ASML sees sales pick-up in second-quarter, announces CEO change
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ASML , the world's leading provider of tools for making computer chips, said it expects a pick-up in second-quarter sales and stuck to its outlook for flat revenue this year as consumers switch from personal computers to tablets and smartphones.
Read moreNew LED light 'can halve energy use'
Philips has developed a prototype LED tube light that it says is twice as efficient as those currently in use.
Read moreMost intelligent cities: World's seven smartest cities named as they vie for title of Intelligent Community of the Year
The Intelligent Community Forum has compiled a list of its top seven most intelligent cities after 400 cities entered the competition - and leading the way are Estonia's Tallinn (pictured), Canada and Taiwan.
Read moreSmart app gives tips for an active lifestyle
Getting enough exercise is a big challenge for a lot of people. The solution: an app that provides personal activity tips at the right times. That concludes Yuzhong Lin in her doctoral research at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). She has developed a mobile phone app that gives users tips on ways they can get more exercise, based on their location and lifestyle. Test subjects said they felt much more active after using the app. Lin defends her thesis at TU/e on Tuesday 2 April.
Read moreICF Foundation Names Eindhoven Netherlands Mayor Rob van Gijzel as Chairman
The Intelligent Community Forum is pleased to announce today that Eindhoven, Netherlands Mayor Rob van Gijzel is the new chairman of the ICF Foundation effective immediately. Mayor van Gijzel replaces outgoing inaugural chair Mayor Brenda Halloran, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Read moreBits Blog: Apps for Philips’s Hue Light Bulbs
Philips, the lighting giant, is announcing that it will create an official developer’s kit to attract companies to make products that work with its Web-enabled Hue, an LED bulb customers can control from a smartphone. It’s another step on the road to the so-called connected home.
Read moreHer Majesty the Queen to open Philips museum in Eindhoven on 5 April
On Friday 5 April 2013 at 14:00 hours, the new Philips museum in the center of Eindhoven will be officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. The museum will then open its doors to the public on 6 April.
Read moreEurope strives to hold back 'digital brain drain'
With more than half of Spain's and Greece’s young people jobless, those with in-demand digital skills are increasingly seeking work in stabler Austria, Germany and the Netherlands.
Read moreNXP HD Voice Processing Smartphone Software Now Available for Tensilica's HiFi Audio/Voice DSPs
NXP Software and Tensilica, Inc. today announced that NXP Software's LifeVibes VoiceExperience is now available and optimized for Tensilica's HiFi Audio/Voice DSP family. LifeVibes VoiceExperience offers a rich set of proven voice enhancements for clear, natural calling. Tensilica's HiFi DSP family is the most widely used licensable audio/voice DSP family, with support for over 100 proven audio/voice software packages. Over 50 companies have licensed Tensilica's HiFi DSP family, and they've shipped over 200 million HiFi DSP cores in their smartphones, tablets, computers, digital televisions, home entertainment systems, and other devices.
Read moreHalloran steps down as chair of Intelligent Community Forum Foundation
The mayor of “intelligent city” Waterloo will no longer lead the non-profit arm of the group that hands out such designations.
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