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| Apple, Microsoft, Google in race to home automation |
1/3/2013 |
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Microsoft's purchase of id8 Group R2 Studios was revealed by The Wall Street Journal. The price Microsoft allegedly paid for R2 Studios is unknown, but the new acquisition does not yet have any products on the market, aside from an Android application that can control heating and lighting systems.
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| Apple wants to bolster maps by acquisition |
1/3/2013 |
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The appeal for Apple is obvious; the Cupertino company suffered at the hands of the tech press following the lacklustre launch of their own Apple Maps service in iOS 6, which was littered with inaccurate mapping information and warped satellite imagery when it replaced Google Maps as the default mapping service for Apple mobile devices.
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| Netbooks won't go away, just transform |
1/2/2013 |
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The smallest Ultrabooks are similar in size to the largest netbooks, and at some point their prices will tumble into the sub-$500 territory where most netbooks lived. Once that happens, the netbook will be back.
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| Intel delays TV set-top debut |
1/2/2013 |
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Content deals have typically squashed attempts at revolutionizing the living room. Google TV had plenty of potential at launch with its ability to combine traditional TV service with web video, but broadcast networks were quick to block GTV devices from their websites and Hulu.
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| iOS7 and iPhone 6 rumor start to surface |
1/2/2013 |
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If Apple follows the same release pattern this year, iOS 7 will be formally introduced and provided in beta form to developers in about six months, with the launch of a next-generation iPhone less than four months after that.
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| Taiwan government-sponsored Research yield ultra-low-voltage SOC |
12/28/2012 |
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In comparison with conventional SoCs which operate at 1.2V, the ultra-low-voltage SoC technology has an operating voltage of 0.6V or even 0.48V and is suitable for applications such as long-time video recording in cars and for security surveillance.
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| Demand on Flash to grow next year |
12/28/2012 |
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TrendForce is optimistic about the prospects for eMMC and SSD, and forecasts overall NAND flash bit demand growth to top 47.6 per cent YoY.
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| Flash surpassed DRAM memory in revenue |
12/28/2012 |
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Demand for flash used in portable media devices, coupled with two years of weaker demand and price erosion for commodity DRAM used in personal computers will finally be enough to push total flash sales beyond those for DRAM this year.
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| Christmas drove tablet sales into high gear |
12/27/2012 |
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"Tablets continue to captivate consumers, and as the market shifts toward smaller, more mobile screen sizes and lower prices points, we expect demand to accelerate in the fourth quarter and beyond," said Tom Mainelli, research director of tablets at IDC.
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| Japan's Fair Trade Commission approves Micron/Elpida merger |
12/27/2012 |
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The closing of the transaction remains subject to other conditions, including approval by Elpida creditors, the Tokyo District Court and regulatory approvals in other countries, and is expected to be completed in the first half of calendar 2013.
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| VoIP to take over land line market |
12/27/2012 |
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“Regulations and the dominance of companies like Google threaten the industry, but the expansion of mobile broadband networks will open up new avenues for growth. Cable companies able to bundle VoIP service with cable service will fare best in consumer markets in the coming five years, while businesses will slowly but surely turn to VoIP for voice needs.”
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| Smart homes will increase usage of Flash |
12/27/2012 |
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The infrastructure and technology is there to support growth in the smart home device market. As user interfaces in mobile phones, tablets and other consumer devices evolve, we will see an increased demand for smart thermostats and appliances that offer rich graphics and HMI on par with these consumer devices.
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| Potato heads helped improve in-flight WiFi |
12/26/2012 |
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Employing an odd mix of the low-tech and the high-tech, Boeing loaded a plane with sacks of potatoes as part of testing it did to eliminate weak spots in in-flight wireless signals.
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| Google cloud apps cutting into Microsoft territories |
12/26/2012 |
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In the last year Google has scored an impressive string of wins, including at the Swiss drug maker Hoffmann-La Roche, where more than 80,000 employees use the package, and at the Interior Department, where 90,000 use it.
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| Spot light on proximity wireless transfer technology |
12/21/2012 |
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TranferJet’s biggest advantage is its high data rate. "It can stream [or] transfer large files between two devices very quickly, so sharing video and other media files is not as arduous as it is with other wireless technologies.
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| China claimed home grown 22nm prototype |
12/21/2012 |
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The construction of a 22-nm transistor as an academic and prototype exercise puts China's internally-developed technology at two to four years behind the west.
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| Micron hit manufacturing glitch |
12/21/2012 |
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They said that the problems were "nothing out of the ordinary" but had created supply chain disruptions that had led to an inability to get all the product out that the company might otherwise have done.
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| Home Automation: The next target? |
12/21/2012 |
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Assuming R2 Studios is in independent talks with Apple, Google and Microsoft, the companies are likely seeing home automation as the next market they all want to dominate.
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| Apple TV may be closer to reality |
12/20/2012 |
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Foxconn is now testing large LCD TV for Apple Inc. According to the source from Focus Taiwan, Apple is working with Hon Hai to test several designs for its long-talked-about TVs and currently testing several LCD panels ranging between 46~55 inches.
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