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Sony Has No Plans to Sell Mobile Unit

The CEO of Sony’s mobile business, Hiroki Totoki, has said in an interview that the company “will never” quit the mobile market and remains committed to manufacturing mobile devices. Totoki told Arabian Business that as smartphones are connected to other devices and people lives, Sony will have to produce a number of new categories of … Read more

BBC Micro Returns to UK Schools

The BBC, working with ARM, Microsoft and Samsung, has finalised the design of a tiny computer, which will be supplied – for free – to every Year 7 schoolchild (11 year-olds) in the UK this September. The Micro:bit, like the Raspberry Pi, is an attempt to teach more young people about coding and computers. The … Read more

Intel Postpones Kaby Lake, Following Skylake Delays

Intel delayed the release of its Skylake processors earlier this year, until August for desktops and Q4 for notebooks. Now we hear that the next-generation 14nm Kaby Lake processors will also be held back. Originally scheduled to be released in early 2016, these devices will now be postponed until September 2016 (consumer) and January 2017 … Read more

SDC Slashes Pricing to Raise Orders

According to sources in Taiwan, Samsung Display has lowered its smartphone panel pricing to various customers, in order to raise orders. The move was taken due to Samsung Electronics’ lower-than-expected smartphone sales. Microsoft is said to be have purchased 5.2″ (1920 x 1080) and 5.7″ (2560 x 1440) panels from the company. Other makers associated … Read more

Semiconductors Enter 25th Month of Growth

Global semiconductor sales rose 5.1% YoY in May 2015, says the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). Sales reached $28.2 billion, up from $26.8 billion May 2014. They were 2.1% higher than April’s sales of $27.6 billion. The semiconductor industry overcame “lingering macroeconomic uncertainty” to achieve growth, said president and CEO of the SIA, John Neuffer. May … Read more

Gesture Recognition for Smartphones – Technavio Publishes Market Analysis, Key Vendors, Trends & Forecast

Technavio has published a new report on the gesture recognition market for smartphones,which is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 76% from 2015-2019. Gesture recognition for smartphones market segmentation including geography and vendors Technavio’s report analyses the solutions and products offered by market vendors and presents a comprehensive breakdown in terms of … Read more

Worldwide Device Shipments to Grow 1.5%, to Reach 2.5 Billion Units in 2015

Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are expected to reach 2.5 billion units in 2015, a 1.5 percent increase from 2014 and down from the previous quarter’s forecast of 2.8 percent growth, according to Gartner, Inc. (see Table 1). End-user spending on devices will total $606 billion in 2015 and … Read more

UK Nanotechnology Firm Secures Million Pound Investment Round

Peratech Holdco Ltd., a Yorkshire-based firm leading the field in new touch-technologies, has completed a £1million investment round which will see staff numbers grow in sales and engineering. Peratech is a pioneer of its patented Quantum Tunnelling Composite® (QTC®) technology, which has the unique ability to measure small changes in force with a predictable change … Read more