Intel’s upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50% more battery life in laptops than did their “Ivy Bridge” predecessors, Intel said on Thursday. Haswell chips will be released during Computex 2013, June 4-8, 2013. They were designed with laptops and tablets, and the main focus was on lowering power consumption, said Rani [...]
At CTIA Wireless® 2013, this week in Las Vegas, WiFi hot spots were the hot topic. Carriers are anxious to get the prime realestate in dense population areas, inside malls and offices. RCR Wireless lists the top providers of Wi-Fi offload solutions. With half of all IP traffic expected to be delivered over Wi-Fi within [...]
Wireless power standards, are consolidating, reports All Things D. Powermat, the company that last year allied with Duracell and Starbucks, is the main technology behind the PowerMatters Alliance. Today it announced that it has acquired PowerKiss, a Finnish company. Powermat has about 1,500 locations in the U.S. enabled with its technology. PowerKiss brings with it [...]
Verizon Wireless has promised single-mode LTE devices in 2014, and 4G LTE-only smartphones may be included in the line-up by the end of the year. Single mode phones would use voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) and would not require CDMA for voice fall-back. Dual mode phones are compatible with more than one form of data transmission. Verizon says [...]
Microsoft has a live stream today at 10AM Pacific Time. The new Xbox One will launch in markets around the world later this year. The Xbox Wire blog has more features on the new system. Engadget had a liveblog. A new Kinect motion-sensing camera that goes alongside the new Xbox One game console is expected [...]
Portland indoor mapping startup Meridian has been sold to Aruba Networks for an undisclosed sum, reports the Oregonian today. Meridian helps people find their way within large buildings, such as malls, stadiums or airports, and enables marketing directed at a phone’s precise location. Aruba Networks is a wireless LAN vendor selling access points, mobility controllers, [...]
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