RF Micro revenue forecast misses, WiFi chip demand slows
(Reuters) – Chipmaker RF Micro Devices Inc forecast current-quarter revenue below market expectations, saying it expects revenue from its wireless infrastructure business to decline, mainly due to lower seasonal orders from cable TV networks. RF Micro’s shares fell as much as 6.6 percent to $5.75 after the bell on Tuesday. The company’s…
Foursquare revamps its website, highlighting nearby hot spots, offers and tips …
After a flurry of recent updates, Foursquare has just gone live with a revamped site, bringing the best of its mobile apps to the desktop. The new Foursquare.com will:Detect where you are and highlight relevant locations based on time of day.The homepage will also highlight exclusive nearby offers and deals.Gives…
14 Robotics Breakthroughs From the Past Decade
Robots is there anything we’re more fascinated by and terrified of at the same time? Everyone knows that robots are cool, but the technology has also come a long way from their humble beginnings. We’ve bought robots as toys, sent them into space and let them into our bodies and…
Microsoft enables developers to add speech recognition to Windows 8 apps
In July of this year, Microsoft made it official that Bing is more than just a search engine. It also is a dev platform, providing coders with controls, development kits and the back-end services powering these elements. On October 21, Microsoft added a long-awaited piece to the Bing developer toolbox: Microsoft…
Coffee Coming Up, Nice And Hot … And Prepared by A Robot
Briggo’s Coffee Haus takes up about 50 square feet of space, has a nice exterior wood design, and accepts orders either on-site or via a website. Courtesy Briggo Briggo’s Coffee Haus takes up about 50 square feet of space, has a nice exterior wood design, and accepts orders either on-site or A…
TiVo Cranks Up Roamio Advertising
On the cusp of out-of-home streaming, and as anticipated, TiVo has begun to dial up Roamio advertising ahead of the holidays. By way of Steve Lunceford, as you can see above, Sea-Tac Airport is already blanketed in thousands of square yards of TiVo vinyl promoting the Roamio’s ability to offload…
Nokia unveils its first tablet, the Lumia 2520, and expands its smartphone lineup
Nokia unveils its first tablet, the Lumia 2520, and expands its smartphone lineup – The Washington Post wpostServer: http://css.washingtonpost.com/wpost People attend the launch event in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, of Nokia’s first tablet, the Lumia 2520, and two large-screen smartphones. The Lumia 2520 tablet, along with Oct. 22,
The Umbilical Link of Man to Robot
The bipedal humanoid robot known as “Atlas” at the University of Hong Kong on Oct. 17, 2013. It is six feet tall and weighs 330 pounds. WORCESTER, Mass. Atlas doesn’t shrug. But he teeters, loses his grip, stutters and staggers. His task one afternoon is to clear a debris field. After many agonizing…
Flipboard for Windows 8: a Live Tile twist similar to Android and iOS
Flipboard promised its own Windows 8 app back at Microsoft’s Build developer conference, and it’s nearly ready. Nokia has an early version of Flipboard for Windows 8 here at Nokia World in Abu Dhabi, and we got a chance to take a quick look. Essentially, it’s a very similar experience In terms…
BBM Finally Launches For Android And iOS, Years Too Late
If this was 2010, RIM launching BBM on Android and iOS would have been viewed as a nod to open communication and a platform-agnostic product strategy. If this was 2010, it would have been marked as a win for RIM and a sign that company is here to fight. If But at…
