Review: BlackBerry Q10, the Keyboard Strikes Back
April 24, 2013 9:01 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsThe BlackBerry has finally caught up to the world of touch-screen smartphones. It took time — six years, from the launch of the first iPhone — and it may be too late to save the company that makes it. But the BlackBerry deserves to be taken seriously again.
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Review: Galaxy S4 Decent, but Filled with Gimmicks
April 24, 2013 9:01 am | by ANICK JESDANUN, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsI've seen Android phones get better and more powerful over the years, as Google and phone manufacturers pack devices with more and more features. There comes a time, though, when less is more. I'm afraid we've reached that time. Samsung's new Galaxy S4 smartphone is an excellent device from a hardware standpoint.
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Brainstorm: RF Signal Interference
April 23, 2013 3:38 pm | by WDD Staff | Articles | CommentsThe cellular basestation industry has dealt rather successfully in mitigating RF signal interference through thoughtful radio system knowledge, cell planning, and appropriately applied standards specifications. Interference -- in-band or out-of-band...
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Smartphone Shakes
April 23, 2013 1:53 pm | by Meaghan Ziemba, Editor, WDD | Blogs | CommentsI recently attended a concert in Madison, WI. I placed my phone in my back pocket to avoid carrying a purse and to have it easily accessible when I wanted to update my status and snap a few photos. Unfortunately, after a visit to the facilities and a horrifying plop, I knew that I was in trouble.
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Txtng is killing language. JK
April 23, 2013 10:16 am | by TED Talk, John McWhorter | Videos | CommentsDoes texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting -- linguistically, culturally -- than it seems, and it’s all good news. Linguist John McWhorter thinks about language in relation to race, politics and our shared cultural history.
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BlueLevel Extends Model AP/APX Line of Sensors
April 23, 2013 9:33 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsBlueLevel Technologies, Inc. has introduced an extended probe version of the Model AP/APX line of RF Admittance point level sensors. This flexible extended length version of the Model AP/APX RF admittance point level sensor can withstand internal bin temperatures up to a max of 302⁰F...
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Drop Tag: Keeping Tabs on Parcels
April 23, 2013 9:27 am | by Meaghan Ziemba, Editor, WDD | Articles | CommentsWe all get a little nervous mailing out packages that have “FRAGILE” written Stamped on the side; keeping our fingers crossed that the contents won’t get damaged, squished, or broken during their transit to point B. MA-based Cambridge Consultants now offers a solution to help calm our nerves...
LISTED UNDER: Embedded Systems & Networking | Sensors & TransducersAllied Electronics Names Two New Executive Management Team Members
April 22, 2013 5:42 pm | by Allied Electronics | News | CommentsAllied Electronics has announced on two new vice presidents to its executive management team (EMT) – Vice President of Product Management Frank Cantwell and Vice President of Marketing Dan Stewart. Both Cantwell and Stewart were promoted from within the organization after recent leadership changes.
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Touchscreen Requirements for Human Machine Interface in Industrial Automation
April 22, 2013 11:43 am | by Vikas Dhurka, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Cypress Semiconductor | Articles | CommentsThe Human Machine Interface (HMI) in industrial automation is quickly transitioning to touchscreens. The touchscreen requirements on a factory floor, however, are unique and must be solved for a good (read “safe”) operator experience with increased productivity and throughput.
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HotSpot Episode 9: Google Glass Tech Specs Released
April 22, 2013 11:43 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsThis week on WDD’s HotSpot, brought to you by Memory Protection Devices, Google has released the tech specs for its upcoming smart specs: Google Glass; Gregor Hanuschak, created the Smack Attack steering-wheel cover; developers have created a new Internet of Things-friendly microcontroller...
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Germanium Made Compatible
April 22, 2013 10:44 am | by Maja Schaffner, ETH Zurich | Articles | CommentsResearchers from ETH Zurich, the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and the Politecnico di Milano have jointly developed a manufacturing technique to render the semiconductor germanium laser-compatible through high tensile strain. In their paper recently published in Nature Photonics...
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Beleaguered Caregivers Getting Help from Apps
April 22, 2013 10:06 am | by JIM FITZGERALD, Associated Press | News | CommentsNow she has an app for that. With a tap or two on her iPhone, D'Auria can access a "pillbox" program that keeps it all organized for her and other relatives who share in the caregiving and subscribe to the app. From GPS devices and computer programs that help relatives track a wandering Alzheimer's patient to iPad apps...
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Former Google CEO Shares Vision in Tech Treatise
April 22, 2013 10:05 am | by MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsThe ability for anyone with an Internet-connected device to broadcast revelatory information and video is one of the reasons why Schmidt and Cohen wrote the book. The two met in Baghdad in 2009 and were both struck by how Iraqis were finding resourceful ways to use Internet services to improve their lives, despite war-zone conditions.
LISTED UNDER: Sensors & Transducers | Software, OtherNew App Helps Icelanders Avoid Accidental Incest
April 19, 2013 9:50 am | by JENNA GOTTLIEB,Associated Press JILL LAWLESS,Associated Press | News | CommentsA new smartphone app is on hand to help Icelanders avoid accidental incest. The app lets users "bump" phones, and emits a warning alarm if they are closely related. "Bump the app before you bump in bed," says the catchy slogan. Some are hailing it as a welcome solution to a very Icelandic form of social embarrassment.
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Microsoft Beats Street, Readies New Mobile Devices
April 19, 2013 9:38 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsMicrosoft Corp. is struggling to extend its software into smartphones and tablets as consumers are turning away from PCs, the foundation of its empire. Over the winter, it launched two larger tablets under the Surface brand. And in October, the company took a large stake in Barnes & Noble's digital unit...
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