Industries
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Three Technologies that Will Change the World
The Internet of Everything, cloud computing and 3-D printing are the top technologies that have the greatest opportunity to change how consumers interact with technology and how they use the Internet altogether.
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Apple Watch to Propel Wireless Charging Wearables to 3,000% Expansion
The market for wireless charging in wearable applications is set for tremendous growth in 2015 thanks in part to the introduction of the Apple Watch and other devices including the charging technology.
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Samsung Releases Tizen Phone, Opens Platform War
Samsung has launched the Z1 smartphone, initially for the Indian market, and shown consumers the Tizen OS alternative to Google's Android and Apple's iOS.
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Semtech grabs Cisco-backed Smart Grid Startup
Chip firm that has focused on low-power radio for smart metering and the Internet of Things has bought a startup to add power line communications to its portfolio.
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Smart Clothing Could Become the Next Generation of Wearables
While the wearable buzz seems to be centered on smart watches and fitness monitors, smart clothing is poised to swoop in and create another challenger to the latest trend of adding technology to every day items.
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Video Surveillance Market to Reach $23.6 Billion by 2018
With a new price war erupting in 2014, video surveillance is still expected to grow this year and well into the future through brand recognition, product differentiation and varying geographical location requirements.
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Ericsson Sues Apple Over Licensing Fees
Telecom equipment firm alleges Apple is using patents without a license, seeks a new deal.
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IBM, Cisco Back Semtech's LoRa Radio for IoT
The LoRa radio protocol has a shot at becoming a global, low-power wide area networking standard for the Internet of Things, according to the newly-formed LoRa Alliance – which incudes IBM, Cisco and LoRa developer Semtech.
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SanDisk Hit by Court Injunction on Diablo Chipset
Memory module supplier Netlist has won a preliminary injunction against Canadian firm Diablo Technologies that also affects the SanDisk Corp. The injunction could help drive an out-of-court settlement.
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Optimal Analysis Algorithms are IoT’s Big Opportunity
The laser-like focus on the Internet of Things at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show was fitting, given that consumer applications will flood the data pipes while industrial and smart-city IoT concepts trickle along their respective paths.
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TSMC Sells LED Subsidiary to Epistar
TSMC, which once had billion-dollar ambitions in LED lighting and solar cells, has sold its LED subsidiary to Epistar for $26 million.
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CES 2015: The Year of Pragmatism
The buzz at the Consumer Electronics Show is usually about the next big thing. But this year it was all about what was available right now and ready for purchase.
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Industrial Flat Cables Tackle Harsh Environments
Cicoil's flat, high-strength cables said to be immune to shock, vibration, harsh environments and extreme temperatures.
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U.S. Manufacturing Takes a Breather in December
Due to a West Coast labor strike that caused manufacturing delays, growth was held in check in the month of December. However, the forecast for 2015 is bright.
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Nvidia Launches Mobile Processor Aimed at Automotive
Nvidia's latest mobile processor, an octacore 64-bit device, can perform "deep learning" and computer vision. But is the chip powerful enough to help Nvidia out of the games ghetto and into the real world of autonomous driving systems?
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French Telecom Firm Follows ARM Server Route
Online.net, a subsidiary of a French communications company, plans to launch a cloud service for developers that will run on dedicated ARM-based servers.
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European LTE, Broadband Penetration Rises
High-speed broadband in Europe has reached 62 percent of the population while LTE is up to 32 percent penetration across the continent, according to a study from IHS.
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Peraso Launches WiGig Radio Chip
Canadian fabless chip developer Peraso Technologies has announced a 60GHz RF front-end IC to complement its recently introduced WiGig baseband IC.
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Sony Develops Google Glass Competitor
Sony’s product will be an attachable single-lens display that can turn eyewear into a smart device to enable a number of features involved in sports, photo-taking or industrial applications.
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Sansa Security Joins Thread IoT Consortium
Firm formerly known as Discretix Technologies Ltd. joins group formed around the Thread low-power, wireless mesh networking protocol for the Internet of Things.