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ELECTRONICS 
November 11, 2018 Battery Fashion: Scientists Weave Rechargeable Electronics Into Clothes
Wearable electronics are nothing new, but the technology has been limited by the question of how to power them for long periods without toting around a bulky charge storing device. Not any longer. Thanks to UMass Amherst materials scientist Trisha L. Andrew, a battery can now be stitched directly into your lapel. Andrew and her […]
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COMPUTERS 
September 3, 2018 Lenovo Yoga C630 WOS, First Snapdragon 850-Powered Laptop With 25 Hours Battery Life, Unveiled
HIGHLIGHTS Lenovo is promising 25 hours of non-stop battery life The Yoga C630 WOS is slim and light, with built-in always-on LTE data Software developers can submit 64-bit apps to the Windows Store Lenovo has become the first company in the world to announce a laptop powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 Mobile Compute Platform at […]
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ELECTRONICS 
December 2, 2017 Tesla Beats Deadline for Building World’s Biggest Battery
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has won a $50 million (roughly Rs. 324 crores) bet by beating a 100-day deadline for building a giant battery to help South Australia avoid energy blackouts, officials said. State Premier Jay Weatherill said testing of the massive lithium ion battery would begin within days, ahead of the December 1 deadline Musk set for […]
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COMPUTERS 
October 27, 2017 New ARM-powered Windows laptops may come with ‘multi-day battery life’
Microsoft will be launching its new laptop with a multi-day battery life. This ARM-powered laptop will use Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 systems-on-chip (SoC). It will support traditional desktop apps courtesy an emulator in Windows 10. During the Qualcomm summit in Hong Kong, Microsoft hinted at what to expect from the laptop. Qualcomm had earlier promised that […]
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NEWS 
September 9, 2017 Honor V9 Play With 13-Megapixel Camera, 3000mAh Battery Launched: Price, Specifications
HIGHLIGHTS Honor V9 play will be available in China from September 12 The smartphone packs a 3000mAh battery It supports 4G VoLTE, and has fingerprint scanning support Huawei Terminal brand Honor has launched another smartphone – Honor V9 Play – expanding its portfolio further. The smartphone has been launched in China for now, and is set […]
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ELECTRONICS 
July 11, 2017 Why Most Battery Life Tests Are a Useless Indicator of Real World Usage
HIGHLIGHTS Recently, Consumer Reports’ MacBook Pro tests were in the news Lab tests almost never can be correlated to real world usage Standardised tests are only useful for rough comparisons Apple’s new MacBook Pros received a fair amount of criticism for making life difficult for professionals by removing useful features like an SD card slot or prioritising thinness over […]
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NEWS 
February 18, 2017 LG Promises Large Screen and Long Battery Life with G Pad II 10.1
LG announced on Monday the next G Pad tablet model, the G Pad II 10.1. The company plans to give its newest tablet an official unveiling at IFA 2015 in Berlin next month. But for now LG is giving a peek at some of the G Pad II’s specs and features. You won’t likely get the […]
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COMPUTERS 
January 5, 2017 Toshiba Portege X20W 2-in-1 Laptop With 16-Hour Battery Life Launched at CES 2017
HIGHLIGHTS It sports a 12.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) touchscreen display The laptop packs seventh-generation Intel Core processor Has a 360-degree rotatable hinge for wider viewing angles At CES 2017, Japanese consumer electronics giant Toshiba expanded its Portege laptop portfolio to launch a 2-in-1 offering – Portege X20W – one of several shown off at […]
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COMPUTERS 
January 5, 2017 LG Gram 14 Laptop Launched at CES 2017; Claimed to Give 24 Hours of Battery Life
HIGHLIGHTS Pricing and availability outside South Korea not confirmed by LG Benchmark test used by company was around 10 years old The laptop features Intel’s latest Kaby Lake processors LG has launched its new Gram 14 laptop at CES 2017 and the device has already attracted a lot of attention for all the wrong reasons. […]
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ALL DEALS 
December 16, 2016 EU Fines Sony, Panasonic, and Sanyo Over Battery Cartel
The European Union’s anti-trust watchdog has fined Sony, Panasonic and Sanyo for price fixing in the market for batteries used in laptops and mobile phones. The European Commission, which polices competition issues in the EU, fined the three a total of EUR 166 million ($176 million or roughly Rs. 1,190 crores) for breaking antitrust rules […]
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ELECTRONICS 
December 16, 2016 macOS Sierra 10.12.2 Released; Brings Graphics Issue Fix, Removes Battery Life Indicator, and More
HIGHLIGHTS macOS Sierra version bumped to 10.12.2 The update brings the much wanted graphics issue fix It also removes the battery time estimate from the menu bar Following the iOS 10.2, tvOS 10.1, and watchOS 3.1.1 updates, Apple has also released macOS Sierra 10.12.2 update for compatible Mac machines. The update brings along hundreds of […]
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NEWS 
November 28, 2016 LG U With 13-Megapixel Camera, 3000mAh Battery Launched
LG U With 13-Megapixel Camera, 3000mAh Battery Launched HIGHLIGHTS LG U has a 13-megapixel rear camera with flash support It has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of inbuilt storage, which is expandable LG U is currently available in South Korea only LG has quietly introduced a new smartphone, LG U, which bears a design and […]
