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Samsung Profit at Record High on Smartphone Boost
April 26, 2013 9:53 am | by YOUKYUNG LEE, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsSamsung Electronics Co. said Friday its first quarter profit jumped to a record high as smartphone sales remained strong despite the April launch of an updated version of its flagship Galaxy phone.Sales of consumer electronics usually slow in the first three months...
LISTED UNDER: Electromechanical / Mechanical | Optoelectronics & Displays | Sensors & TransducersAT&T to Sell Home Automation, Security Packages
April 26, 2013 9:40 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsAT&T Inc. is launching its home security and automation service in 15 cities Friday, with an eye toward getting customers hooked on security cameras, thermostats and locks they can control from phones and tablets.AT&T's "Digital Life" packages will be sold in cellphone stores in markets including Los Angeles...
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Engineering Newswire 35: Gag Gifts Sold As Bomb Detectors
April 26, 2013 9:39 am | by Eric Sorensen, Coordinator of Multimedia Development | Videos | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, brought to you by Pivot Point, the leading designer and manufacturer of non-threaded fastener solutions, we’re sweeping the sky with inspection robots, exploring hidden tombs with autonomous robots, and using gophers to detect bombs in the Middle East.
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New Capacitive Level Sensor from Gems Sensors & Controls
April 26, 2013 8:52 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsThe new CAP-100 Series Capacitive Liquid Level Sensors, from Gems Sensors & Controls, offers an accurate level sensing through the walls of a wide variety of bottle types including plastic, glass and fiberglass. These compact sensors are ideally suited for medical applications...
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The Key to growth? Race with the Machines
April 25, 2013 10:49 am | by TED Talk, Robert Gordon | Videos | CommentsAs machines take on more jobs, many find themselves out of work or with raises indefinitely postponed. Is this the end of growth? No, says Erik Brynjolfsson -- it’s simply the growing pains of a radically reorganized economy. A riveting case for why big innovations are ahead of us...
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Expanded Environmental Operation
April 25, 2013 10:42 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsBEI Sensors announces expanded input/output electrical options and a new IP69K rating on the highly configurable 9960 series. With the new electrical options, the 9960 can communicate with a wider range of controllers and is now capable of accepting a wide range of input voltages.
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IAR Systems' I-Scope Probe
April 25, 2013 10:14 am | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsIAR Systems is now offering the latest addition to its innovative Power Debugging technology. The I-scope probe extends the power optimization possibilities available in IAR Embedded Workbench. Used together with IAR Systems’ in-circuit debugging probe I-jet, I-scope...
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Nanowires Grown on Graphene Have Surprising Structure
April 24, 2013 9:30 am | by Liz Ahlberg, Physical Sciences Editor | Articles | CommentsThe self-assembled wires have a core of one composition and an outer layer of another, a desired trait for many advanced electronics applications. Led by professor Xiuling Li, in collaboration with professors Eric Pop and Joseph Lyding, all professors of electrical and computer...
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Apple to Dole Out $100B to Shareholders
April 24, 2013 9:10 am | by PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsApple is opening the doors to its bank vault, saying it will distribute $100 billion in cash to its shareholders by the end of 2015. At the same time, the company said revenue for the current quarter could fall from the year before, which would be the first decline in many years.
LISTED UNDER: Boards & Modules | Electromechanical / Mechanical | Embedded Systems & NetworkingOnline Privacy is Evolving. Does it Matter to You?
April 24, 2013 9:05 am | by ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press | News | CommentsMobile applications like Google Maps, Angry Birds and GasBuddy have become popular, inexpensive ways to personalize smartphones or tablets and improve their functionality. Often free or just 99 cents to download, apps can turn a phone into a sophisticated roaming office or game console with interactive maps and 24-7 connectivity.
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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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