IoT (Internet of Things) applications took center stage at the 2017 Cross-Strait Startup Competition that just wound up its three-month run in late August at Shanghai Jinshan Cross-Strait Youth Entrepreneurship Base, with China-based ...
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Tech giant Microsoft has unveiled a new connected vehicle platform to help automakers transform cars. The platform was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Microsoft has entered into a strategic alliance with ...
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Samsung recently announced its plans to acquire connected car tech firm Harman, in a deal worth $8 billion – the company's largest ever acquisition. The move prompted many to speculate that Samsung could use Harman audio technology ...
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Samsung has acquired connected car tech firm Harman for $8 billion in what is the South Korean company's largest ever acquisition. Harman produces various types of connected technologies for vehicles, and Samsung, which relies heavily on ...
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No longer the mainstay of hand-humping early adopters, virtual reality is truly about to enter the big league. IMAX is raising $50 million to finance the next generation of visual entertainment, à la virtual reality. The media ...
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CES 2017 is arguably the biggest event in the tech calendar, and it's only two months away. Read on for all the latest CES 2017 news, rumours, key dates, and more. What is CES? One of the biggest technology tradeshows in the world, the ...
The system of toy blocks encourages kids to make connections in order to control other toys, such as make a robot draw lines on paper, through the basics of coding. Google has joined the latest swathe of firms making headway in the fight ...
While Logitech is a major player in the peripheral market, there’s no need for a mouse and keyboard in virtual reality space. Logitech is eyeing the virtual reality market for its next business ploy. The Swiss tech firm teased ...
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Huami Co Ltd expects sales of its Xiaomi Mi Bands will reach 10 million in the third quarter, making it the largest maker of wearable fitness devices in the world. Launched last year, the Mi Band monitors fitness levels and tracks sleep ...
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Automobile major Daimler and wireless technologies firm Qualcomm have joined hands to develop technologies for connected car. The first phase of the tie-up will stress on harnessing mobile technology for improving in-car experience which ...
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Japanese automobile technology firm FOMM is scouting for a local partner to set up an electric vehicle plant in Thailand, picturing the country as a hub for European exports. The unit, estimated to entail an investment of $10m, would ...
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Autodesk has released a new app allowing kids to create 3D printable toys and figures. Tech firm Audodesk has released a new design app allowing kids to create their own 3D printable toys. In a bid to bring 3D printing closer to the ...
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Apple has reportedly signed up rival tech firm Samsung as the lead manufacturer for its Apple Watch processor chips. According to Digitimes, Samsung is setting up to build several thousand 12-inch wafers per month using a 28nm ...
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Brian Otis gingerly holds what looks like a typical contact lens on his index finger. Look closer. Sandwiched in this lens are two twinkling glitter-specks loaded with tens of thousands of miniaturized transistors. It's ringed with a ...
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Mobile telecoms firm Vodafone paid no UK corporation tax for a second year running, despite its revenues exceeding £5bn in Britain. Vodafone, which owns and operates networks in over 30 countries, claimed that its investment in ...
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