2016 will be another big year for M&A – but only because of three large deals in Q3:,ARM-SoftBank, ADI-Linear and Renesas-Intersil, says ICInsights.

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The Bluetooth SIG has updated its range of developer toolkits, for those looking to build mobile apps, control IoT sensors, or even create low-cost beacons…

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110 years ago an inventor demo-ed a 200 ton electrically powered machine which could simulate the sounds of woodwind orchestral instruments such as the flute, clarinet and bassoon. It could also reproduce the sound of the cello. It contained 145 ac generators, one for each tone. The machine used tonewheels to generate musical sounds by …

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Jeff Bisberg gives up IoT duties at Current, powered by GE. He takes over as CEO of horticultural LED lighting specialist Illumitex.

Enterprise Support customers now have access to a Well-Architected Review for business critical workloads. This review, delivered by an AWS Solutions Architect, provides guidance and best practices to help you design reliable, secure, efficient, and cost-effective systems in the cloud.

RS Components has signed a distribution agreement with XP Power and now stocks around 2500 product lines from the manufacturer. The XP offering available via RS consists of a broad range of AC/DC power supply products from 5W to 3000W including: ITE and medical Level VI efficiency desktop and plug-in type external power supplies; open-frame …

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The 503HTA, designed and manufactured by Pi2Media, is an I/O shield for Raspberry Pi designed to provide “valve sound” audio for the single board computer. This HAT allows the Raspberry Pi to drive headphones from 32 – 300ohm. The on-board PCM5102A, 24-Bit at 192kHz DAC drives the single stage 6DJ8 (aka 6922) tube. 
The Class-A …

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Thanks to the OECD for this one – the ten European countries with the worst performance in real wage change since 2007. Greece -10.4 UK -10.4 Portugal -3.7 Italy 0.9 Czech Rep 1.1 Ireland 1.6 Spain. 2.8 Netherlands. 3.4 Denmark 4 Lithuania 4.3

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Four finalists in the of Design Council Spark’s 2016 Awards will share up to £200,000 to help bring their innovative products to market. Last night, as part of the London Design Festival, Design Council announced the 2016 Spark Awards: Nick Webb, Matt Sparrow and Matt Dyson have answered the needs of sleep-deprived parents everywhere with …

Read full article: Design Council names star inventors at London Design Festival