electronics
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TCL Communication will stop selling BlackBerry-branded devices
No further rights to design, manufacture or sell any new BlackBerry devices.
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Nova Scotia electronics firm qualifies for $2.5 million payroll rebate
Ultra Electronics Maritime Systems must hire 150 people over five years to qualify.
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Wisconsin governor: No tax credits for new Foxconn plant
Foxconn originally proposed building a massive flat-screen plant in Mount Pleasant that would eventually employ 13,000 people.
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Panasonic leaves semiconductor business with Taiwan sale
Its chipmaking has struggled in recent years amid competition from cheaper rivals in South Korea and the rest of Asia.
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Spy agencies must be transparent about new data crunching, analyst warns
By next year, some 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet.
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Best Buy sees growth in health care technology for elderly
In five years it hopes to provide sensors placed throughout a home and pendants worn around the neck.
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Made in Canada: Microart services makes it big in PCB assembly
Smaller customers, smaller volumes and connectivity are driving growth.
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Firan Technology completes $4M acquisition of Colonial Circuits
It adds US manufacturing capacity for products used in aerospace and defense applications.
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Report: Apple to shift assembly of Mac Pro from US to China
Apple is still spending US$1 billion on a corporate campus in Austin, Texas.
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Power and data for IIoT
A panel for use in hazardous locations
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Wisconsin governor wants to renegotiate Foxconn contract
Original contract for a facility to build liquid crystal display panels “deals with a situation that no longer exists.”
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Foxconn says Wisconsin factory will be operational in 2020
The project, and the promise of taxpayer-funded tax credits, has drawn considerable backlash in Wisconsin.
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Foxconn factory jobs touted by Trump will not come to pass
Global market that existed when the $10 billion project was announced in 2017 has shifted.
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Ottawa strikes $40M research deal on 5G technology with Huawei rival Nokia
The funding comes as Ottawa is in the middle of a comprehensive national-security review of the potential involvement of Nokia’s Chinese rival, Huawei, in Canada’s eventual fifth generation mobile network.
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Home items are getting smarter and creepier, like it or not
Having a smart kitchen, laundry room or bathroom might seem attractive, but there are serious privacy implications at stake.
