Someone needs to design the iPhone of wearables. There will be no iPhone of wearables. I think both these statements are true. We need someone to show us the way into this brave new world beyond smartphones and tablets, but it won't be a single device. When the iPhone of wearables arrives, it will be…
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Have you ever wondered: Who really needs a self-driving car? Safety of course, is the big pitch and the strongest argument the automotive industry has trumpeted in its case for autonomous cars. The question now is how effective we expect Google cars, or any other self-driving cars, to be in terms of saving people's lives.…
DetailsNearly three-quarters of U.S. consumers are not interested in buying a smart TV during the next 12 months, according to a new IHS survey. However, the survey finds that demand increases when consumers are aware of what smart TVs are.
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The U.S. TV Consumer Survey – 2013, conducted by IHS Inc., finds that nearly three-quarters of U.S. consumers are not interested in buying a smart TV during the next 12 months, although the chance of them buying one increases with more market education.
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The purchasing process is not supposed to be adversarial but too often negotiations between buyers and sellers can turn out to be more like a boxing match where one or both parties emerge with bloodied noses. Situations like this can and should be avoided, says Mark Tayles, a senior sales and marketing executive with Lytica…
DetailsChicago, Ill. – Newark element14 has announced it is stocking new liquid level and flow sensor products from Cynergy3 Components Ltd. The new offerings include Vertical External Mount Level Sensors (RSF104 Series). Their compression gasket allows easy installation in smaller tanks and reservoirs, and they are available with normally-open or normally closed switch actions. The ATEX Rated…
DetailsVishay Intertechnology Inc. has announced a batch of workforce reduction measures to lower its selling, general and administrative expenses as well as actions that would impact its MOSFETs business and result in the transfer of some semiconductor wafer manufacturing to contractors. The program was announced one day ahead of the company’s scheduled release of its…
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Arrow.com includes a number of parametric search options, new product information, a library of reference designs, an interactive CAD/CAM tool, a BOM scrubber and e-commerce capability.
DetailsAVX Corp. has signed an agreement with leading authorized master distributor, Waldom Electronics.
DetailsAvnet Inc. has named Michael Buseman chief global logistics and operations officer, appointing the EMS industry veteran to the position recently vacated by Gerry Fay who now heads the company’s global electronics components distribution business. Buseman, who joins Avnet from electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider Plexus Inc., where he headed the $2 billion revenue company’s…
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