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ELECTRONICS April 26, 2017 Trump administration might extend electronics ban to UK flights: Report
By: Loknath DasPassengers flying from the UK to the US may also be banned from bringing their laptops into aircraft cabins, it has been reported. According to the Guardian, the Trump administration is considering extending its security restrictions — which prohibits electronic devices larger than a smartphone from being taken as carry-on luggage — to US-bound flights […]
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ELECTRONICS April 24, 2017 How to Recycle Old Electronics
By: Loknath DasWe love our devices—our TVs, laptops, tablets, and perhaps most of all, our mobile phones, those pocket-size miracles of computing power. In fact, Gartner, a tech research company, estimated that 1.9 billion cell phones were bought in 2015. That’s around one for every four people alive. But each of those devices eventually reaches the end […]
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ELECTRONICS April 22, 2017 MY MACBOOK A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR ELECTRONICS BAN AIRPORT THIEVES
By: Loknath DasNew security regulations from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.K.’s Department for Transport ban passengers flying from certain Middle East and North African airports to the U.S. and U.K. from bringing electronics bigger than a smartphone into the cabins. Laptops, e-readers, tablets, cameras, and more will now have to be checked in at […]
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ELECTRONICS April 19, 2017 Dutch techno veteran Steve Rachmad to release debut Sterac Electronics album
By: Loknath DasFuturistic techno from a Dutch master. Dutch techno veteran Steve Rachmad will release the first album from his Sterac Electronics alias in June. Things To Think About will arrive on Tom Trago’s Voyage Direct label on June 10, and consists of tracks recorded by Rachmad over the past 15 years on his collection of vintage synths […]
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ELECTRONICS April 14, 2017 WATCH Guy builds his own iPhone 6s using spare parts from Shenzhen electronics market
By: Loknath DasA tech geek recently set out on the ultimate DIY project, trying to build his own iPhone 6s piece by piece using only parts he could scrounge up from the sprawling Huaqiangbei electronics markets of Shenzhen. A few months later, it was mission complete. Scotty Allen, the creator of the YouTube channel Strange Parts, documented […]
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ELECTRONICS April 14, 2017 NewSpring invests in Lynn Electronics
By: Loknath DasNewSpring Capital has invested $14.3 million in Lynn Electronics Inc. Based in Ivyland, Pennsylvania, Lynn Electronics is a provider of data and telecommunications products. PRESS RELEASE Radnor, PA – April 13, 2017 – NewSpring Capital, a family of private equity funds providing growth and expansion capital, announced today that NewSpring Mezzanine Capital (“NewSpring”), the Firm’s […]
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ELECTRONICS April 3, 2017 Jumping droplets whisk away hotspots in electronics
By: Loknath DasA graphic of now the new droplet-based electrical hotspot cooling system works. Heat vaporizes water trapped in a sponge-like layer and the vapor droplets carry away heat. The vapor then coalesces on a cooled super-hydrophobic floor, …more Engineers have developed a technology to cool hotspots in high-performance electronics using the same physical phenomenon that cleans […]
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ELECTRONICS March 23, 2017 What prompted the US and UK electronics bans?
By: Loknath Das(CNN)The US and British electronics bans announced Tuesday on flights from certain airports in the Middle East and Africa seem to have come out of the blue, with no specific event prompting the sudden change. So what’s behind these coordinated bans? One factor, a US official told CNN, was recent intelligence that the terrorist group […]
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ELECTRONICS March 17, 2017 Can we survive without electronics?
By: Loknath DasWe had a server crash last week and we have spent days and days and days restoring data. During that process I became very aware of the things I do every day that are just automatically attached to an electronic device. I wear a device that counts my calories in and my calories out. It […]
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ELECTRONICS January 2, 2017 Mother-Daughter Team Helps Environment by Collecting Old Electronics
By: sristy Saha0 Recycling old electronic equipment can be a hassle. And the toxic materials in those devices can be incredibly harmful to the environment. That’s why mother-daughter team Rachel Treasure and Eva Metcalfe started their business, E-CycleWise. The business takes people’s unwanted or damaged electronic devices and disposes of them in a way that won’t harm the […]
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ELECTRONICS December 1, 2016 LG Electronics buys webOS technology from HP
By: sristy SahaLG Electronics buys webOS technology from HP LG Electronics has acquired the webOS mobile operating system technology from US IT giant Hewlett-Packard (HP), the two companies announced. “LG has entered into a definitive agreement with HP to acquire the source code, associated documentation, engineering talent and related websites associated with webOS,” the companies said in […]
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NEWS December 1, 2016 Pioneer Electronics Introduces Its Range of DJ Products in India
By: sristy SahaPioneer Electronics Introduces Its Range of DJ Products in India The domestic arm of the Japanese electronics major Pioneer Electronics on Wednesday forayed in the DJ market, rolling out its wide range of new-age music products. “We have introduced our wide range of Pioneer DJ products, which are globally renowned for their performance and innovation. […]