Worldwide shipments of smart wearable bands are on the rise. Just over 200,000 smart wearable bands shipped in the first half of 2013, but this figure is set to grow by well over 500% in the second half of the year, according to Canalys. ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Showa Denko (SDK) is launching silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers with a diameter of 6 inches (150mm) - the largest size currently available, it is claimed - for use in power devices. The firm is also selling a new grade of 4-inch ...
Tags: Epiwafers, Inverter Power Devices
The limited launched of Google Glass earlier this year was greeted with a lot of hype and the inevitable backlash, but one thing this first version of Glass didn't show yet was the full potential of the platform. That's because developers ...
Tags: Construction, Glass
Adobe released security updates for Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Shockwave Player on Tuesday to address critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take control of systems running vulnerable versions of those programs. The ...
Tags: Adobe, Flash Player
Unity Technologies is working on adding the ability to simplify 2D game creation using its cross-platform development tools, and has also worked with Facebook to make it easier for users to integrate Facebook in their games, the company ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, 2D Game
Showa Denko has decided to build a 100,000t/y ethyl acetate plant at its Oita Complex using its proprietary production process technology. The plant will start commercial production in June 2014. Ethyl acetate is used in wide-ranging ...
Tags: Showa Denko, Ethyl Acetate Plant
Nokia is hoping to boost the number of applications available for the Asha 501 to make it more competitive with low-cost Android smartphones with the release Thursday of the first version of a software development kit (SDK) for the phone. ...
Tags: Nokia, Electronics
Showa Denko KK (SDK) has decided to build a 100,000-tons/year ethyl acetate plant at its Oita complex in Japan, based on its own recently developed technology. Ethyl acetate is used in wide-ranging applications, including printing ink and ...
In its ongoing challenge to attract more users to Windows 8, Microsoft is offering bits of its Bing Internet search service to boost the functionality of third-party Windows Store applications. "We're opening up Bing as an application ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8.1, Bing
Blackboard today unveiled Mosaic, a unique platform that gives schools and universities a radically different approach to deploying mobile apps. While institutions can spend months developing apps and lack flexibility to make changes once ...
Tags: Blackboard, Mosaic, Mobile Apps
Jive Software is making a mobile push with new and enhanced mobile applications that have an emphasis on helping users of the enterprise social networking (ESN) suite create, not just view, content from their tablets and smartphones. ...
The PIP, a device that allows technology to respond to emotional stimulus, launches today on crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/484175508/the-pip-a-biosensor-that-helps-you-relax-through-p Innovated by ...
Tags: PIP, Consumer Electronics
“It’s now essential for businesses to tap into the vast potential of data if they want to compete,” says Kevin Dallas, general manager for Windows Embedded at Microsoft. “With Windows Embedded powering industry ...
Tags: Microsoft, Embedded OS, Windows
The new fund will complement the existing Intel Capital's $300m Ultrabook Fund. Intel Capital has created a $100m investment fund to accelerate the development of software and applications for human-like devices. The fund, dubbed Intel ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Intel is jumping into cloud gaming with the new Xeon E3-1200v3 chips, which are the company's first server processors based on the Haswell microarchitecture. The server chips are targeted at microservers that will be able to serve ...
Tags: Intel, Cloud Gaming, Haswell Server Chip