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From being a small part of the traditional vacuum cleaner to defining the product itself with the latest robotic vacuum cleaner, Dyson is placing electronics at the heart of its product development plans. As a result the consumer products company is dramatically expanding its electronics hardware and software development teams and it is building a new R&D centre in the ...

It is time to prepare for one of the strongest and longest upswings in the semiconductor industry’s history, it was stated at the Future Horizons’ IFS 2015 forecast meeting in London this morning.

Following the purchase of EE by BT, the UK mobile market may see a consolidation of carriers with 3 taking over O2.

TSMC intends to out-spend Intel on capex this year.

Intel had Q4 revenues of $14.72 billion for a profit of $3.7 billion, the company reports. For the year it had revenues of $55.9 billion for a profit of $11.7 billion.

Redline Group has expanded its European technology recruitment team following a 23% growth in the business. The recruitment consultant has larger offices in Luton and will take on six new consultants this year. “October, November and December continued to be an exceptionally busy time with new and existing Clients aggressively updating their 2015 recruitment plans,” said Redline. According to Redline managing ...

Semiconductor revenue will reach $358 billion in 2015, a 5.4% increase from 2014, according to Gartner.

Samsung has offered $7.5 billion to buy BlackBerry, reports Reuters.

Q4 PC shipments fell 2.4% against Q4 2013 to 80.8 million units, says IDC, though Gartner puts Q4 PC shipments at 83.7 million units representing a 1% rise.

The top 10 recipients of US ‘utility’ patents in 2014 saw IBM massively out-patenting everyone else with 7,534 patents issued, says the IFI Claims Patents Services. Utility means technology inventions rather than aesthetic designs.