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Roadmap Shows Intel’s Skylake in Q3

by Tom Allen

Intel’s sixth-generation ‘Skylake’ chips will be launched in August, according to a leaked product roadmap. Both the Skylake-U mobile chip and Skylake-S desktop device are set for a launch in Q3’15. The chips are …

Newertech Expands High Performance Nupower Battery Line for MacBook Pros

by Vanessa Browning

NewerTech www.newertech.com, a leading performance upgrades and accessories company for Macs, PCs, iPhones, iPads, and iPods since 1984, announced today NewerTech NuPower high performance laptop batteries for the Apple MacBook Pro 17” Unibody …

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Battery Raises Capacity, Withstands 1 Million Folds

by Tom Allen

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 …

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Apple Confirms Watch Release Date

by Tom Allen

Apple has finally provided an Apple Watch release date. Speaking during the recent earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said, “Development for Apple Watch is right on schedule, and we expect to begin shipping in …

Asus Aims for Seven-Day Battery

by Tom Allen

Asus chairman Johnny Shih has said that the next iteration of the company’s smartwatch, the Zenwatch, could see a battery life lasting up to seven days. Shih said that Asus considers the chips in …

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Nanobattery Promises Longer Life, Faster Charging

by Raverstead

A tiny structure called a nanopore ‘could bring about the ultimate miniaturisation of energy storage components’. Invented by University of Maryland researchers, the nanopore is a tiny hole in a ceramic sheet. It holds …

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Panasonic Expands Battery Recall

by Raverstead

Panasonic has expanded the recall of Toughbook H2 battery packs in the USA, which it began earlier this year. The recall now covers battery packs manufactured between June 2011 and September 2012 (previously May …

Ultra-Fast Charging Batteries are Under Development

by Raverstead

Mobile – Batteries are the life blood of mobile electronic devices. There is, therefore, an ongoing desire for rechargeable batteries with increased energy storage capacity and that can be more rapidly recharged. A recent …

Apple to Replace Sub-Par iPhone Batteries

by Super User

A number of iPhone 5 smartphones have been found to have underperforming batteries. These units, sold between September 2012 and January 2013, have a shorter battery life than intended. Customers in Europe, the USA …

‘Crumpled’ Graphene Used in Stretchable Supercapacitor

by Super User

A research team in the USA has devised a way to create a stretchable supercapacitor, which can be used to store large amounts of energy. ‘The development of flexible electronic devices, such as wearable …

Battery Technology Must Change, ABI Urges

by Super User

The eight billion mobile devices – including smart- and feature phones, wearables, tablets and notebooks – in the world by 2019 will provide a huge base for new battery and charging technologies, says ABI …

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