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Swiss Watch Combines Traditional Mechanisms With Mobile Platform

by Tom Allen

Geneva-based Frederique Constant has unveiled a smartwatch with Swiss mechanisms and an analogue face. The Horological Smartwatch uses the MotionX platform, developed by Fullpower. MotionX is described as ‘tightly coupled firmware, smartphone applications and …

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Vector Uses Memory LCD for 30-Day Battery

by Tom Allen

Vector’s smartwatch, which got significant coverage recently for the claimed 30-day battery life (Vector Claims Month-Long Battery), has been unveiled at Baselworld. The watch achieves its long life using a monochrome memory LCD display …

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Cortana Arrives in Europe

by Tom Allen

The latest Windows 10 Technical Preview build has brought the Cortana voice assistant to desktops in Europe. Cortana is able to search for apps, settings and files and conduct web searches. More functionality will …

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Jabil Result 20/03/2015

by Helen Vince

Jabil Circuit Inc. has reported its preliminary second quarter results, posting a net profit of $52 million on turnover of $4.3 billion, which compares with a net loss of $38.7 million on turnover of …

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SolidEnergy Developing a High Energy Capacity Li-ion Battery

by Arthur Berman

SolidEnergy Systems Corp. (Waltham, MA), a start-up that spun out of MIT in 2012, is using innovative materials to develop an “anode-less” lithium-ion battery technology that allows for the storage of considerably more energy …

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Microsoft Shares Windows 10 Hardware Specs

by Tom Allen

Microsoft has revealed the specifications of devices that Windows 10 will be able to run on at the Windows Hardware Engineering in China. Windows 10 phones will scale from 3″ to 7.99″, while desktop …

High-Res STB Planned by Orange

by Tom Allen

Orange CEO Stéphane Richard has said that the company will launch an UltraHD set-top box next year. At the presentation of Orange’s ‘Essential2020’ strategic plan, Richard said, “4k is not a market one can …

HP on Track to Split Businesses in November

by Helen Vince

HP says it is on track to split the company into two separate entities in November. The company announced last November its intention to form two new businesses, HP Enterprise which will focus on …

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Texas Hospital Chooses Nanolumens Over Projector

by Tom Allen

A new $1.3 billion facility has been constructed at Parkland Hospital in Texas and was opened last year. The facility includes a large-format LED display using Nanolumens’ NanoSlim solution. The screen, installed in the …

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IHS: Wearables and Vehicle Displays to Lead Touch Market

by Tom Allen

Worldwide small, medium and large touch panel demand has increased by double- or triple-digits in recent years. It is forecast to have risen 19.1% YoY in 2014 and will grow 15.1%, to 2.1 billion …

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 13

by Tom Allen

It is a common maxim that ‘porn drives technology’, and Pornhub and Durex are seeking to prove the fact, once again. Durex has moved into the digital space with a new mystery gadget that …

Cambrios and Heraeus Announce New Conductive Material

by Norbert Hildebrand

Cambrios and Heraeus have announced a new class of flexible, transparent and conductive material. Both companies already produce materials that produce such conductive layers. Heraeus is the supplier for Clevios a PEDOT:PSS organic solution, …