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Stacey Higginbotham Feb 27, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Design them to tell us more

Connected door knobs are lying to us

This week’s podcast was all about security and how we can design things to tell us more about how connectivity changes them…

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Technology
Signe Brewster Feb 2, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- The future is 2D

The first silicene transistors promise more powerful electronics

If electronics stalwart silicon and futuristic graphene had a child, it would be silicene. And silicene is growing up. A University of…

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Science & Energy
Stacey Higginbotham Sep 29, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

A new Kickstarter project aims to make hardware development move at software speeds

A new Kickstarter project wants to make building hardware easier for everyone. While it is a product for makers, it's also part of a bigger effort make hardware move at software speeds.…

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Science & Energy, Technology
Jeff Roberts Sep 11, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

RadioShack posts more losses, analyst predicts bankruptcy

RadioShack has been a destination for antennas and gadgets for more than 90 years, but it looks as if the retailer's long-predicted bankruptcy is finally set to occur.…

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Technology
Paul Sweeting May 28, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

Apple will keep the Beat after all

The Beats brand represents a significant part of the value in the deal for Apple…

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Consumer
Signe Brewster Apr 1, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Turn any inkjet printer into a circuit printer with this DIY kit

The AgIC Print is the newest platform meant to bring circuit fabrication to the desktop. It costs $299 through its Kickstarter campaign and is scheduled to ship in August.…

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Technology
Laura Stuart Mar 12, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

3D Printing: hype, hope or threat?

Anyone who reads the new Gigaom Research report, 3D Printing: hype, hope or threat?,  will be taken through a deflation of the…

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Buyer's Lens
Lauren Hockenson Nov 21, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Acer’s shakeup runs deeper as president resigns, founder takes over

Earlier this month, Acer announced a hard reset: With unexpected, staggering losses in Q3, the company would move forward without CEO JT…

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Technology
Lauren Hockenson Nov 14, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Intel to open brick-and-mortar pop-up stores this month

Perhaps in an effort to gain a little more buzz (and holiday sales), Laptop Magazine reports that Intel will be opening a…

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Technology
Signe Brewster Jun 25, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Hurry up and put a projector in my phone, Intel

What if your mobile phone could project a screen of any size onto any surface? Intel has technology that could make that a reality very soon.…

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Mobile, Technology
Dan Crow, Songkick Nov 3, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Here’s what Europe needs to copy from Silicon Valley

Should the tech hubs of Europe — or anywhere else desperate to become a center of innovation, for that matter — ignore Silicon Valley or mimic it? There are good reasons to try and start over, but don't throw everything that we've learned away, says Dan Crow.…

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Europe, Technology
Bobbie Johnson Oct 27, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

How can Europe find its own vision of the future?

You can't beat Silicon Valley by trying to be Silicon Valley — so why does Europe spend so much time trying? If the continent's entrepreneurs want to become true leaders, they need to shake off the past and stop playing a game that's stacked against them.…

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Europe, Technology
Stacey Higginbotham Oct 4, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Embrace the light! Researchers built all-optical device for faster broadband

Our computer networks and broadband connections are reliant on both light and electronics, but a breakthrough at the University of Minnesota might help take the electrons out of the equation. A new device can use light to switch states, which could enable faster, more efficient broadband.…

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Cleantech, Science & Energy, Technology
Bobbie Johnson Sep 4, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

What do future products look like? Personal, sensual, intimate

Huge technology trade shows like IFA are meant to parade the biggest products around. But what if the biggest isn't the best? What if intimacy, personalization and customization are the things we crave? That's what I argued at a fringe event in Berlin last week.…

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Europe, Technology
Ki Mae Heussner Jul 18, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

littleBits raises $3.65M to become the Legos of a new era

LittleBits, a New York-based startup that developed a system of electronic modules that snap together to make simple electronics projects, announced Wednesday that it has raised $3.65 million in new funding and forged a critical partnership with supply chain management company PCH International.…

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Technology
Bobbie Johnson Jul 16, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Samsung buys CSR’s mobile business for $310m

Struggling British chipmaker CSR is selling its mobile business to Samsung in a deal worth $310 million, in what appears to be the latest episode in the ongoing global patent war.…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
Kevin Fitchard Jul 11, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Step aside, transistor; It’s the vacuum tube’s turn to shine again

When a trio of engineers led by Bill Shockley built the first solid-state transistor at Bell Labs in 1947, they thought they had consigned the vacuum tube to oblivion. But vacuum tubes – or at least their underlying principles – may be set to make a resurgence.…

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Cleantech, Mobile, Science & Energy, Technology
Paul Sweeting Apr 13, 2012 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog

Today in Connected Consumer

The probe of former CEO Brian Dunn’s “personal conduct” announced yesterday by Best Buy’s board of directors turns out to involve “an…

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Consumer
Stacey Higginbotham Feb 24, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Cisco to buy Lightwire to bring optics to the data center

Cisco said it would buy Lightwire, a company that makes optics chips using traditional chip manufacturing in a deal valued at $271 million. This is a significant acquisition for Cisco because it stays true to its core networking business and advances it with deep technology.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Bobbie Johnson Feb 8, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Nokia factories shift to Asia: Did it have any choice?

Embattled Nokia is hoping it can become faster and more competitive by shifting the heart of its manufacturing operations to Asia, a move which will see 4,000 jobs cut in Finland, Hungary and Mexico but will be seen as long overdue.…

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Europe, Mobile, Technology
Darrell Etherington Feb 2, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Wallee adds more versatility to its iPad mount solution

The Wallee is an iPad accessory that's almost as old as the iPad. The new headrest mount that works with existing Wallee cases is a good example of smart accessory design that can grow with the iPad, rather than be left behind by Apple's regular redesigns.…

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Apple
Darrell Etherington Feb 2, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Apple jumps to third place in worldwide mobile phone shipments

Apple's huge iPhone sales numbers from its latest quarterly results helped it grow its mobile phone business by 128.4 percent year over year in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to a new report. That makes it the third-largest mobile phone maker by volume.…

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Apple, Mobile, Technology
Om Malik Jan 26, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

The continued decline of DSL

From 1990s through 2011, DSL, a broadband technology, had a strong run at large phone companies in America. Now it is falling behind cable broadband and fiber. The latest data from Verizon, AT&T and Time Warner Cable points to its declining fortunes.…

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Edge & Networking, Technology
Darrell Etherington Jan 24, 2012 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Apple’s after-hours stock surge makes it most valuable U.S. company

Following Apple's announcement of record revenue and profit for its first financial quarter of 2012, its stock is surging in after hours trading. Share value has climbed to around $452, or 32 points above closing, which translates to a market cap of roughly $421 billion.…

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Apple, Technology

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