Just a few weeks ago, the world learned that China's key online retailer Alibaba would be spending a third of a billion dollars — $364 million, to be exact — building out logistics capacity in partnership with electronics giant Haier Group. Most commentary on the deal focused on the supply partnership's non-IT possibilities — the…
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Pervasive WiFi and cloud services mean there's less need for USB thumb drives. They will die a slow death as users hit connectivity and online storage constraints, as well as limited drive space on tablets. I rarely find use for my accumulated USB thumb drives thanks to cloud services and ubiquitous networking, but a few…
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MADISON, Wis. — The mobile market has a strange way of refreshing old products and making them new. A case in point is the so-called Bluetooth dialer. A sleek handset — strangely resembling Nokia's erstwhile candy bar phone but much skinner — is reportedly getting traction in China. Technically, this isn't a phone. Called a…
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I was listening to the radio recently when NPR began to broadcast a report about the increased reshoring of manufacturing to the United States. NPR interviewed Harold Sirkin, a senior partner at Boston Consulting Group who has been surveying companies about reshoring. Sirkin stated that 20%-25% of the manufacturing operations that have been offshored will…
DetailsThe LED lighting market for luminaires will grow more than 12-fold over the next decade from $2 billion today to $25 billion in 2023, said Lux Research.
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“Faster, Higher, Stronger” is a well-known Olympics motto. The noble goal speaks volumes of the eternal human desire for self-improvement. It’s not just athletes who share that goal. We all aspire to be better — smarter and more efficient — in the way we study, work and play. The big question in my mind…
DetailsAvnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has signed a distribution agreement with MMB Networks, a leading global designer and manufacturer of ZigBee module solutions. MMB Networks’ ZigBee modules and USB sticks provide a complete connectivity solution powered by MMB’s RapidConnect software platform, and backed up by MMB’s world-class support…
DetailsCrocus Technology, a leading developer of magnetically enhanced semiconductor technologies for mobile security, embedded microcontrollers, harsh environment electronics and magnetic sensors, announced it has licensed its Magnetic Logic Unit (MLU) technology to ARM. Magnetic Logic Unit (MLU) is a CMOS based rugged magnetic technology capable of offering important advantages in performance, size and security for…
DetailsFreescale Semiconductor, Ltd. (NYSE:FSL) www.freescale.com today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2013. Fourth Quarter 2013 GAAP Results Non-GAAP Results* • Net Sales of $1.08 billion • Adjusted earnings per share of $0.19 • Gross margin of 43.9% • EBITDA of $236 million • Loss per share of $0.46 Calendar…
DetailsKyocera Corporation (“Kyocera”)(NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today announced its third-quarter consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. The results represent the nine months ended December 31, 2013 (“the period”). Complete details are available at: http://global.kyocera.com/ir/financial/f_results.html.