Compal Electronics expects to ship 40 million notebooks and desktops in 2017, growing 10% on year, company president Ray Chen said at a March 28 investors conference. PC shipments in first-quarter 2017 will decrease 15% sequentially and ...
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Finnish packaging firm Huhtamaki has introduced a new single-use digitally enabled paper cup for retailers. The new Adtone cup from Huhtamaki Foodservice Europe-Asia-Oceania features a heat-activated label and a QR code which is ...
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Today, Google announced Android Things, a new platform designed to power the connected devices in your life. Here’s what it all means. What is Android Things? Android Things is a platform and an operating system. Developers will ...
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Every week we scour Kickstarter, Indiegogo and more to find the best crowdfunding projects around, so you know which ones to consider backing – and which to avoid. The week's pick is Bixi, a nifty little unit that lets you add ...
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While the original 1985 bear told stories through a rear-loading cassette system, the new Teddy Ruxpin comes with bluetooth technology, LCD eyes and over 40 animated expressions. Wicked Cool Toys has unveiled the new Teddy Ruxpin at this ...
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In a 25,000-square-foot commercial office on the Rensselaer Technology Park campus in Troy, N.Y., scientists from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are making plans to install LED lighting with ...
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Pump manufacturer, Grundos, has introduced a new circulator for domestic buildings. The ALPHA3 analyses the pattern of use and automatically adjusts the power output. When combined with the ALPHA Reader, the ALPHA3 uses a light sensor to ...
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''I wanted to find a way to play with my young son and not let him be isolated behind his smartphone and tablet,'' said Tango Yang, CEO and founder, SmartX. SmartX has launched Galaxy ZEGA, a toys-to-life product blending mobile gameplay ...
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The toy line combines traditional play and toy car collecting with AR digital gaming as players race cars on an iPad and watch them react in the real world. A new Kickstarter project that combines toy car collecting with video gaming is ...
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n years past, a smog-shrouded Beijing was accepted as a fact of life in the big city. But increasingly, people are taking notice. Companies now are focusing on using the internet, smart devices and big data to help the Chinese make ...
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Intel Capital is estimated to invest a total of US$500 million in 2015. Prior to the end of October, Intel Capital had already invested US$168 million in China and with a separate US$1 billion investment in the Tsinghua Unigroup, several ...
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Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, takes connected lighting to the next frontier by announcing the integration of the Philips Hue connected lighting system with Apple HomeKit. Like something straight out of a science fiction ...
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Checkpoint Systems Inc., a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has made EVOLVE-Store, a real-time app for smartphones and tablets that supports real-time electronic article surveillance ...
Apple Inc's long-awaited launch of tap-to-pay technology in its new iPhones and smartwatch may be the seal of approval that near-field communication technology needs to become as commonplace as wifi, Bluetooth and GPS. Called NFC, the ...
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