Posted on 01 July 2011. Tags: BGR, blackberry, Canada, company, corporation, coup d'etat, executives, Jim Balsillie, Mike Lazaridis, open letter, PlayBook, QNX, RIM
As if RIM didn’t have a tough enough to worry about at the moment, with falling handset sales and a middling response to their inaugural tablet launch, it seems the Canadian handset manufacturer now has to worry about rogue execs penning scathing letters expressing disillusionment with company management.
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Posted on 07 June 2011. Tags: data, Industry, M2M, machine to machine, New York City, nyc, pachube, sensor, sewage, waste
Some people think this “Internet of Things” malarkey is a load of crap, and if you check out Parsons Grad Student Leif Percifield’s M2M initiative http://dontflush.me, you would be literally correct.
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Posted on 01 June 2011. Tags: analogue, ARM, atom, chips, Computex, Freescale, Intel, marvell, Microsoft, national semiconductor, Nvidia, OMAP, OMAP 4, platform, Qualcomm, semiconductors, Skype, Taipei, Taiwan, Texas Instruments, x86
Intel is considering buying Texas Instruments’ OMAP division according to a highly placed executive at another fabless semiconductor firm.
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Posted on 30 May 2011. Tags: Computex, Computex 2011, Nvidia, phones, smartphones, tablets, Taipei, Taiwan, tegra, Tegra 2, tegra 3
Taipei, Taiwan – Rumor on the showfloor has it that while Nvidia’s Tegra 2 virtually cleared up in terms of design wins, Tegra 3 might not have the same luck.
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Posted on 30 May 2011. Tags: atheros, chrome OS, Computex, Intel, Meego, Qualcomm, snapdragon, Taipei, Taiwan, Windows
Qualcomm managed to confuse and confuddle press at its Computex briefing on Monday, as the firm displayed slides showing MeeGo logos alongside other “supported OSes”.
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Posted on 29 May 2011. Tags: 2011, 3d, autostereoscopic, board, Computex, Content, developer, games, MasterImage 3D, reference platfirm, Taipei, Taiwan, Texas Instruments, TI, UI
3D mobile technology is about to get a very big boost on Monday, as chip maker Texas Instruments (TI) confirmed it would be partnering with MasterImage 3D on a development board which could be used to build glasses free apps, UIs and content for mobile devices.
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Posted on 29 May 2011. Tags: 2011, Android, Computex, Google, ice cream, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jello, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Taipei, Taiwan, Texas Instruments, TI
While Google worked closely with Nvidia on its Gingerbread and HoneyComb versions of Android, Texas Instruments (TI) is the software firm’s latest best buddy when it comes to Ice Cream Sandwich, with Qualcomm rumored to be on the BFF list once Jelo comes around.
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Posted on 25 May 2011. Tags: Android, Apple, Computex, Google, HP, Intel, Microsoft, ODM, OEM, Taipei, Taiwan, WebOS, Windows, Windows 8, Windows phone
On the afternoon of June 1st, Microsoft VP Steve Guggenheimer will take the stage for a Windows lovefest where it’s rumored we’ll see the first glimpse of the company’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system (OS) running on tablets.
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Posted on 25 May 2011. Tags: American Eagle, Android, Citibank, ebay, Google, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iphone 5, Macy's, Mastercard, mobile payments, Near Field Communication, Nexus S, NFC, PayPal, Subway
Google is accelerating its march to join the mobile payment business by partnering with Citibank, Mastercard, Spring and several retailers including Macy’s, American Eagle and Subway. The company is expected to announce “mobile wallet” services tomorrow on the Google Nexus S, allowing users to make payments on Mastercard PayPass terminals using near-field-communication (NFC) technology. Many [...]
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Posted on 23 May 2011. Tags: 1.2ghz, 4.5-inch, 911sniper, Android 2.3, Android2.3, AT&T, cingular, dual core, DualCore, Gingerbread, holiday, HTC, htc holiday, HtcHoliday, jumbo, large, leak, msm8660, qhd, rom, rumor, smartphone, snapdragon
Bigger is obviously better in HTC Corp.’s opinion, as the Taiwanese firm prepares to launch a whopping smartphone sporting a 4.5-inch screen, 1.2 GHz dual core Qualcomm Inc. Snapdragon processor, 1 gigabyte of RAM and 8-megapixel camera.
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