (HUD) technology, which pairs with existing Garmin smartphone apps to project speed, navigation and other vehicle information onto car windscreens. The HUD unit, ...
Tags: Head-up Display, Auto Parts
Despite a significant decline in unit shipments, revenues for the US TV market are expected to remain flat in 2013 compared to 2012 as larger, higher-priced sets account for an expanded portion of sales, according to research firm IHS. US ...
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The American Trucking Associations ATA) has released a new freight forecast that projects an increase in freight volumes for all modes of transportation by more than 20 percent. The forecast predicts: • Overall freight revenue ...
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Fabless envelope tracking (ET) semiconductor firm Nujira Ltd of Cambridge, UK and specialty foundry TowerJazz (which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek, Israel, and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc ...
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From Clerkenwell, London, a new product called Keasy stands to make Blackberry's position in the smartphone market ever more fragile with the introduction of an on-screen physical keyboard. Blackberry's hold on the business market has ...
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According to a new report from IMS Research, now part of IHS Inc, the market for LED driver ICs in LED lighting increase from $214 million in 2012 to $323 million this year. This will allow the LED market for lighting to exceed that of cell ...
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International Process Plants (IPP) is pleased to announce the purchase and acquisition of a European low density polyethylene (LDPE) production plant that is available immediately to be acquired, relocated and operated elsewhere. The plant ...
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More than 100 billion gallium nitride light-emitting diodes will ship in 2013, according to the report 'Q2 GaN LED Supply and Demand' from IMS Research (now part of IHS Inc). With mobile phones typically containing five or 10 LEDs and ...
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Research firm IHS expects that there will be more than 100 billion GaN LED units to be shipped in 2013 and the revenue from GaN LED products will exceed 100 billion U.S. dollars. IHS expects that the total revenue of GaN LED products ...
More than 100 billion gallium nitride light-emitting diodes (GaN LED) will ship in 2013 - the equivalent of 15 for every person on the planet using this particular type of lighting device incorporating the GaN semiconductor material, ...