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The European Commission has approved Dell’s proposed acquisition of data storage firm EMC (Dell Pays $67 Billion for EMC), under the EU Merger Regulation. The EC assessed the effects of the deal on the external enterprise storage systems market, and investigated the risk of the merged entity attempting to restrict access to VMWare’s software, before … Read more
Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Mike Marusic, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Operations & Services, to its prestigious list of 2016 Channel Chiefs. The executives on this annual list represent top leaders in the IT … Read more
Today Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) and Leica Camera AG are delighted to announce the start of a strategic partnership, a co-operation with shared premium ambitions and spirit, which will see both technology and photography brands combining their shared ethos in a long-term commitment to the art of craftsmanship, meticulous engineering and the spirit of … Read more
Internationally, 23 percent of online consumers say virtual interactions can be as good as being there in person. GfK has published findings from a 22-country survey showing that just under a quarter (23 percent) of online consumers agree[1] that virtual interactions with people and places can be as good as being there in person. This … Read more
Today, Apple filed a motion to fight a California judge’s order that requires the company to create a back door to defeat the security features on the iPhone. Apple argued the judge had overstepped her authority and that the FBI’s demands would force the company to write a new “GovOS” to facilitate the hacking of … Read more
It’s a while since we met with Synaptics and as a result we had a lot to catch up on. Historically, the company was known for its touch technology which is widely used in touch pads on notebook systems. About two years ago (June 2014), the firm bought the display driver business from Renesas and … Read more
In a recently released video from BMW, the firm discusses its head up display (HUD) offering as well as its future plans. It’s no surprise that BMW, as one of the early supporters of HUDs, is offering more than one solution to its customers. First of all, there is a range of different perceived image … Read more
Imagination Technologies had a number of demonstrations that were similar to those at CES. They focused on the capability of Imagination in GPUs and in video processing. The first product we looked at was the Huawei Mate 8 which has a HiSilicon Kirin SoC which includes the Imagination video cores supporting H.265. The video cores … Read more
Neonode was on the ST Microelectronics booth and on the Swedish booth (it is based in Stockholm) and was showing a bar system that includes an infrared curtain touch system that can be used to enable touch on notebooks that were shipped without that feature. The Airbar fits along the bottom of the display and … Read more
ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, today announced that it officially joined the GSMA NB-IoT (Narrow Band-IoT) Forum as a major member, at the Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona. The NB-IoT forum mainly comprises mainstream operators, major equipment manufacturers, chip providers and terminal … Read more
Visitors to the 2016 edition of the Mobile World Congress surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time in the event’s history, with nearly 101,000 attendees, the GSMA reported today, an increase of more than six per cent over last year. Additionally, nearly 4,000 people participated in the ESL Expo Barcelona, which took place the … Read more
SunPartner Technologies has developed a technology that it calls “Wysips” that consists of a transparent solar cell technology, together with the related optical stack and semiconductor know how. The company sees applications in “smart surfaces” but in particular is interested in the use of the cells in wearables and other low power applications (including electronic … Read more
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