ELECTRONICS
ELECTRONICS 
September 24, 2016 Nintendo NX Production Trials Underway: Sources
HIGHLIGHTS Foxconn is undertaking trial productions of Nintendo’s next console Annual production is estimated to be around 9.5 to 10 million Nintendo has yet to officially announce the NX Although Nintendo hasn’t officially announced its new console, codenamed NX, that hasn’t stopped its partners and developers from providing a steady stream of information on what […]
ELECTRONICS September 24, 2016 Patent Licensing Firm Tessera to Buy Audio Equipment Maker DTS
Patent licensing company Tessera Technologies Inc said on Tuesday it would buy audio equipment maker DTS Inc for about $850 million (roughly Rs. 5,697 crores) in cash. The deal will help increase the combined company’s presence in the consumer electronics, mobile, automotive and semiconductor markets. Tessera’s offer of $42.50 per share represents a 24 percent […]
ELECTRONICS September 24, 2016 Microsoft Finally Admits You Don’t Need Amazon, Flipkart, or Snapdeal to Buy an Xbox One in India
HIGHLIGHTS The Xbox One is now available offline officially This could be a move before announcing the Xbox One S for India No price drop for the Xbox One in India has been confirmed yet For most part of the Xbox One’s lifecycle in India, the console has been exclusive to Amazon India. Last year, […]
ELECTRONICS September 24, 2016 Samsung Electronics Vice-Chairman Meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Reiterating company’s commitment to India as a strategic partner, Jay Y. Lee, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of company’s business operations and citizenship initiatives in the country. Lee told Prime Minister Modi that Korean technology major Samsung is working in synchrony with “Make in India” […]
ELECTRONICS September 24, 2016 Japan’s Renesas to Buy US Chipmaker Intersil for $3.2 Billion
Japan’s Renesas Electronics will buy smaller US chipmaker Intersil for $3.2 billion (roughly Rs. 21,392 crores), the companies said Tuesday, as part of a push into the lucrative auto market. Renesas, one of the world’s biggest supplier of automotive microcontroller chips, said it would pay $22.50 a share for its rival, in an all-cash deal […]
ELECTRONICS September 24, 2016 Researchers Create Vitamin-Driven ‘Green’ Battery
Paving the way for cheaper consumer electronics that are easier on the environment, researchers have created a battery that uses a compound from vitamin B2 as the cathode — the part that stores the electricity that is released when connected to a device. “We’ve been looking to nature for a while to find complex molecules […]
ELECTRONICS September 24, 2016 Asus ZenFone 3 Series India Launch Set for August 17
HIGHLIGHTS Asus Z3nvolution event will be held in New Delhi later this month ZenFone 3 series comprises five models, with their own variants India pricing and availability is not yet known Asus on Thursday began sending media invites for the ZenFone 3 India launch event, to be held in New Delhi on August 17. The […]
ELECTRONICS September 24, 2016 Japanese Electronics Makers Counting on 4K TVs With Higher Price Tags
Japanese electronics makers are increasingly focusing on high-value added products, such as high-definition 4K TVs, to bolster their TV businesses. In the domestic flat-screen TV market, there has been a vicious cycle in which inexpensive overseas products led to falling prices, hurting Japanese makers’ profits. Now attention is on whether this new strategy centering on […]
ELECTRONICS September 24, 2016 Halt and Catch Fire: Battery Woes Go Well Beyond Samsung
Samsung’s Note 7 isn’t the only gadget to catch fire thanks to lithium-battery problems, which have afflicted everything from iPhones to Tesla cars to Boeing jetliners. Blame chemistry and the fact that the batteries we rely on for everyday life are prone to leaking and even bursting into flame if damaged, defective or exposed to […]
ELECTRONICS September 24, 2016 LG Says to Invest in Robot Technology
South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc said on Sunday it will aggressively invest in robots, seeking to capitalise on advancing artificial intelligence that may eventually lead to sophisticated machines performing everyday human tasks. LG, in a statement, said its appliances division is preparing the firm’s entry into the robotics industry with the aim to develop products […]
ELECTRONICS September 2, 2016 New Thin Film Transistor May Lead to Flexible Electronics
New Thin Film Transistor May Lead to Flexible Electronics Researchers have invented a thin film transistor that could lead to the development of flexible electronic devices with applications such as display technology, medical imaging and renewable energy production. Researchers were exploring new uses for thin film transistors (TFT), which are most commonly found in low-power, […]
ELECTRONICS September 2, 2016 ‘Digital India’ Will Transform the Country, Says Ravi Shankar Prasad
‘Digital India’ Will Transform the Country, Says Ravi Shankar Prasad Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravishankar Prasad on Monday said the ‘Digital India’ initiative will transform the country into a digital society and a knowledge economy. With the demand for electronic hardware expected to rise rapidly to $400 billion by 2020, India has the potential […]
