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Rolled, crumpled or neatly folded into an origami swan, the battery will operate.Jenax of South Korea has developed a new flexible battery, which is as thin as paper. The J.Flex can be folded, twisted and bent while retaining its charge. In tests, the battery was folded more than 200,000 times without losing performance. It is … Read more
Do friends laugh at your plebeian smartphone? Does it just not fit your power-buying, power-dressing lifestyle? How about getting it gold plated? London-based Goldgenie is a start-up that offers what could be called ‘affordable’ plating. The Blackberry Passport can be plated for about £450 ($680), ex VAT, while the larger HTC One M8 will cost £820 ($1,240). Platinum … Read more
Huawei has said that it will introduce new wearables and tablets at MWC in March. The company’s focus will be on premium devices. Although specifics were not announced, Huawei did say that it would launch an Android Wear smartwatch this year. A slide showed a black device with a round face, although this may only … Read more
Qualcomm Incorporated has reported its first quarter results, posting a net profit of $2 billion on record turnover of $7.1 billion. This compares with a net profit of $1.1 billion on turnover of $6.6 billion in Q1 of last year.
IBM has denied a report by Forbes that it is planning to cut more than 100,000 jobs, as much 26% of its workforce, describing the idea as “totally ludicrous”. However, several IBM sites across the world have reported that staff are being made redundant, and IBM itself said during its Q4 earnings report (see Finance Results) that … Read more
Samsung warned earlier this month that its yearly profit would fall for the first time in three years, and this week its results were confirmed. For the year, Samsung posted a net profit of KRW22.4 trillion ($20.3 billion) on turnover of KRW206.2 trillion ($187.4 billion), which compares with a net profit in the previous year … Read more
LG Electronics reported a 125% increase in net profit for last year, rising to KRW501.4 billion ($474.8 million). Turnover for the year of KRW59 trillion ($55.9 billion) was mainly boosted by a 24% increase in smartphone shipments. LG’s fourth quarter turnover of KRW15.3 trillion ($14 billion) was 5.5% higher year on year. The company recorded … Read more
Hon Hai Group says it does not plan to reduce the number of people it employs and that it will maintain its employee numbers at more than one million worldwide. The group was responding to reports that its subsidiary, Foxconn Technology, was to reduce its massive workforce, in the face of rising labour costs caused … Read more
United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) reported its best quarterly net profit in seven quarters in Q4, thanks to a one-time license fee from Fujitsu. Net profit for the quarter reached NT$4.5 billion ($142.3 million), while turnover was NT$37.2 billion ($1.2 billion). For the year, UMC’s net profit was NT$12.1 billion ($382.7 million) on turnover of NT$140 … Read more
Local sources say that Sharp estimates that LCD TV shipments will reach 6 million units in the fiscal 2014/15 year, which ends in March. The company had been targeting 8.2 million units.
Japan’s Wowow satellite TV station has successfully broadcast two UltraHD programmes: a tennis match in Tokyo and a boxing match in Yokohama. The events were broadcast live from the company’s studio for Belle Salle Akihabara Event Hall in Tokyo, for public viewing on an UltraHD 355″ LED display. Wowow used the Barnfind Barnone BTF1-07 WDM system for … Read more
According to UK regulator Ofcom, 61% of adults in the country take a pay-TV service, an increase from 58% in 2013. DTT coverage is ‘almost universal’ (98.5%), although there was an increase in non-ownership of digital TV (from 2% to 4%), which was most notable amongst 16-24 year-olds. 83% of households have internet access and … Read more
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