Fortune 500 companies face a host of challenges with social media. If left unchecked, social media becomes detrimental to the organization's brands. Best-case scenario, the brand will suffer as customers come to view it as indifferent to their needs and simply stop buying its products. But in the worst-case scenario, the brand will become irreparably…
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Is it possible for the elderly and people with heart conditions to maintain independence without compromising their safety? With the right technology, the answer is yes. Those of us who remember the time before cellphones also remember the time when we saw commercials for devices that allowed people living alone to get help by pressing…
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Digi-Key and Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced a collaboration that hopes to close the gap between free, but poorly featured, and expensive, high-end EDA/CAD PC board design tools. The new tools will be linked with Digi-Key's online parts offerings to ensure that engineers are designing for easy procurement and manufacturing. “Digi-Key and Mentor Graphics are…
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SAN JOSE, Calif. and NEW YORK, N.Y. — LiveWorld, a social media solutions company providing services and software for Fortune 500 companies, announced today that CEO and Chairman Peter Friedman, will be speaking at ProcureCon for Digital & Marketing Services November 11-13 in San Antonio, Texas. Friedman will lead a presentation titled “Be Social Effectively…
DetailsKEMET has revealed its plans for Electronica this November, launching new tantalum capacitor families while also showcasing advanced high-performance ceramic capacitors. These new products are expected to further strengthen the company’s market position as the engineer’s choice for capacitors, filters, relays, EMC solutions, and supercapacitors. Booth 442 in Hall B6 will be the place to…
DetailsHeilind Electronics, a leading distributor of electronic components, is now stocking CFP2 and CFP4 Surface-Mount Receptacle Connectors by Amphenol Connectors. Amphenol’s commercial high-speed connectors offer high port density, configurability and utilization for next generation and future generation systems. They provide remarkable mechanical durability and resonance dampening features for superior performance. The CFP2 and CFP4 interconnect…
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POINTE CLAIRE, Quebec, Canada — Laird, a global technology company, is proud to announce that it has signed a distribution partnership with Future Electronics, a leading global distributor of electronic components. Through its dedicated wireless business unit, Future Connectivity Solutions, Future will promote and sell Laird Embedded Wireless Solution’s extensive line of WiFi, Bluetooth, Bluetooth…
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Intellectual property theft is a growing hazard, with threats that can arise both internally and along a company's global supply chain. Fortunately, organizations can leverage enterprise risk management (ERM) tools already in place to enhance IP protection while limiting cost and bureaucracy. The ways that vital intellectual property can be misappropriated are multiplying and ever…
DetailsNewark element14 partner Embest has collaborated with STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STMicroelectronics), a global leader in semiconductors, to align the free and open-source CooCox toolchain. This toolchain comes packed with the latest series of STM32 microcontrollers and exposes all performance and feature possibilities. In addition, it is enabled by the more than 600 microcontroller-wide STM32 portfolio for…
DetailsLaird, a global technology company, is proud to announce that it has signed a distribution partnership with Future Electronics, a leading global distributor of electronic components. Through its dedicated wireless business unit, Future Connectivity Solutions, Future will promote and sell Laird Embedded Wireless Solution’s extensive line of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy and Proprietary wireless…
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