Telecommunications
Online 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.
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.
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.
One-Chip Packaged RF Transceiver Chipsets
April 23, 2013 4:13 pm | by WDD Staff | Product Releases | CommentsInfineon has in development a complete family of packaged RF Transceiver for Mobile Backhaul – beside BGT70 and BGT80 for E-band radio, also BGT60 for V-band radio. The Family approach has the major benefit due to it´s a modular approach...
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...
IBM Acquires UrbanCode to Help Businesses Rapidly Deliver Mobile, Cloud, Big Data and Social Software
April 23, 2013 2:37 pm | by IBM | News | CommentsIBM [NYSE: IBM] has announced it has acquired UrbanCode Inc. Based in Cleveland, OH, UrbanCode automates the delivery of software, helping businesses quickly release and update mobile, social, big data, cloud applications.
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.
Axiros Announces the Global Release of AXESS.ACS As a Service
April 23, 2013 12:34 pm | by Axiros | News | CommentsAxiros has announced that its flagship product, the AXESS.ACS TR-069 device management solution, is now available on a hosted platform. AXESS.ACS as a Service provides the same rigorous functionality as the original but in a cloud-based format.
Hiroyuki Nagatsu Joins Yaskawa Motoman Team as Senior Vice President
April 23, 2013 12:06 pm | by Yaskawa America, Inc., Motoman Robotics Division | News | CommentsMr. Nagatsu will serve as a board member and officer of the Motoman Robotics Division. His direct responsibilities will include managing our relationship with our Asian American customers and as advisor to Steve Barhorst, President and COO of Yaskawa America, Inc., Motoman Robotics Division.
CML Microcircuits Expands its Engineering Department
April 23, 2013 11:45 am | by CML Microcircuits | News | CommentsRF has been a recent focus for CML. This new design team builds on existing foundations and will enable CML to address new opportunities in higher frequency wide band systems. CML also expects to utilise this addition of new design engineers to further its planned and existing research activities.
Cause of LED Efficiency Droop Finally Revealed
April 23, 2013 10:30 am | by The Center for Energy Efficient Materials at UCSB | News | CommentsResearchers at University of California, Santa Barbara, in collaboration with colleagues at the École Polytechnique in France, have conclusively identified Auger recombination as the mechanism that causes light emitting diodes (LEDs) to be less efficient at high drive currents.
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.
University of Illinois Researchers Measure Near-Field Behavior of Semiconductor Plasmonic Microparticles
April 23, 2013 10:06 am | by William King, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering | News | CommentsRecent progress in the engineering of plasmonic structures has enabled new kinds of nanometer-scale optoelectronic devices as well as high-resolution optical sensing. But until now, there has been a lack of tools for measuring nanometer-scale behavior in...
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...
Social Media Editor in Court on Hacking Charges
April 23, 2013 9:09 am | by DON THOMPSON, Associated Press | News | CommentsA social media editor who has worked for two of the nation's largest news-gathering organizations is scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday to face charges that he conspired with hackers to deface the website of the Los Angeles Times.
Tax-Free Internet Shopping Jeopardized by Bill
April 23, 2013 9:03 am | by STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press | News | CommentsUnder current law, states can only require stores to collect sales taxes if the store has a physical presence in the state. As a result, many online sales are essentially tax-free, giving Internet retailers a big advantage over brick-and-mortar stores.
Telefónica chooses TOA Technologies for Mobile Field Service Management Solutions
April 22, 2013 5:54 pm | News | CommentsAs a central piece of its global business transformation project, Telefónica selected TOA Technologies and its mobile workforce management solution to manage its worldwide field technician workforce. Based in Spain, Telefónica is one of the largest telecom providers...
Multi-Tech Systems Offers Sprint IDEN Customers Quick Migration Path
April 22, 2013 5:47 pm | by Multi-Tech Systems | News | CommentsMulti-Tech Systems, a leading machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions provider, has teamed up with Sprint to deliver a quick and seamless migration from iDEN to Sprint’s robust CDMA services. Multi-Tech’s MultiModem rCell Intelligent Wireless Router is pre-validated by Sprint...
Allied 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.
Southco Acquires Uniley Industrial Components
April 22, 2013 5:34 pm | by Southco, Inc. | News | CommentsSouthco, Inc. has announced its acquisition of Unikey Industrial Components. With this acquisition, Southco expands its broad range of engineered access hardware solutions and extends the company’s global market presence into South America.
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.
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...
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...
Revolutionary New Device Joins World of Smart Electronics
April 22, 2013 10:41 am | by University of Exeter | News | CommentsSmart electronics are taking the world by storm. From techno-textiles to transparent electronic displays, the world of intelligent technology is growing fast and a revolutionary new device has just been added to its ranks. Researchers at the University of Exeter...
In Boston Manhunt, Online Detectives Flourish
April 22, 2013 10:24 am | by MANUEL VALDES, Associated Press | News | CommentsFueled by Twitter, online forums like Reddit and 4Chan, smartphones and relays of police scanners, thousands of people played armchair detective as police searched for men who turned out to be suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, ethnic Chechen brothers who had immigrated from southern Russia years ago.
