The University of Notre Dame is temporarily substituting textbooks in some of its classes with iPads to see how use of the tablet device affects learning, according to an article in today's Wall Street Journal . So far, students find the coursework “more interesting.” My first reaction to the article was as the parent of…
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Revenue will continue to rise at annual rates between 9 percent and 7 percent, reaching $472.3 billion in 2014
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I’ve been using Twitter for a couple of years now. I’ve turned a lot of people into Twitter users — enough to know that simply saying “175 million people are on Twitter, so you should be too” doesn’t carry particular weight. Though usage by our peers is compelling and a good business reason to start,…
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CHICAGO — Huawei Technologies, Co., Ltd. (“Huawei”), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, today asked a U.S. District Court to prevent Motorola from illegally transferring Huawei's intellectual property (IP) to Nokia Siemens Networks (“NSN”). Huawei took this action as NSN seeks to complete its US$1.2 billion acquisition…
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HONG KONG — Kunekt Corporation (OTCBB: KNKT), creator of the Kunekt global brand of affordably priced, quality mobile devices, including Android smartphones and tablets, signed definitive agreements to acquire AMS-INT ASIA LTD. (“AMS”), Hong Kong, as a major step in its business plan to design, build and market mobile devices in developed and developing countries,…
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A report from high-tech consultants {complink 9171|Frost & Sullivan} claims that the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), the tracking technology used by many electronics manufacturers, will grow in the Asia/Pacific region this year. Frost and Sullivan’s analysts cite increased use of the technology by supply chain managers “in Asia Pacific countries that are suppliers…
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CHANDLER, Ariz. — Everspin Technologies and Future Electronics have entered into a worldwide franchise distribution agreement, expanding their previous agreement to now include distribution throughout Asia and Japan. This expands on the previous agreement that covered Europe and the Americas. In addition, Everspin becomes part of Future’s Registration Program. This places MRAM at the top…
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SAN FRANCISCO — UBM Electronics, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, today announced the selection of the teardown projects that will be presented at the DesignCon Conference January 31 – February 4 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, Calif. The…
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SAN FRANCISCO — UBM Electronics, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, today announced that Apple Computer Inc. co-founder and electronics industry visionary Steve Wozniak will deliver the opening keynote speech at ESC Silicon Valley 2011 to be held May 2 – 5…
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Just weeks ago, the electronics supply chain wasn't too worried about price increases, with the possible exception of tantalum capacitors. The global supply of tantalum has some uncertainty attached to it because of movement away from so-called “conflict minerals.” (See: The Great Congo Paper Chase and Tight Supplies, Tantalums & 2011.) Within the past few…
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