Toy price cuts made too early by certain retailers are having a "damaging" effect on the industry. Alan Simpson, Chairman of the TRA, made the comments following last night's 2012 Toy Industry Awards. He said: “In a year which has ...
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Advanced Micro Devices' financial struggles continued in the fourth quarter, with revenue sinking 32 percent due to slow chip sales and charges tied to restructuring and inventory adjustments. AMD reported revenue of US$1.16 billion for ...
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Premiering at ProMat, DAP Technologies (Booth 3959) unveiled its first Android computers. The M9705 tablet and the M4305 handheld device were both engineered to withstand abuse, said Dawn Janssen, marketing communications manager. ...
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Tablets and smartphones will give a much-needed boost this year to the worldwide microprocessor market, which is undergoing a fundamental change with a shift to low-power processors used in energy-efficient devices, research firm IC ...
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For every person using 4G LTE now, there will be at least one more subscriber by the end of this year, IHS iSuppli says. The number of users on LTE services will slightly more than double in 2013, growing by 115% to 198.1 million people ...
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Verizon Communications posted a net loss of $1.9 billion during the fourth quarter of 2012, but the losses were due to a series of one-time expenses announced earlier. The company on Tuesday announced revenue of $30 billion for the fourth ...
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Iconic video game company Atari has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. in an effort to separate operations from parent company Atari SA, which is based on France and has also filed for bankruptcy. Atari, Atari Interactive and two ...
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Last year was the first time the Super Bowl was streamed live online. This year, the Big Game in the Big Easy moves from NBC to CBS, which plans to offer a live stream of the game to desktops, laptops, and tablets on NFL.com and ...
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The worldwide microprocessor market will be given a boost by tablets and smartphones in 2012, amidst a fundamental shift to low-power processors used in energy-efficient devices, research firm IC Insights said this week. Worldwide ...
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IHS iSuppli said on Tuesday that the number of 4G LTE users will at least double by the end of 2013, growing by 115% to 198.1 million people worldwide. At the end of 2012, there were 92.3 million subscribers, iSuppli said. Many ...
Sales of traditional toys in the industry’s five largest European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) fell by 2% in 2012, according to the latest data published by the NPD Group. This was the first time the combined ...
Market statistics released today at Toy Fair by NPD show that the UK toy industry stood firm in 2012 - in the face of poor retail performance overall and in comparison with like for like industry sectors. NPD figures show that UK toy ...
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LEDs set to eclipse fluorescents in lighting industry. Although priced at around 20 times more than the incandescents, LED lighting bulbs last much longer and use far less electricity, a savings that homeowners are beginning to recognize. ...
Leviton today expanded its industry-leading USB Charger Receptacle offering with a new 20 Amp version. The latest USB charging device from Leviton offers the same ground-breaking 2.1A of charging power as its 15A counterpart, but now ...
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PhatWare Corporation has updated the WritePad for Android application, vastly improving text input in the user's own handwriting with a stylus or even a finger. WritePad's input method for Android OS aims to replace the on-screen ...
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