Hints and tips:
...Chinese chipmakers are increasingly crafting back-up plans based on RISC-V. Government-owned Unisoc Technologies announced in May the launch of a Bluetooth chip to control wireless headsets....
...In another case currently awaiting a judge’s ruling, the US Federal Trade Commission has alleged that Qualcomm unfairly forced Apple to buy its wireless chips between 2011 and 2016 in return for charging...
...DD’s Indap v NYU’s Damodaran: Is stock compensation good or bad?...
...Another risk factor for Sonos is that its wireless speakers could face a 10 per cent import tariff under proposed US trade measures....
...Advocates swear by call and message alerts, fitness tracking, wireless payments and at-a-glance updates....
...But the wireless transfer to a paired smartphone of even a few minutes’ worth of 4K video can take quite a while and consumes a lot of space in your phone’s memory....
...Shares in Telit, which makes ‘internet of things’ wireless systems, plunged 30 per cent to 122p on news of the investigation....
...All three players are now under the same roof and the addition of Brocade, which has scooped up the likes of Rhapsody Networks, McData and Ruckus Wireless over the past decade, means that Broadcom is now...
...Sonos, which pioneered wireless sound around the home, should be concerned....
...Each Sonos speaker connects to the system’s own wireless network, which does not interfere with WiFi, helping to create a large range....
...Bluetooth headphones complete the wireless dream....
...Chromecast Audio Tim Bradshaw has been comparing a wireless sound system based around the Sonos Play:5 with a less bespoke option using Google’s Chromecast Audio....
...However, one omission from the OnePlus 2 is NFC, the wireless technology that allows for contactless payments and other short-range data transfers....
...MacBook v Chromebook Google’s Chromebook line of laptops has been rebooting the netbook idea for a few years now, with mixed results....
...Netgear Nighthawk X6 (3/5)Netgear’s Nighthawk X6 wireless router is also one of the fastest WiFi routers you can buy and has good range, though not quite as good as the Asus in my tests....
...Netgear’s plug-in range-extender and travel router, which costs $30, undertakes several really useful functions for travellers....
...On spotting John McCaw in the lobby of the George V hotel in Paris, Donald Pels cracked a smile....
...His risk is arguably larger since Verizon will be doubling its bet on the US wireless market at a premium price....
...FirstGroup, Cable&Wireless report full-year results. Hewlett-Packard Q2, first PC maker of season....
...With cash and bank balances of $252m at the year end, Batelco does have the funds needed; just months ago it acquired a large part of Cable and Wireless’ Monaco and Islands division for $680m....
...Additional reporting by Song Jung-a Related reading: Samsung/Apple – dynamic rivalry, beyondbrics Samung v Apple: the S Korean verdict, beyondbrics Samsung hits the acquisition trail, beyondbrics Lex in...
...While Samsung no longer uses the problematic interface feature that the court said violated Apple’s patent, Apple has to continue to rely on Samsung’s wireless telecoms technology, which makes it vulnerable...
...Twilight, Romney v Obama....
...(Financial Times) - The Google v Oracle case could have big implications for the software industry....
...Wireless technologies have always seemed a black art to me. From Bluetooth to Wi-Fi to 3G, mysterious signal dropouts and connection failures seem to occur at regular intervals....
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